Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Central African Republic

Number of mobile subscriptions in the Central African Republic in 2022 — 1,979,150 subs. Ranked 151 in the world out of 209.

2022 1.98M subs +8.09% vs 2021
World rank 151of 209
Period maximum 1.98M subs2022
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Central African Republic, 1960–20220500,0001M1.5M2M19601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 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: 44 subs1996: 1,071 subs1997: 1,370 subs1998: 1,633 subs1999: 4,162 subs2000: 4,967 subs2001: 11,000 subs2002: 12,600 subs2003: 40,000 subs2004: 60,000 subs2005: 100,000 subs2006: 110,000 subs2007: 340,000 subs2008: 570,000 subs2009: 863,641 subs2010: 979,232 subs2011: 992,444 subs2012: 1,143,114 subs2013: 1,360,300 subs2014: 1,155,620 subs2015: 1,242,494 subs2016: 1,248,346 subs2017: 1,175,389 subs2018: 1,279,261 subs2019: 1,595,294 subs2020: 1,831,000 subs2021: 1,831,000 subs2022: 1,979,150 subs
Change over the period: +1.98M

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central African Republic

Central African Republic 1.98M subs
World 8.65B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.08B subs
Middle Africa computed 122M subs
Low-income countries computed 447M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Central African Republic, by year Central African Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2022 1.98M +148,150 +8.09%
2021 1.83M +0 +0%
2020 1.83M +235,706 +14.78%
2019 1.6M +316,033 +24.7%
2018 1.28M +103,872 +8.84%
2017 1.18M −72,957 −5.84%
2016 1.25M +5,852 +0.47%
2015 1.24M +86,874 +7.52%
2014 1.16M −204,680 −15.05%
2013 1.36M +217,186 +19%
2012 1.14M +150,670 +15.18%
2011 992,444 +13,212 +1.35%
2010 979,232 +115,591 +13.38%
2009 863,641 +293,641 +51.52%
2008 570,000 +230,000 +67.65%
2007 340,000 +230,000 +209.09%
2006 110,000 +10,000 +10%
2005 100,000 +40,000 +66.67%
2004 60,000 +20,000 +50%
2003 40,000 +27,400 +217.46%
2002 12,600 +1,600 +14.55%
2001 11,000 +6,033 +121.46%
2000 4,967 +805 +19.34%
1999 4,162 +2,529 +154.87%
1998 1,633 +263 +19.2%
1997 1,370 +299 +27.92%
1996 1,071 +1,027 +2,334.09%
1995 44 +44
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.