Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Cyprus

Number of mobile subscriptions in Cyprus in 2024 — 1,509,691 subs. Ranked 132 in the world out of 151.

2024 1.51M subs +5.32% vs 2023
World rank 132of 151
Period maximum 1.51M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Cyprus, 1960–20240500,0001M1.5M2M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 168 subs1989: 1,348 subs1990: 3,156 subs1991: 5,131 subs1992: 9,739 subs1993: 15,288 subs1994: 22,938 subs1995: 44,453 subs1996: 70,781 subs1997: 91,968 subs1998: 116,429 subs1999: 151,649 subs2000: 218,324 subs2001: 314,355 subs2002: 417,933 subs2003: 551,752 subs2004: 658,234 subs2005: 782,503 subs2006: 867,785 subs2007: 988,312 subs2008: 1,016,739 subs2009: 977,521 subs2010: 1,034,071 subs2011: 1,090,944 subs2012: 1,110,935 subs2013: 1,099,621 subs2014: 1,110,802 subs2015: 1,111,123 subs2016: 1,133,780 subs2017: 1,176,801 subs2018: 1,200,378 subs2019: 1,243,151 subs2020: 1,239,960 subs2021: 1,320,794 subs2022: 1,392,480 subs2023: 1,433,497 subs2024: 1,509,691 subs
Change over the period: +1.51M

Comparison, 2024

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

Cyprus 1.51M subs
World 9.01B subs
Western Asia computed 296M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Cyprus, by year Cyprus All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 1.51M +76,194 +5.32%
2023 1.43M +41,017 +2.95%
2022 1.39M +71,686 +5.43%
2021 1.32M +80,834 +6.52%
2020 1.24M −3,191 −0.26%
2019 1.24M +42,773 +3.56%
2018 1.2M +23,577 +2%
2017 1.18M +43,021 +3.79%
2016 1.13M +22,657 +2.04%
2015 1.11M +321 +0.03%
2014 1.11M +11,181 +1.02%
2013 1.1M −11,314 −1.02%
2012 1.11M +19,991 +1.83%
2011 1.09M +56,873 +5.5%
2010 1.03M +56,550 +5.79%
2009 977,521 −39,218 −3.86%
2008 1.02M +28,427 +2.88%
2007 988,312 +120,527 +13.89%
2006 867,785 +85,282 +10.9%
2005 782,503 +124,269 +18.88%
2004 658,234 +106,482 +19.3%
2003 551,752 +133,819 +32.02%
2002 417,933 +103,578 +32.95%
2001 314,355 +96,031 +43.99%
2000 218,324 +66,675 +43.97%
1999 151,649 +35,220 +30.25%
1998 116,429 +24,461 +26.6%
1997 91,968 +21,187 +29.93%
1996 70,781 +26,328 +59.23%
1995 44,453 +21,515 +93.8%
1994 22,938 +7,650 +50.04%
1993 15,288 +5,549 +56.98%
1992 9,739 +4,608 +89.81%
1991 5,131 +1,975 +62.58%
1990 3,156 +1,808 +134.12%
1989 1,348 +1,180 +702.38%
1988 168 +168
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.