Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Colombia

Number of mobile subscriptions in Colombia in 2024 — 92,072,138 subs. Ranked 19 in the world out of 151.

2024 92.07M subs +5.39% vs 2023
World rank 19of 151
Period maximum 92.07M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Colombia, 1960–2024025M50M75M100M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 86,805 subs1995: 274,590 subs1996: 522,857 subs1997: 1,264,763 subs1998: 1,800,229 subs1999: 1,966,535 subs2000: 2,256,801 subs2001: 3,265,261 subs2002: 4,596,594 subs2003: 6,186,206 subs2004: 10,400,578 subs2005: 21,849,993 subs2006: 29,762,715 subs2007: 33,941,118 subs2008: 41,364,753 subs2009: 42,159,613 subs2010: 44,477,653 subs2011: 46,200,421 subs2012: 49,066,359 subs2013: 50,295,114 subs2014: 55,330,272 subs2015: 57,327,470 subs2016: 58,684,924 subs2017: 62,220,014 subs2018: 64,513,977 subs2019: 66,283,175 subs2020: 67,672,570 subs2021: 75,056,111 subs2022: 80,812,165 subs2023: 87,365,916 subs2024: 92,072,138 subs
Change over the period: +92.07M

Comparison, 2024

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

Colombia 92.07M subs
World 9.01B subs
South America computed 498M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 92.07M +4.71M +5.39%
2023 87.37M +6.55M +8.11%
2022 80.81M +5.76M +7.67%
2021 75.06M +7.38M +10.91%
2020 67.67M +1.39M +2.1%
2019 66.28M +1.77M +2.74%
2018 64.51M +2.29M +3.69%
2017 62.22M +3.54M +6.02%
2016 58.68M +1.36M +2.37%
2015 57.33M +2M +3.61%
2014 55.33M +5.04M +10.01%
2013 50.3M +1.23M +2.5%
2012 49.07M +2.87M +6.2%
2011 46.2M +1.72M +3.87%
2010 44.48M +2.32M +5.5%
2009 42.16M +794,860 +1.92%
2008 41.36M +7.42M +21.87%
2007 33.94M +4.18M +14.04%
2006 29.76M +7.91M +36.21%
2005 21.85M +11.45M +110.08%
2004 10.4M +4.21M +68.13%
2003 6.19M +1.59M +34.58%
2002 4.6M +1.33M +40.77%
2001 3.27M +1.01M +44.69%
2000 2.26M +290,266 +14.76%
1999 1.97M +166,306 +9.24%
1998 1.8M +535,466 +42.34%
1997 1.26M +741,906 +141.89%
1996 522,857 +248,267 +90.41%
1995 274,590 +187,785 +216.33%
1994 86,805 +86,805
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.