Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — East Asia & Pacific

Number of mobile subscriptions in East Asia & Pacific in 2025 — 3,240,000,000 subs.

2025 3.24B subs +1.73% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 3.24B subs2025
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — East Asia & Pacific, 1960–202501B2B3B4B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 13,275 subs1982: 19,804 subs1983: 27,198 subs1984: 43,142 subs1985: 68,229 subs1986: 128,390 subs1987: 226,225 subs1988: 424,070 subs1989: 909,037 subs1990: 1,646,510 subs1991: 2,745,300 subs1992: 4,057,172 subs1993: 6,029,736 subs1994: 11,252,989 subs1995: 24,600,037 subs1996: 49,285,027 subs1997: 74,880,635 subs1998: 107,364,780 subs1999: 159,909,704 subs2000: 234,862,417 subs2001: 328,614,799 subs2002: 425,643,649 subs2003: 522,343,745 subs2004: 630,000,386 subs2005: 730,403,034 subs2006: 852,804,655 subs2007: 1,045,698,767 subs2008: 1,252,372,740 subs2009: 1,435,263,562 subs2010: 1,642,135,588 subs2011: 1,868,450,149 subs2012: 2,071,652,537 subs2013: 2,238,091,300 subs2014: 2,371,023,551 subs2015: 2,403,200,000 subs2016: 2,562,200,000 subs2017: 2,722,700,000 subs2018: 2,853,100,000 subs2019: 3,043,100,000 subs2020: 3,007,000,000 subs2021: 3,048,000,000 subs2022: 3,081,000,000 subs2023: 3,135,000,000 subs2024: 3,185,000,000 subs2025: 3,240,000,000 subs
Change over the period: +3.24B

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 3.24B subs
World 9.17B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2025 3.24B +55M +1.73%
2024 3.19B +50M +1.59%
2023 3.14B +54M +1.75%
2022 3.08B +33M +1.08%
2021 3.05B +41M +1.36%
2020 3.01B −36.1M −1.19%
2019 3.04B +190M +6.66%
2018 2.85B +130M +4.79%
2017 2.72B +161M +6.26%
2016 2.56B +159M +6.62%
2015 2.4B +32.18M +1.36%
2014 2.37B +133M +5.94%
2013 2.24B +166M +8.03%
2012 2.07B +203M +10.88%
2011 1.87B +226M +13.78%
2010 1.64B +207M +14.41%
2009 1.44B +183M +14.6%
2008 1.25B +207M +19.76%
2007 1.05B +193M +22.62%
2006 853M +122M +16.76%
2005 730M +100M +15.94%
2004 630M +108M +20.61%
2003 522M +96.7M +22.72%
2002 426M +97.03M +29.53%
2001 329M +93.75M +39.92%
2000 235M +74.95M +46.87%
1999 160M +52.54M +48.94%
1998 107M +32.48M +43.38%
1997 74.88M +25.6M +51.93%
1996 49.29M +24.68M +100.35%
1995 24.6M +13.35M +118.61%
1994 11.25M +5.22M +86.62%
1993 6.03M +1.97M +48.62%
1992 4.06M +1.31M +47.79%
1991 2.75M +1.1M +66.73%
1990 1.65M +737,473 +81.13%
1989 909,037 +484,967 +114.36%
1988 424,070 +197,845 +87.45%
1987 226,225 +97,835 +76.2%
1986 128,390 +60,161 +88.18%
1985 68,229 +25,087 +58.15%
1984 43,142 +15,944 +58.62%
1983 27,198 +7,394 +37.34%
1982 19,804 +6,529 +49.18%
1981 13,275 +13,275
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.