Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — G7

Number of mobile subscriptions in the G7 in 2024 — 700,365,890 subs.

2024 700M subs −29.31% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 991M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — G7, 1960–20240250M500M750M1B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 131,992 subs1985: 471,508 subs1986: 1,008,855 subs1987: 1,874,507 subs1988: 3,305,666 subs1989: 5,726,769 subs1990: 8,670,708 subs1991: 12,446,338 subs1992: 17,470,499 subs1993: 25,295,363 subs1994: 39,885,069 subs1995: 62,773,859 subs1996: 96,092,337 subs1997: 132,433,390 subs1998: 182,353,013 subs1999: 252,164,135 subs2000: 347,941,765 subs2001: 404,620,558 subs2002: 435,931,624 subs2003: 478,111,221 subs2004: 529,616,915 subs2005: 581,531,265 subs2006: 635,985,026 subs2007: 692,144,635 subs2008: 722,564,498 subs2009: 743,822,217 subs2010: 750,811,440 subs2011: 780,924,336 subs2012: 803,865,259 subs2013: 825,840,678 subs2014: 842,572,884 subs2015: 852,408,765 subs2016: 871,771,044 subs2017: 886,284,533 subs2018: 901,481,280 subs2019: 916,065,815 subs2020: 916,676,085 subs2021: 935,356,741 subs2022: 959,163,449 subs2023: 990,743,042 subs2024: 700,365,890 subs
Change over the period: +700M

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 700M subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 700M −290M −29.31%
2023 991M +31.58M +3.29%
2022 959M +23.81M +2.55%
2021 935M +18.68M +2.04%
2020 917M +610,270 +0.07%
2019 916M +14.58M +1.62%
2018 901M +15.2M +1.71%
2017 886M +14.51M +1.66%
2016 872M +19.36M +2.27%
2015 852M +9.84M +1.17%
2014 843M +16.73M +2.03%
2013 826M +21.98M +2.73%
2012 804M +22.94M +2.94%
2011 781M +30.11M +4.01%
2010 751M +6.99M +0.94%
2009 744M +21.26M +2.94%
2008 723M +30.42M +4.4%
2007 692M +56.16M +8.83%
2006 636M +54.45M +9.36%
2005 582M +51.91M +9.8%
2004 530M +51.51M +10.77%
2003 478M +42.18M +9.68%
2002 436M +31.31M +7.74%
2001 405M +56.68M +16.29%
2000 348M +95.78M +37.98%
1999 252M +69.81M +38.28%
1998 182M +49.92M +37.69%
1997 132M +36.34M +37.82%
1996 96.09M +33.32M +53.08%
1995 62.77M +22.89M +57.39%
1994 39.89M +14.59M +57.68%
1993 25.3M +7.82M +44.79%
1992 17.47M +5.02M +40.37%
1991 12.45M +3.78M +43.54%
1990 8.67M +2.94M +51.41%
1989 5.73M +2.42M +73.24%
1988 3.31M +1.43M +76.35%
1987 1.87M +865,652 +85.81%
1986 1.01M +537,347 +113.96%
1985 471,508 +339,516 +257.22%
1984 131,992 +104,794 +385.3%
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.