Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Italy

Number of mobile subscriptions in Italy in 2024 — 78,673,890 subs. Ranked 24 in the world out of 151.

2024 78.67M subs +0.27% vs 2023
World rank 24of 151
Period maximum 97.19M subs2012
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Italy, 1960–2024025M50M75M100M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 6,415 subs1986: 9,044 subs1987: 16,534 subs1988: 33,609 subs1989: 66,070 subs1990: 266,000 subs1991: 568,000 subs1992: 783,000 subs1993: 1,207,175 subs1994: 2,240,000 subs1995: 3,923,000 subs1996: 6,422,000 subs1997: 11,737,904 subs1998: 20,489,000 subs1999: 30,296,000 subs2000: 42,246,000 subs2001: 51,246,000 subs2002: 54,200,000 subs2003: 56,770,000 subs2004: 62,750,000 subs2005: 71,500,000 subs2006: 80,418,000 subs2007: 89,801,000 subs2008: 90,341,000 subs2009: 90,032,886 subs2010: 93,666,088 subs2011: 96,040,913 subs2012: 97,188,624 subs2013: 96,863,107 subs2014: 89,914,609 subs2015: 87,691,238 subs2016: 85,955,905 subs2017: 83,871,543 subs2018: 83,342,486 subs2019: 79,480,756 subs2020: 77,581,048 subs2021: 78,114,933 subs2022: 78,502,853 subs2023: 78,462,925 subs2024: 78,673,890 subs
Change over the period: +78.67M

Comparison, 2024

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

Italy 78.67M subs
World 9.01B subs
Southern Europe computed 192M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 78.67M +210,965 +0.27%
2023 78.46M −39,928 −0.05%
2022 78.5M +387,920 +0.5%
2021 78.11M +533,885 +0.69%
2020 77.58M −1.9M −2.39%
2019 79.48M −3.86M −4.63%
2018 83.34M −529,057 −0.63%
2017 83.87M −2.08M −2.42%
2016 85.96M −1.74M −1.98%
2015 87.69M −2.22M −2.47%
2014 89.91M −6.95M −7.17%
2013 96.86M −325,517 −0.33%
2012 97.19M +1.15M +1.2%
2011 96.04M +2.37M +2.54%
2010 93.67M +3.63M +4.04%
2009 90.03M −308,114 −0.34%
2008 90.34M +540,000 +0.6%
2007 89.8M +9.38M +11.67%
2006 80.42M +8.92M +12.47%
2005 71.5M +8.75M +13.94%
2004 62.75M +5.98M +10.53%
2003 56.77M +2.57M +4.74%
2002 54.2M +2.95M +5.76%
2001 51.25M +9M +21.3%
2000 42.25M +11.95M +39.44%
1999 30.3M +9.81M +47.86%
1998 20.49M +8.75M +74.55%
1997 11.74M +5.32M +82.78%
1996 6.42M +2.5M +63.7%
1995 3.92M +1.68M +75.13%
1994 2.24M +1.03M +85.56%
1993 1.21M +424,175 +54.17%
1992 783,000 +215,000 +37.85%
1991 568,000 +302,000 +113.53%
1990 266,000 +199,930 +302.6%
1989 66,070 +32,461 +96.58%
1988 33,609 +17,075 +103.27%
1987 16,534 +7,490 +82.82%
1986 9,044 +2,629 +40.98%
1985 6,415 +6,415
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.