Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Guinea-Bissau

Number of mobile subscriptions in Guinea-Bissau in 2024 — 3,240,338 subs. Ranked 118 in the world out of 151.

2024 3.24M subs +17.46% vs 2023
World rank 118of 151
Period maximum 3.24M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Guinea-Bissau, 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: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 0 subs1996: 0 subs1997: 0 subs1998: 0 subs1999: 0 subs2000: 0 subs2001: 0 subs2002: 0 subs2003: 1,275 subs2004: 39,451 subs2005: 98,825 subs2006: 157,330 subs2007: 296,223 subs2008: 500,156 subs2009: 560,345 subs2010: 677,365 subs2011: 732,634 subs2012: 1,049,193 subs2013: 939,909 subs2014: 1,108,297 subs2015: 1,238,493 subs2016: 1,285,835 subs2017: 1,434,822 subs2018: 1,480,491 subs2019: 1,590,381 subs2020: 1,913,858 subs2021: 2,236,511 subs2022: 2,651,591 subs2023: 2,758,654 subs2024: 3,240,338 subs
Change over the period: +3.24M

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 3.24M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Western Africa computed 367M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 3.24M +481,684 +17.46%
2023 2.76M +107,063 +4.04%
2022 2.65M +415,080 +18.56%
2021 2.24M +322,653 +16.86%
2020 1.91M +323,477 +20.34%
2019 1.59M +109,890 +7.42%
2018 1.48M +45,669 +3.18%
2017 1.43M +148,987 +11.59%
2016 1.29M +47,342 +3.82%
2015 1.24M +130,196 +11.75%
2014 1.11M +168,388 +17.92%
2013 939,909 −109,284 −10.42%
2012 1.05M +316,559 +43.21%
2011 732,634 +55,269 +8.16%
2010 677,365 +117,020 +20.88%
2009 560,345 +60,189 +12.03%
2008 500,156 +203,933 +68.84%
2007 296,223 +138,893 +88.28%
2006 157,330 +58,505 +59.2%
2005 98,825 +59,374 +150.5%
2004 39,451 +38,176 +2,994.2%
2003 1,275 +1,275
2002 0 +0
2001 0 +0
2000 0 +0
1999 0 +0
1998 0 +0
1997 0 +0
1996 0 +0
1995 0 +0
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
1992 0 +0
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.