Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Hong Kong

Number of mobile subscriptions in Hong Kong in 2024 — 27,053,220 subs. Ranked 47 in the world out of 151.

2024 27.05M subs +13.77% vs 2023
World rank 47of 151
Period maximum 27.05M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Hong Kong, 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: 1,000 subs1985: 4,400 subs1986: 10,000 subs1987: 28,060 subs1988: 51,280 subs1989: 89,193 subs1990: 133,912 subs1991: 189,664 subs1992: 233,324 subs1993: 290,843 subs1994: 484,823 subs1995: 798,373 subs1996: 1,361,861 subs1997: 2,229,862 subs1998: 3,174,369 subs1999: 4,275,048 subs2000: 5,447,346 subs2001: 5,776,360 subs2002: 6,395,725 subs2003: 7,349,202 subs2004: 8,213,959 subs2005: 8,544,255 subs2006: 9,444,140 subs2007: 10,751,622 subs2008: 11,580,149 subs2009: 12,597,171 subs2010: 13,793,729 subs2011: 15,292,924 subs2012: 16,387,536 subs2013: 16,973,133 subs2014: 16,959,455 subs2015: 16,724,440 subs2016: 17,584,969 subs2017: 18,394,762 subs2018: 19,898,785 subs2019: 21,455,736 subs2020: 21,865,215 subs2021: 23,939,651 subs2022: 21,860,771 subs2023: 23,779,081 subs2024: 27,053,220 subs
Change over the period: +27.05M

Comparison, 2024

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

Hong Kong 27.05M subs
World 9.01B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.19B subs
Eastern Asia computed 1.99B subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Hong Kong, by year Hong Kong All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 27.05M +3.27M +13.77%
2023 23.78M +1.92M +8.78%
2022 21.86M −2.08M −8.68%
2021 23.94M +2.07M +9.49%
2020 21.87M +409,479 +1.91%
2019 21.46M +1.56M +7.82%
2018 19.9M +1.5M +8.18%
2017 18.39M +809,793 +4.61%
2016 17.58M +860,529 +5.15%
2015 16.72M −235,015 −1.39%
2014 16.96M −13,678 −0.08%
2013 16.97M +585,597 +3.57%
2012 16.39M +1.09M +7.16%
2011 15.29M +1.5M +10.87%
2010 13.79M +1.2M +9.5%
2009 12.6M +1.02M +8.78%
2008 11.58M +828,527 +7.71%
2007 10.75M +1.31M +13.84%
2006 9.44M +899,885 +10.53%
2005 8.54M +330,296 +4.02%
2004 8.21M +864,757 +11.77%
2003 7.35M +953,477 +14.91%
2002 6.4M +619,365 +10.72%
2001 5.78M +329,014 +6.04%
2000 5.45M +1.17M +27.42%
1999 4.28M +1.1M +34.67%
1998 3.17M +944,507 +42.36%
1997 2.23M +868,001 +63.74%
1996 1.36M +563,488 +70.58%
1995 798,373 +313,550 +64.67%
1994 484,823 +193,980 +66.7%
1993 290,843 +57,519 +24.65%
1992 233,324 +43,660 +23.02%
1991 189,664 +55,752 +41.63%
1990 133,912 +44,719 +50.14%
1989 89,193 +37,913 +73.93%
1988 51,280 +23,220 +82.75%
1987 28,060 +18,060 +180.6%
1986 10,000 +5,600 +127.27%
1985 4,400 +3,400 +340%
1984 1,000 +1,000
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

Eastern Asia, 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.