Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Guatemala

Number of mobile subscriptions in Guatemala in 2024 — 20,710,994 subs. Ranked 57 in the world out of 151.

2024 20.71M subs +0.49% vs 2023
World rank 57of 151
Period maximum 22.12M subs2021
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Guatemala, 1960–2024010M20M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 293 subs1991: 1,221 subs1992: 2,141 subs1993: 2,990 subs1994: 10,462 subs1995: 29,999 subs1996: 43,421 subs1997: 64,194 subs1998: 111,445 subs1999: 337,800 subs2000: 856,831 subs2001: 1,146,441 subs2002: 1,577,085 subs2003: 2,034,776 subs2004: 3,168,256 subs2005: 4,510,067 subs2006: 7,178,745 subs2007: 11,897,563 subs2008: 14,948,640 subs2009: 17,307,459 subs2010: 18,067,970 subs2011: 19,479,105 subs2012: 20,787,080 subs2013: 21,716,357 subs2014: 16,911,811 subs2015: 18,121,390 subs2016: 18,264,520 subs2017: 19,986,482 subs2018: 20,467,520 subs2019: 20,874,130 subs2020: 20,390,671 subs2021: 22,124,839 subs2022: 20,552,979 subs2023: 20,609,640 subs2024: 20,710,994 subs
Change over the period: +20.71M

Comparison, 2024

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

Guatemala 20.71M subs
World 9.01B subs
Central America computed 206M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 20.71M +101,354 +0.49%
2023 20.61M +56,661 +0.28%
2022 20.55M −1.57M −7.1%
2021 22.12M +1.73M +8.5%
2020 20.39M −483,459 −2.32%
2019 20.87M +406,610 +1.99%
2018 20.47M +481,038 +2.41%
2017 19.99M +1.72M +9.43%
2016 18.26M +143,130 +0.79%
2015 18.12M +1.21M +7.15%
2014 16.91M −4.8M −22.12%
2013 21.72M +929,277 +4.47%
2012 20.79M +1.31M +6.71%
2011 19.48M +1.41M +7.81%
2010 18.07M +760,511 +4.39%
2009 17.31M +2.36M +15.78%
2008 14.95M +3.05M +25.64%
2007 11.9M +4.72M +65.73%
2006 7.18M +2.67M +59.17%
2005 4.51M +1.34M +42.35%
2004 3.17M +1.13M +55.71%
2003 2.03M +457,691 +29.02%
2002 1.58M +430,644 +37.56%
2001 1.15M +289,610 +33.8%
2000 856,831 +519,031 +153.65%
1999 337,800 +226,355 +203.11%
1998 111,445 +47,251 +73.61%
1997 64,194 +20,773 +47.84%
1996 43,421 +13,422 +44.74%
1995 29,999 +19,537 +186.74%
1994 10,462 +7,472 +249.9%
1993 2,990 +849 +39.65%
1992 2,141 +920 +75.35%
1991 1,221 +928 +316.72%
1990 293 +293
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

Central America, 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.