Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Democratic Republic of the Congo

Number of mobile subscriptions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2024 — 63,961,751 subs. Ranked 27 in the world out of 151.

2024 63.96M subs +13.67% vs 2023
World rank 27of 151
Period maximum 63.96M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1960–2024020M40M60M80M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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 subs1995: 8,500 subs1996: 7,200 subs1997: 8,900 subs1998: 10,000 subs1999: 12,000 subs2000: 15,000 subs2001: 150,000 subs2002: 560,000 subs2003: 1,246,225 subs2004: 1,990,722 subs2005: 2,746,094 subs2006: 4,415,470 subs2007: 6,592,000 subs2008: 9,937,622 subs2009: 9,458,557 subs2010: 11,820,348 subs2011: 15,644,877 subs2012: 20,092,678 subs2013: 28,231,900 subs2014: 37,102,958 subs2015: 37,752,782 subs2016: 28,889,317 subs2017: 35,375,246 subs2018: 36,470,600 subs2019: 37,123,208 subs2020: 40,798,396 subs2021: 46,885,799 subs2022: 49,844,134 subs2023: 56,268,376 subs2024: 63,961,751 subs
Change over the period: +63.96M

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo 63.96M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Middle Africa computed 146M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 63.96M +7.69M +13.67%
2023 56.27M +6.42M +12.89%
2022 49.84M +2.96M +6.31%
2021 46.89M +6.09M +14.92%
2020 40.8M +3.68M +9.9%
2019 37.12M +652,608 +1.79%
2018 36.47M +1.1M +3.1%
2017 35.38M +6.49M +22.45%
2016 28.89M −8.86M −23.48%
2015 37.75M +649,824 +1.75%
2014 37.1M +8.87M +31.42%
2013 28.23M +8.14M +40.51%
2012 20.09M +4.45M +28.43%
2011 15.64M +3.82M +32.36%
2010 11.82M +2.36M +24.97%
2009 9.46M −479,065 −4.82%
2008 9.94M +3.35M +50.75%
2007 6.59M +2.18M +49.29%
2006 4.42M +1.67M +60.79%
2005 2.75M +755,372 +37.94%
2004 1.99M +744,497 +59.74%
2003 1.25M +686,225 +122.54%
2002 560,000 +410,000 +273.33%
2001 150,000 +135,000 +900%
2000 15,000 +3,000 +25%
1999 12,000 +2,000 +20%
1998 10,000 +1,100 +12.36%
1997 8,900 +1,700 +23.61%
1996 7,200 −1,300 −15.29%
1995 8,500
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

Middle Africa, 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.