Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Iraq

Number of mobile subscriptions in Iraq in 2024 — 46,078,976 subs. Ranked 36 in the world out of 151.

2024 46.08M subs +0.83% vs 2023
World rank 36of 151
Period maximum 46.08M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Iraq, 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: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 0 subs1996: 0 subs1997: 0 subs1998: 0 subs1999: 0 subs2000: 0 subs2001: 0 subs2002: 20,000 subs2003: 80,000 subs2004: 574,000 subs2005: 1,533,000 subs2006: 9,345,371 subs2007: 14,021,232 subs2008: 17,529,000 subs2009: 20,116,876 subs2010: 23,264,408 subs2011: 25,519,000 subs2012: 26,756,000 subs2013: 32,450,000 subs2014: 33,000,000 subs2015: 33,559,000 subs2016: 33,447,000 subs2017: 33,415,690 subs2018: 36,527,353 subs2019: 37,224,759 subs2020: 37,475,325 subs2021: 40,749,364 subs2022: 43,688,180 subs2023: 45,700,002 subs2024: 46,078,976 subs
Change over the period: +46.08M

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 46.08M subs
World 9.01B subs
Western Asia computed 296M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 46.08M +378,974 +0.83%
2023 45.7M +2.01M +4.6%
2022 43.69M +2.94M +7.21%
2021 40.75M +3.27M +8.74%
2020 37.48M +250,566 +0.67%
2019 37.22M +697,406 +1.91%
2018 36.53M +3.11M +9.31%
2017 33.42M −31,310 −0.09%
2016 33.45M −112,000 −0.33%
2015 33.56M +559,000 +1.69%
2014 33M +550,000 +1.69%
2013 32.45M +5.69M +21.28%
2012 26.76M +1.24M +4.85%
2011 25.52M +2.25M +9.69%
2010 23.26M +3.15M +15.65%
2009 20.12M +2.59M +14.76%
2008 17.53M +3.51M +25.02%
2007 14.02M +4.68M +50.03%
2006 9.35M +7.81M +509.61%
2005 1.53M +959,000 +167.07%
2004 574,000 +494,000 +617.5%
2003 80,000 +60,000 +300%
2002 20,000 +20,000
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.