Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Euro area

Number of mobile subscriptions in the Euro area in 2024 — 368,351,805 subs.

2024 368M subs −16.25% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 440M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Euro area, 1960–20240200M400M600M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 23,482 subs1981: 28,278 subs1982: 33,880 subs1983: 42,226 subs1984: 52,010 subs1985: 90,036 subs1986: 168,893 subs1987: 276,071 subs1988: 476,560 subs1989: 783,789 subs1990: 1,365,679 subs1991: 2,241,042 subs1992: 3,268,590 subs1993: 5,073,961 subs1994: 7,956,698 subs1995: 13,079,851 subs1996: 22,885,539 subs1997: 40,150,001 subs1998: 70,124,354 subs1999: 120,869,761 subs2000: 190,664,049 subs2001: 232,211,280 subs2002: 249,397,879 subs2003: 270,465,668 subs2004: 294,142,927 subs2005: 326,140,657 subs2006: 355,014,007 subs2007: 390,455,994 subs2008: 409,155,569 subs2009: 408,084,901 subs2010: 396,450,965 subs2011: 407,701,660 subs2012: 413,082,961 subs2013: 416,944,686 subs2014: 411,655,041 subs2015: 409,998,147 subs2016: 414,271,063 subs2017: 419,786,782 subs2018: 419,586,389 subs2019: 418,913,887 subs2020: 417,236,631 subs2021: 422,685,687 subs2022: 424,057,862 subs2023: 439,836,572 subs2024: 368,351,805 subs
Change over the period: +368M

Comparison, 2024

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

Euro area 368M subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 368M −71.48M −16.25%
2023 440M +15.78M +3.72%
2022 424M +1.37M +0.32%
2021 423M +5.45M +1.31%
2020 417M −1.68M −0.4%
2019 419M −672,502 −0.16%
2018 420M −200,393 −0.05%
2017 420M +5.52M +1.33%
2016 414M +4.27M +1.04%
2015 410M −1.66M −0.4%
2014 412M −5.29M −1.27%
2013 417M +3.86M +0.93%
2012 413M +5.38M +1.32%
2011 408M +11.25M +2.84%
2010 396M −11.63M −2.85%
2009 408M −1.07M −0.26%
2008 409M +18.7M +4.79%
2007 390M +35.44M +9.98%
2006 355M +28.87M +8.85%
2005 326M +32M +10.88%
2004 294M +23.68M +8.75%
2003 270M +21.07M +8.45%
2002 249M +17.19M +7.4%
2001 232M +41.55M +21.79%
2000 191M +69.79M +57.74%
1999 121M +50.75M +72.36%
1998 70.12M +29.97M +74.66%
1997 40.15M +17.26M +75.44%
1996 22.89M +9.81M +74.97%
1995 13.08M +5.12M +64.39%
1994 7.96M +2.88M +56.81%
1993 5.07M +1.81M +55.23%
1992 3.27M +1.03M +45.85%
1991 2.24M +875,363 +64.1%
1990 1.37M +581,890 +74.24%
1989 783,789 +307,229 +64.47%
1988 476,560 +200,489 +72.62%
1987 276,071 +107,178 +63.46%
1986 168,893 +78,857 +87.58%
1985 90,036 +38,026 +73.11%
1984 52,010 +9,784 +23.17%
1983 42,226 +8,346 +24.63%
1982 33,880 +5,602 +19.81%
1981 28,278 +4,796 +20.42%
1980 23,482 +23,482
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.