Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Cameroon

Number of mobile subscriptions in Cameroon in 2024 — 31,515,715 subs. Ranked 42 in the world out of 151.

2024 31.52M subs +15.13% vs 2023
World rank 42of 151
Period maximum 31.52M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Cameroon, 1960–2024010M20M30M40M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 1,600 subs1995: 2,800 subs1996: 3,500 subs1997: 4,200 subs1998: 5,000 subs1999: 6,000 subs2000: 103,279 subs2001: 417,295 subs2002: 701,507 subs2003: 1,077,000 subs2004: 1,530,868 subs2005: 2,252,508 subs2006: 3,135,946 subs2007: 4,536,000 subs2008: 6,160,893 subs2009: 8,004,120 subs2010: 8,636,652 subs2011: 10,486,614 subs2012: 13,108,058 subs2013: 15,664,666 subs2014: 17,039,059 subs2015: 18,160,667 subs2016: 18,717,503 subs2017: 20,135,388 subs2018: 18,455,836 subs2019: 21,400,736 subs2020: 22,350,310 subs2021: 21,750,113 subs2022: 24,821,805 subs2023: 27,374,460 subs2024: 31,515,715 subs
Change over the period: +31.52M

Comparison, 2024

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

Cameroon 31.52M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Middle Africa computed 146M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 31.52M +4.14M +15.13%
2023 27.37M +2.55M +10.28%
2022 24.82M +3.07M +14.12%
2021 21.75M −600,197 −2.69%
2020 22.35M +949,574 +4.44%
2019 21.4M +2.94M +15.96%
2018 18.46M −1.68M −8.34%
2017 20.14M +1.42M +7.58%
2016 18.72M +556,836 +3.07%
2015 18.16M +1.12M +6.58%
2014 17.04M +1.37M +8.77%
2013 15.66M +2.56M +19.5%
2012 13.11M +2.62M +25%
2011 10.49M +1.85M +21.42%
2010 8.64M +632,532 +7.9%
2009 8M +1.84M +29.92%
2008 6.16M +1.62M +35.82%
2007 4.54M +1.4M +44.65%
2006 3.14M +883,438 +39.22%
2005 2.25M +721,640 +47.14%
2004 1.53M +453,868 +42.14%
2003 1.08M +375,493 +53.53%
2002 701,507 +284,212 +68.11%
2001 417,295 +314,016 +304.05%
2000 103,279 +97,279 +1,621.32%
1999 6,000 +1,000 +20%
1998 5,000 +800 +19.05%
1997 4,200 +700 +20%
1996 3,500 +700 +25%
1995 2,800 +1,200 +75%
1994 1,600 +1,600
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.