Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Germany

Number of mobile subscriptions in Germany in 2024 — 109,200,000 subs. Ranked 17 in the world out of 151.

2024 109M subs +3.61% vs 2023
World rank 17of 151
Period maximum 110M subs2017
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Germany, 1960–2024050M100M150M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 1,080 subs1986: 23,800 subs1987: 48,747 subs1988: 98,763 subs1989: 163,619 subs1990: 272,609 subs1991: 532,251 subs1992: 971,890 subs1993: 1,774,378 subs1994: 2,490,500 subs1995: 3,725,000 subs1996: 5,512,000 subs1997: 8,276,000 subs1998: 13,913,000 subs1999: 23,446,000 subs2000: 48,202,000 subs2001: 56,126,000 subs2002: 59,128,000 subs2003: 64,800,000 subs2004: 71,322,000 subs2005: 79,271,000 subs2006: 85,652,000 subs2007: 96,232,925 subs2008: 105,523,065 subs2009: 105,000,000 subs2010: 88,400,000 subs2011: 90,900,000 subs2012: 92,400,000 subs2013: 100,034,000 subs2014: 99,530,000 subs2015: 96,360,000 subs2016: 103,470,000 subs2017: 109,700,000 subs2018: 107,500,000 subs2019: 107,200,000 subs2020: 107,400,000 subs2021: 106,400,000 subs2022: 104,400,000 subs2023: 105,400,000 subs2024: 109,200,000 subs
Change over the period: +109M

Comparison, 2024

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

Germany 109M subs
World 9.01B subs
Western Europe computed 168M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 109M +3.8M +3.61%
2023 105M +1M +0.96%
2022 104M −2M −1.88%
2021 106M −1M −0.93%
2020 107M +200,000 +0.19%
2019 107M −300,000 −0.28%
2018 108M −2.2M −2.01%
2017 110M +6.23M +6.02%
2016 103M +7.11M +7.38%
2015 96.36M −3.17M −3.18%
2014 99.53M −504,000 −0.5%
2013 100M +7.63M +8.26%
2012 92.4M +1.5M +1.65%
2011 90.9M +2.5M +2.83%
2010 88.4M −16.6M −15.81%
2009 105M −523,065 −0.5%
2008 106M +9.29M +9.65%
2007 96.23M +10.58M +12.35%
2006 85.65M +6.38M +8.05%
2005 79.27M +7.95M +11.15%
2004 71.32M +6.52M +10.06%
2003 64.8M +5.67M +9.59%
2002 59.13M +3M +5.35%
2001 56.13M +7.92M +16.44%
2000 48.2M +24.76M +105.59%
1999 23.45M +9.53M +68.52%
1998 13.91M +5.64M +68.11%
1997 8.28M +2.76M +50.15%
1996 5.51M +1.79M +47.97%
1995 3.73M +1.23M +49.57%
1994 2.49M +716,122 +40.36%
1993 1.77M +802,488 +82.57%
1992 971,890 +439,639 +82.6%
1991 532,251 +259,642 +95.24%
1990 272,609 +108,990 +66.61%
1989 163,619 +64,856 +65.67%
1988 98,763 +50,016 +102.6%
1987 48,747 +24,947 +104.82%
1986 23,800 +22,720 +2,103.7%
1985 1,080 +1,080
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

Western Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.