Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Gabon

Number of mobile subscriptions in Gabon in 2024 — 3,182,249 subs. Ranked 119 in the world out of 151.

2024 3.18M subs +4.46% vs 2023
World rank 119of 151
Period maximum 3.18M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Gabon, 1960–202401M2M3M4M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 280 subs1993: 1,200 subs1994: 2,581 subs1995: 4,000 subs1996: 6,800 subs1997: 9,500 subs1998: 9,694 subs1999: 8,891 subs2000: 120,000 subs2001: 150,000 subs2002: 279,289 subs2003: 300,000 subs2004: 489,367 subs2005: 736,690 subs2006: 897,987 subs2007: 1,169,000 subs2008: 1,300,000 subs2009: 1,450,000 subs2010: 1,610,000 subs2011: 2,370,227 subs2012: 2,557,728 subs2013: 2,745,229 subs2014: 2,932,731 subs2015: 2,821,555 subs2016: 2,962,486 subs2017: 2,663,243 subs2018: 2,930,554 subs2019: 2,992,811 subs2020: 3,049,530 subs2021: 3,144,609 subs2022: 2,995,487 subs2023: 3,046,516 subs2024: 3,182,249 subs
Change over the period: +3.18M

Comparison, 2024

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

Gabon 3.18M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Middle Africa computed 146M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 3.18M +135,733 +4.46%
2023 3.05M +51,029 +1.7%
2022 3M −149,122 −4.74%
2021 3.14M +95,079 +3.12%
2020 3.05M +56,719 +1.9%
2019 2.99M +62,257 +2.12%
2018 2.93M +267,311 +10.04%
2017 2.66M −299,243 −10.1%
2016 2.96M +140,931 +4.99%
2015 2.82M −111,176 −3.79%
2014 2.93M +187,502 +6.83%
2013 2.75M +187,501 +7.33%
2012 2.56M +187,501 +7.91%
2011 2.37M +760,227 +47.22%
2010 1.61M +160,000 +11.03%
2009 1.45M +150,000 +11.54%
2008 1.3M +131,000 +11.21%
2007 1.17M +271,013 +30.18%
2006 897,987 +161,297 +21.89%
2005 736,690 +247,323 +50.54%
2004 489,367 +189,367 +63.12%
2003 300,000 +20,711 +7.42%
2002 279,289 +129,289 +86.19%
2001 150,000 +30,000 +25%
2000 120,000 +111,109 +1,249.68%
1999 8,891 −803 −8.28%
1998 9,694 +194 +2.04%
1997 9,500 +2,700 +39.71%
1996 6,800 +2,800 +70%
1995 4,000 +1,419 +54.98%
1994 2,581 +1,381 +115.08%
1993 1,200 +920 +328.57%
1992 280 +280
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.