Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Gambia

Number of mobile subscriptions in the Gambia in 2024 — 3,484,313 subs. Ranked 116 in the world out of 151.

2024 3.48M subs +10.28% vs 2023
World rank 116of 151
Period maximum 3.48M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Gambia, 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: 204 subs1993: 457 subs1994: 812 subs1995: 1,442 subs1996: 3,096 subs1997: 4,734 subs1998: 5,048 subs1999: 5,307 subs2000: 5,600 subs2001: 55,085 subs2002: 100,000 subs2003: 149,300 subs2004: 175,000 subs2005: 247,478 subs2006: 404,345 subs2007: 800,371 subs2008: 1,166,136 subs2009: 1,312,874 subs2010: 1,478,347 subs2011: 1,401,163 subs2012: 1,526,191 subs2013: 1,848,854 subs2014: 2,283,691 subs2015: 2,715,672 subs2016: 2,838,127 subs2017: 2,966,000 subs2018: 3,181,393 subs2019: 2,584,714 subs2020: 2,677,954 subs2021: 2,803,920 subs2022: 2,815,282 subs2023: 3,159,599 subs2024: 3,484,313 subs
Change over the period: +3.48M

Comparison, 2024

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

Gambia 3.48M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Western Africa computed 367M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 3.48M +324,714 +10.28%
2023 3.16M +344,317 +12.23%
2022 2.82M +11,362 +0.41%
2021 2.8M +125,966 +4.7%
2020 2.68M +93,240 +3.61%
2019 2.58M −596,679 −18.76%
2018 3.18M +215,393 +7.26%
2017 2.97M +127,873 +4.51%
2016 2.84M +122,455 +4.51%
2015 2.72M +431,981 +18.92%
2014 2.28M +434,837 +23.52%
2013 1.85M +322,663 +21.14%
2012 1.53M +125,028 +8.92%
2011 1.4M −77,184 −5.22%
2010 1.48M +165,473 +12.6%
2009 1.31M +146,738 +12.58%
2008 1.17M +365,765 +45.7%
2007 800,371 +396,026 +97.94%
2006 404,345 +156,867 +63.39%
2005 247,478 +72,478 +41.42%
2004 175,000 +25,700 +17.21%
2003 149,300 +49,300 +49.3%
2002 100,000 +44,915 +81.54%
2001 55,085 +49,485 +883.66%
2000 5,600 +293 +5.52%
1999 5,307 +259 +5.13%
1998 5,048 +314 +6.63%
1997 4,734 +1,638 +52.91%
1996 3,096 +1,654 +114.7%
1995 1,442 +630 +77.59%
1994 812 +355 +77.68%
1993 457 +253 +124.02%
1992 204 +204
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.