Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Estonia

Number of mobile subscriptions in Estonia in 2024 — 2,056,218 subs. Ranked 126 in the world out of 151.

2024 2.06M subs +0.13% vs 2023
World rank 126of 151
Period maximum 2.06M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Estonia, 1960–202401M2M3M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 570 subs1992: 2,498 subs1993: 7,224 subs1994: 13,774 subs1995: 30,452 subs1996: 69,500 subs1997: 144,200 subs1998: 247,000 subs1999: 387,000 subs2000: 557,000 subs2001: 651,200 subs2002: 881,000 subs2003: 1,050,241 subs2004: 1,255,731 subs2005: 1,445,300 subs2006: 1,658,700 subs2007: 1,681,849 subs2008: 1,624,465 subs2009: 1,570,538 subs2010: 1,652,809 subs2011: 1,806,075 subs2012: 1,999,750 subs2013: 1,927,423 subs2014: 1,897,551 subs2015: 1,903,545 subs2016: 1,897,921 subs2017: 1,904,425 subs2018: 1,924,034 subs2019: 1,951,051 subs2020: 1,925,789 subs2021: 1,980,838 subs2022: 2,055,794 subs2023: 2,053,470 subs2024: 2,056,218 subs
Change over the period: +2.06M

Comparison, 2024

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

Estonia 2.06M subs
World 9.01B subs
Northern Europe computed 134M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 2.06M +2,748 +0.13%
2023 2.05M −2,324 −0.11%
2022 2.06M +74,956 +3.78%
2021 1.98M +55,049 +2.86%
2020 1.93M −25,262 −1.29%
2019 1.95M +27,017 +1.4%
2018 1.92M +19,609 +1.03%
2017 1.9M +6,504 +0.34%
2016 1.9M −5,624 −0.3%
2015 1.9M +5,994 +0.32%
2014 1.9M −29,872 −1.55%
2013 1.93M −72,327 −3.62%
2012 2M +193,675 +10.72%
2011 1.81M +153,266 +9.27%
2010 1.65M +82,271 +5.24%
2009 1.57M −53,927 −3.32%
2008 1.62M −57,384 −3.41%
2007 1.68M +23,149 +1.4%
2006 1.66M +213,400 +14.77%
2005 1.45M +189,569 +15.1%
2004 1.26M +205,490 +19.57%
2003 1.05M +169,241 +19.21%
2002 881,000 +229,800 +35.29%
2001 651,200 +94,200 +16.91%
2000 557,000 +170,000 +43.93%
1999 387,000 +140,000 +56.68%
1998 247,000 +102,800 +71.29%
1997 144,200 +74,700 +107.48%
1996 69,500 +39,048 +128.23%
1995 30,452 +16,678 +121.08%
1994 13,774 +6,550 +90.67%
1993 7,224 +4,726 +189.19%
1992 2,498 +1,928 +338.25%
1991 570 +570
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.