Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Costa Rica

Number of mobile subscriptions in Costa Rica in 2024 — 6,977,935 subs. Ranked 96 in the world out of 151.

2024 6.98M subs +2.36% vs 2023
World rank 96of 151
Period maximum 8.84M subs2017
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Costa Rica, 1960–202402.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 3,008 subs1993: 4,533 subs1994: 6,985 subs1995: 18,750 subs1996: 46,531 subs1997: 64,387 subs1998: 108,770 subs1999: 138,178 subs2000: 211,614 subs2001: 326,944 subs2002: 502,478 subs2003: 778,299 subs2004: 923,084 subs2005: 1,101,305 subs2006: 1,443,717 subs2007: 1,508,219 subs2008: 1,886,570 subs2009: 1,950,318 subs2010: 3,128,372 subs2011: 4,153,067 subs2012: 5,378,082 subs2013: 7,111,981 subs2014: 7,020,412 subs2015: 7,535,599 subs2016: 8,330,664 subs2017: 8,840,342 subs2018: 8,495,585 subs2019: 7,225,058 subs2020: 7,172,976 subs2021: 7,123,859 subs2022: 6,937,543 subs2023: 6,817,288 subs2024: 6,977,935 subs
Change over the period: +6.98M

Comparison, 2024

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

Costa Rica 6.98M subs
World 9.01B subs
Central America computed 206M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 6.98M +160,647 +2.36%
2023 6.82M −120,255 −1.73%
2022 6.94M −186,316 −2.62%
2021 7.12M −49,117 −0.68%
2020 7.17M −52,082 −0.72%
2019 7.23M −1.27M −14.96%
2018 8.5M −344,757 −3.9%
2017 8.84M +509,678 +6.12%
2016 8.33M +795,065 +10.55%
2015 7.54M +515,187 +7.34%
2014 7.02M −91,569 −1.29%
2013 7.11M +1.73M +32.24%
2012 5.38M +1.23M +29.5%
2011 4.15M +1.02M +32.75%
2010 3.13M +1.18M +60.4%
2009 1.95M +63,748 +3.38%
2008 1.89M +378,351 +25.09%
2007 1.51M +64,502 +4.47%
2006 1.44M +342,412 +31.09%
2005 1.1M +178,221 +19.31%
2004 923,084 +144,785 +18.6%
2003 778,299 +275,821 +54.89%
2002 502,478 +175,534 +53.69%
2001 326,944 +115,330 +54.5%
2000 211,614 +73,436 +53.15%
1999 138,178 +29,408 +27.04%
1998 108,770 +44,383 +68.93%
1997 64,387 +17,856 +38.37%
1996 46,531 +27,781 +148.17%
1995 18,750 +11,765 +168.43%
1994 6,985 +2,452 +54.09%
1993 4,533 +1,525 +50.7%
1992 3,008 +3,008
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

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.