Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — CIS

Number of mobile subscriptions in the CIS in 2024 — 374,441,984 subs.

2024 374M subs +0.29% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 374M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — CIS, 1960–20240100M200M300M400M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 300 subs1992: 6,000 subs1993: 10,824 subs1994: 31,270 subs1995: 108,768 subs1996: 267,180 subs1997: 569,004 subs1998: 897,442 subs1999: 1,883,336 subs2000: 4,150,027 subs2001: 9,607,974 subs2002: 20,555,344 subs2003: 40,737,997 subs2004: 81,797,816 subs2005: 134,673,996 subs2006: 176,293,273 subs2007: 208,753,474 subs2008: 252,417,139 subs2009: 294,689,466 subs2010: 315,109,102 subs2011: 294,278,825 subs2012: 299,609,196 subs2013: 312,727,510 subs2014: 315,979,406 subs2015: 320,772,167 subs2016: 323,791,792 subs2017: 325,407,698 subs2018: 326,633,549 subs2019: 348,121,353 subs2020: 338,759,707 subs2021: 349,951,012 subs2022: 351,997,501 subs2023: 373,367,946 subs2024: 374,441,984 subs
Change over the period: +374M

Comparison, 2024

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

CIS 374M subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 374M +1.07M +0.29%
2023 373M +21.37M +6.07%
2022 352M +2.05M +0.58%
2021 350M +11.19M +3.3%
2020 339M −9.36M −2.69%
2019 348M +21.49M +6.58%
2018 327M +1.23M +0.38%
2017 325M +1.62M +0.5%
2016 324M +3.02M +0.94%
2015 321M +4.79M +1.52%
2014 316M +3.25M +1.04%
2013 313M +13.12M +4.38%
2012 300M +5.33M +1.81%
2011 294M −20.83M −6.61%
2010 315M +20.42M +6.93%
2009 295M +42.27M +16.75%
2008 252M +43.66M +20.92%
2007 209M +32.46M +18.41%
2006 176M +41.62M +30.9%
2005 135M +52.88M +64.64%
2004 81.8M +41.06M +100.79%
2003 40.74M +20.18M +98.19%
2002 20.56M +10.95M +113.94%
2001 9.61M +5.46M +131.52%
2000 4.15M +2.27M +120.36%
1999 1.88M +985,894 +109.86%
1998 897,442 +328,438 +57.72%
1997 569,004 +301,824 +112.97%
1996 267,180 +158,412 +145.64%
1995 108,768 +77,498 +247.83%
1994 31,270 +20,446 +188.9%
1993 10,824 +4,824 +80.4%
1992 6,000 +5,700 +1,900%
1991 300 +300
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.