Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Ghana

Number of mobile subscriptions in Ghana in 2024 — 39,126,056 subs. Ranked 40 in the world out of 151.

2024 39.13M subs +17.2% vs 2023
World rank 40of 151
Period maximum 40.93M subs2018
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Ghana, 1960–2024020M40M60M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 400 subs1993: 1,742 subs1994: 3,336 subs1995: 6,200 subs1996: 12,766 subs1997: 21,866 subs1998: 41,753 subs1999: 70,026 subs2000: 130,045 subs2001: 243,797 subs2002: 386,775 subs2003: 795,529 subs2004: 1,695,000 subs2005: 2,874,560 subs2006: 5,207,242 subs2007: 7,604,053 subs2008: 11,570,430 subs2009: 15,108,916 subs2010: 17,436,949 subs2011: 21,165,843 subs2012: 25,618,427 subs2013: 28,026,482 subs2014: 30,360,771 subs2015: 35,008,387 subs2016: 38,305,078 subs2017: 36,751,761 subs2018: 40,934,875 subs2019: 40,857,077 subs2020: 40,461,609 subs2021: 40,454,073 subs2022: 40,045,308 subs2023: 33,384,460 subs2024: 39,126,056 subs
Change over the period: +39.13M

Comparison, 2024

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

Ghana 39.13M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Western Africa computed 367M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 39.13M +5.74M +17.2%
2023 33.38M −6.66M −16.63%
2022 40.05M −408,765 −1.01%
2021 40.45M −7,536 −0.02%
2020 40.46M −395,468 −0.97%
2019 40.86M −77,798 −0.19%
2018 40.93M +4.18M +11.38%
2017 36.75M −1.55M −4.06%
2016 38.31M +3.3M +9.42%
2015 35.01M +4.65M +15.31%
2014 30.36M +2.33M +8.33%
2013 28.03M +2.41M +9.4%
2012 25.62M +4.45M +21.04%
2011 21.17M +3.73M +21.39%
2010 17.44M +2.33M +15.41%
2009 15.11M +3.54M +30.58%
2008 11.57M +3.97M +52.16%
2007 7.6M +2.4M +46.03%
2006 5.21M +2.33M +81.15%
2005 2.87M +1.18M +69.59%
2004 1.7M +899,471 +113.07%
2003 795,529 +408,754 +105.68%
2002 386,775 +142,978 +58.65%
2001 243,797 +113,752 +87.47%
2000 130,045 +60,019 +85.71%
1999 70,026 +28,273 +67.71%
1998 41,753 +19,887 +90.95%
1997 21,866 +9,100 +71.28%
1996 12,766 +6,566 +105.9%
1995 6,200 +2,864 +85.85%
1994 3,336 +1,594 +91.5%
1993 1,742 +1,342 +335.5%
1992 400 +400
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.