Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Chile

Number of mobile subscriptions in Chile in 2024 — 26,220,026 subs. Ranked 49 in the world out of 151.

2024 26.22M subs −1.84% vs 2023
World rank 49of 151
Period maximum 26.71M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Chile, 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: 4,886 subs1990: 13,921 subs1991: 36,136 subs1992: 64,438 subs1993: 85,186 subs1994: 115,691 subs1995: 197,314 subs1996: 319,474 subs1997: 409,740 subs1998: 964,248 subs1999: 2,260,687 subs2000: 3,401,525 subs2001: 5,100,783 subs2002: 6,244,310 subs2003: 7,268,281 subs2004: 9,261,385 subs2005: 10,569,572 subs2006: 12,450,801 subs2007: 13,955,202 subs2008: 14,796,593 subs2009: 16,450,223 subs2010: 19,852,242 subs2011: 22,315,248 subs2012: 23,940,973 subs2013: 23,661,339 subs2014: 23,680,718 subs2015: 23,206,353 subs2016: 23,302,603 subs2017: 23,013,147 subs2018: 25,178,981 subs2019: 25,051,668 subs2020: 25,068,249 subs2021: 26,571,823 subs2022: 26,418,944 subs2023: 26,710,679 subs2024: 26,220,026 subs
Change over the period: +26.22M

Comparison, 2024

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

Chile 26.22M subs
World 9.01B subs
South America computed 498M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Chile, by year Chile All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 26.22M −490,653 −1.84%
2023 26.71M +291,735 +1.1%
2022 26.42M −152,879 −0.58%
2021 26.57M +1.5M +6%
2020 25.07M +16,581 +0.07%
2019 25.05M −127,313 −0.51%
2018 25.18M +2.17M +9.41%
2017 23.01M −289,456 −1.24%
2016 23.3M +96,250 +0.41%
2015 23.21M −474,365 −2%
2014 23.68M +19,379 +0.08%
2013 23.66M −279,634 −1.17%
2012 23.94M +1.63M +7.29%
2011 22.32M +2.46M +12.41%
2010 19.85M +3.4M +20.68%
2009 16.45M +1.65M +11.18%
2008 14.8M +841,391 +6.03%
2007 13.96M +1.5M +12.08%
2006 12.45M +1.88M +17.8%
2005 10.57M +1.31M +14.13%
2004 9.26M +1.99M +27.42%
2003 7.27M +1.02M +16.4%
2002 6.24M +1.14M +22.42%
2001 5.1M +1.7M +49.96%
2000 3.4M +1.14M +50.46%
1999 2.26M +1.3M +134.45%
1998 964,248 +554,508 +135.33%
1997 409,740 +90,266 +28.25%
1996 319,474 +122,160 +61.91%
1995 197,314 +81,623 +70.55%
1994 115,691 +30,505 +35.81%
1993 85,186 +20,748 +32.2%
1992 64,438 +28,302 +78.32%
1991 36,136 +22,215 +159.58%
1990 13,921 +9,035 +184.92%
1989 4,886 +4,886
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.