Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Ecuador

Number of mobile subscriptions in Ecuador in 2024 — 18,425,331 subs. Ranked 60 in the world out of 151.

2024 18.43M subs +1.43% vs 2023
World rank 60of 151
Period maximum 18.43M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Ecuador, 1960–202405M10M15M20M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 18,920 subs1995: 54,380 subs1996: 59,779 subs1997: 126,505 subs1998: 242,812 subs1999: 383,185 subs2000: 482,213 subs2001: 859,152 subs2002: 1,560,861 subs2003: 2,398,161 subs2004: 3,544,174 subs2005: 6,246,332 subs2006: 8,485,050 subs2007: 9,939,977 subs2008: 11,684,479 subs2009: 13,241,758 subs2010: 14,780,730 subs2011: 15,332,715 subs2012: 16,456,740 subs2013: 16,626,199 subs2014: 16,605,737 subs2015: 12,943,791 subs2016: 13,882,280 subs2017: 14,651,404 subs2018: 15,772,838 subs2019: 15,853,100 subs2020: 15,485,366 subs2021: 16,789,600 subs2022: 17,490,751 subs2023: 18,165,593 subs2024: 18,425,331 subs
Change over the period: +18.43M

Comparison, 2024

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

Ecuador 18.43M subs
World 9.01B subs
South America computed 498M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 18.43M +259,738 +1.43%
2023 18.17M +674,842 +3.86%
2022 17.49M +701,151 +4.18%
2021 16.79M +1.3M +8.42%
2020 15.49M −367,734 −2.32%
2019 15.85M +80,262 +0.51%
2018 15.77M +1.12M +7.65%
2017 14.65M +769,124 +5.54%
2016 13.88M +938,489 +7.25%
2015 12.94M −3.66M −22.05%
2014 16.61M −20,462 −0.12%
2013 16.63M +169,459 +1.03%
2012 16.46M +1.12M +7.33%
2011 15.33M +551,985 +3.73%
2010 14.78M +1.54M +11.62%
2009 13.24M +1.56M +13.33%
2008 11.68M +1.74M +17.55%
2007 9.94M +1.45M +17.15%
2006 8.49M +2.24M +35.84%
2005 6.25M +2.7M +76.24%
2004 3.54M +1.15M +47.79%
2003 2.4M +837,300 +53.64%
2002 1.56M +701,709 +81.67%
2001 859,152 +376,939 +78.17%
2000 482,213 +99,028 +25.84%
1999 383,185 +140,373 +57.81%
1998 242,812 +116,307 +91.94%
1997 126,505 +66,726 +111.62%
1996 59,779 +5,399 +9.93%
1995 54,380 +35,460 +187.42%
1994 18,920 +18,920
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.