Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — El Salvador

Number of mobile subscriptions in El Salvador in 2024 — 11,188,015 subs. Ranked 81 in the world out of 151.

2024 11.19M subs −1.33% vs 2023
World rank 81of 151
Period maximum 11.51M subs2022
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — El Salvador, 1960–202405M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 1,632 subs1994: 4,868 subs1995: 13,475 subs1996: 23,270 subs1997: 40,163 subs1998: 137,114 subs1999: 511,365 subs2000: 743,628 subs2001: 857,782 subs2002: 888,818 subs2003: 1,149,790 subs2004: 1,832,579 subs2005: 2,411,753 subs2006: 3,851,611 subs2007: 6,137,381 subs2008: 6,950,703 subs2009: 7,566,245 subs2010: 7,700,336 subs2011: 8,316,150 subs2012: 8,649,000 subs2013: 8,991,899 subs2014: 9,193,342 subs2015: 9,334,132 subs2016: 9,637,259 subs2017: 9,478,044 subs2018: 9,433,495 subs2019: 10,396,786 subs2020: 9,949,000 subs2021: 11,071,073 subs2022: 11,508,619 subs2023: 11,338,750 subs2024: 11,188,015 subs
Change over the period: +11.19M

Comparison, 2024

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

El Salvador 11.19M subs
World 9.01B subs
Central America computed 206M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 11.19M −150,735 −1.33%
2023 11.34M −169,869 −1.48%
2022 11.51M +437,546 +3.95%
2021 11.07M +1.12M +11.28%
2020 9.95M −447,786 −4.31%
2019 10.4M +963,291 +10.21%
2018 9.43M −44,549 −0.47%
2017 9.48M −159,215 −1.65%
2016 9.64M +303,127 +3.25%
2015 9.33M +140,790 +1.53%
2014 9.19M +201,443 +2.24%
2013 8.99M +342,899 +3.96%
2012 8.65M +332,850 +4%
2011 8.32M +615,814 +8%
2010 7.7M +134,091 +1.77%
2009 7.57M +615,542 +8.86%
2008 6.95M +813,322 +13.25%
2007 6.14M +2.29M +59.35%
2006 3.85M +1.44M +59.7%
2005 2.41M +579,174 +31.6%
2004 1.83M +682,789 +59.38%
2003 1.15M +260,972 +29.36%
2002 888,818 +31,036 +3.62%
2001 857,782 +114,154 +15.35%
2000 743,628 +232,263 +45.42%
1999 511,365 +374,251 +272.95%
1998 137,114 +96,951 +241.39%
1997 40,163 +16,893 +72.6%
1996 23,270 +9,795 +72.69%
1995 13,475 +8,607 +176.81%
1994 4,868 +3,236 +198.28%
1993 1,632 +1,632
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

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.