Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Burundi

Number of mobile subscriptions in Burundi in 2023 — 8,646,686 subs. Ranked 92 in the world out of 172.

2023 8.65M subs +15.37% vs 2022
World rank 92of 172
Period maximum 8.65M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Burundi, 1960–202302.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 353 subs1994: 378 subs1995: 564 subs1996: 561 subs1997: 619 subs1998: 620 subs1999: 800 subs2000: 16,320 subs2001: 33,416 subs2002: 52,000 subs2003: 64,000 subs2004: 100,560 subs2005: 153,000 subs2006: 200,000 subs2007: 270,000 subs2008: 480,584 subs2009: 920,749 subs2010: 1,678,029 subs2011: 1,914,586 subs2012: 2,247,126 subs2013: 2,536,831 subs2014: 3,193,257 subs2015: 4,997,696 subs2016: 5,357,816 subs2017: 5,920,612 subs2018: 6,317,965 subs2019: 6,532,039 subs2020: 6,631,151 subs2021: 7,740,494 subs2022: 7,494,448 subs2023: 8,646,686 subs
Change over the period: +8.65M

Comparison, 2023

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

Burundi 8.65M subs
World 8.88B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.13B subs
Eastern Africa computed 380M subs
Low-income countries computed 390M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 8.65M +1.15M +15.37%
2022 7.49M −246,046 −3.18%
2021 7.74M +1.11M +16.73%
2020 6.63M +99,112 +1.52%
2019 6.53M +214,074 +3.39%
2018 6.32M +397,353 +6.71%
2017 5.92M +562,796 +10.5%
2016 5.36M +360,120 +7.21%
2015 5M +1.8M +56.51%
2014 3.19M +656,426 +25.88%
2013 2.54M +289,705 +12.89%
2012 2.25M +332,540 +17.37%
2011 1.91M +236,557 +14.1%
2010 1.68M +757,280 +82.25%
2009 920,749 +440,165 +91.59%
2008 480,584 +210,584 +77.99%
2007 270,000 +70,000 +35%
2006 200,000 +47,000 +30.72%
2005 153,000 +52,440 +52.15%
2004 100,560 +36,560 +57.13%
2003 64,000 +12,000 +23.08%
2002 52,000 +18,584 +55.61%
2001 33,416 +17,096 +104.75%
2000 16,320 +15,520 +1,940%
1999 800 +180 +29.03%
1998 620 +1 +0.16%
1997 619 +58 +10.34%
1996 561 −3 −0.53%
1995 564 +186 +49.21%
1994 378 +25 +7.08%
1993 353 +353
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.