Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Ireland

Number of mobile subscriptions in Ireland in 2024 — 5,919,189 subs. Ranked 102 in the world out of 151.

2024 5.92M subs +2.8% vs 2023
World rank 102of 151
Period maximum 5.92M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Ireland, 1960–202402M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 300 subs1986: 1,500 subs1987: 3,475 subs1988: 6,300 subs1989: 13,579 subs1990: 25,000 subs1991: 32,000 subs1992: 44,000 subs1993: 61,100 subs1994: 88,000 subs1995: 158,000 subs1996: 288,600 subs1997: 545,000 subs1998: 946,000 subs1999: 1,677,000 subs2000: 2,461,000 subs2001: 2,970,000 subs2002: 3,000,000 subs2003: 3,500,000 subs2004: 3,860,000 subs2005: 4,270,000 subs2006: 4,690,135 subs2007: 4,970,719 subs2008: 5,048,127 subs2009: 4,704,497 subs2010: 4,701,474 subs2011: 4,906,352 subs2012: 5,013,676 subs2013: 4,880,792 subs2014: 4,912,620 subs2015: 4,902,009 subs2016: 4,875,116 subs2017: 4,898,872 subs2018: 4,971,493 subs2019: 5,160,309 subs2020: 5,234,009 subs2021: 5,373,865 subs2022: 5,652,130 subs2023: 5,757,780 subs2024: 5,919,189 subs
Change over the period: +5.92M

Comparison, 2024

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

Ireland 5.92M subs
World 9.01B subs
Northern Europe computed 134M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 5.92M +161,409 +2.8%
2023 5.76M +105,650 +1.87%
2022 5.65M +278,265 +5.18%
2021 5.37M +139,856 +2.67%
2020 5.23M +73,700 +1.43%
2019 5.16M +188,816 +3.8%
2018 4.97M +72,621 +1.48%
2017 4.9M +23,756 +0.49%
2016 4.88M −26,893 −0.55%
2015 4.9M −10,611 −0.22%
2014 4.91M +31,828 +0.65%
2013 4.88M −132,884 −2.65%
2012 5.01M +107,324 +2.19%
2011 4.91M +204,878 +4.36%
2010 4.7M −3,023 −0.06%
2009 4.7M −343,630 −6.81%
2008 5.05M +77,408 +1.56%
2007 4.97M +280,584 +5.98%
2006 4.69M +420,135 +9.84%
2005 4.27M +410,000 +10.62%
2004 3.86M +360,000 +10.29%
2003 3.5M +500,000 +16.67%
2002 3M +30,000 +1.01%
2001 2.97M +509,000 +20.68%
2000 2.46M +784,000 +46.75%
1999 1.68M +731,000 +77.27%
1998 946,000 +401,000 +73.58%
1997 545,000 +256,400 +88.84%
1996 288,600 +130,600 +82.66%
1995 158,000 +70,000 +79.55%
1994 88,000 +26,900 +44.03%
1993 61,100 +17,100 +38.86%
1992 44,000 +12,000 +37.5%
1991 32,000 +7,000 +28%
1990 25,000 +11,421 +84.11%
1989 13,579 +7,279 +115.54%
1988 6,300 +2,825 +81.29%
1987 3,475 +1,975 +131.67%
1986 1,500 +1,200 +400%
1985 300 +300
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.