Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Burkina Faso

Number of mobile subscriptions in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 27,455,428 subs. Ranked 46 in the world out of 151.

2024 27.46M subs +2.65% vs 2023
World rank 46of 151
Period maximum 27.46M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Burkina Faso, 1960–2024010M20M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 0 subs1982: 0 subs1983: 0 subs1984: 0 subs1985: 0 subs1986: 0 subs1987: 0 subs1988: 0 subs1989: 0 subs1990: 0 subs1991: 0 subs1992: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 0 subs1996: 525 subs1997: 1,503 subs1998: 2,730 subs1999: 5,036 subs2000: 25,245 subs2001: 76,186 subs2002: 111,013 subs2003: 238,094 subs2004: 395,939 subs2005: 633,554 subs2006: 1,016,605 subs2007: 1,858,038 subs2008: 3,024,150 subs2009: 3,823,625 subs2010: 5,707,850 subs2011: 7,682,100 subs2012: 9,976,105 subs2013: 11,240,886 subs2014: 12,494,391 subs2015: 14,446,897 subs2016: 15,404,040 subs2017: 17,946,375 subs2018: 19,339,109 subs2019: 20,364,508 subs2020: 22,117,218 subs2021: 24,678,315 subs2022: 25,659,436 subs2023: 26,747,464 subs2024: 27,455,428 subs
Change over the period: +27.46M

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso 27.46M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Western Africa computed 367M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 27.46M +707,964 +2.65%
2023 26.75M +1.09M +4.24%
2022 25.66M +981,121 +3.98%
2021 24.68M +2.56M +11.58%
2020 22.12M +1.75M +8.61%
2019 20.36M +1.03M +5.3%
2018 19.34M +1.39M +7.76%
2017 17.95M +2.54M +16.5%
2016 15.4M +957,143 +6.63%
2015 14.45M +1.95M +15.63%
2014 12.49M +1.25M +11.15%
2013 11.24M +1.26M +12.68%
2012 9.98M +2.29M +29.86%
2011 7.68M +1.97M +34.59%
2010 5.71M +1.88M +49.28%
2009 3.82M +799,475 +26.44%
2008 3.02M +1.17M +62.76%
2007 1.86M +841,433 +82.77%
2006 1.02M +383,051 +60.46%
2005 633,554 +237,615 +60.01%
2004 395,939 +157,845 +66.3%
2003 238,094 +127,081 +114.47%
2002 111,013 +34,827 +45.71%
2001 76,186 +50,941 +201.79%
2000 25,245 +20,209 +401.29%
1999 5,036 +2,306 +84.47%
1998 2,730 +1,227 +81.64%
1997 1,503 +978 +186.29%
1996 525 +525
1995 0 +0
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
1992 0 +0
1991 0 +0
1990 0 +0
1989 0 +0
1988 0 +0
1987 0 +0
1986 0 +0
1985 0 +0
1984 0 +0
1983 0 +0
1982 0 +0
1981 0 +0
1980 0 +0
1979 0 +0
1978 0 +0
1977 0 +0
1976 0 +0
1975 0
1970 0
1965 0
1960 0

About the indicator

The number of active mobile cellular subscriptions. Subscriptions are counted, not people: one person can hold several SIM cards, and in countries where calls within a network are cheaper than calls between networks this is ordinary practice. That is exactly why the same indicator per hundred people in this catalog often runs above a hundred and fifty, and why the absolute series is easier to read: it speaks of the size of the market, not of the penetration of service.

Important: Subscriptions, not subscribers. Machine-to-machine connections — meters, cars, sensors — are counted differently from country to country.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.