Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Jamaica

Number of mobile subscriptions in Jamaica in 2024 — 3,341,536 subs. Ranked 117 in the world out of 151.

2024 3.34M subs +2.24% vs 2023
World rank 117of 151
Period maximum 3.34M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Jamaica, 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: 2,447 subs1992: 7,628 subs1993: 15,221 subs1994: 26,106 subs1995: 45,138 subs1996: 54,640 subs1997: 65,995 subs1998: 78,624 subs1999: 144,388 subs2000: 366,952 subs2001: 597,826 subs2002: 1,244,976 subs2003: 1,576,360 subs2004: 1,837,552 subs2005: 1,981,464 subs2006: 2,274,650 subs2007: 2,684,331 subs2008: 2,723,323 subs2009: 2,956,061 subs2010: 3,181,995 subs2011: 2,945,395 subs2012: 2,714,938 subs2013: 2,846,196 subs2014: 3,005,490 subs2015: 3,137,213 subs2016: 3,267,344 subs2017: 3,091,222 subs2018: 2,964,974 subs2019: 3,023,873 subs2020: 2,873,259 subs2021: 2,905,408 subs2022: 3,002,736 subs2023: 3,268,373 subs2024: 3,341,536 subs
Change over the period: +3.34M

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 3.34M subs
World 9.01B subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 3.34M +73,163 +2.24%
2023 3.27M +265,637 +8.85%
2022 3M +97,328 +3.35%
2021 2.91M +32,149 +1.12%
2020 2.87M −150,614 −4.98%
2019 3.02M +58,899 +1.99%
2018 2.96M −126,248 −4.08%
2017 3.09M −176,122 −5.39%
2016 3.27M +130,131 +4.15%
2015 3.14M +131,723 +4.38%
2014 3.01M +159,294 +5.6%
2013 2.85M +131,258 +4.83%
2012 2.71M −230,457 −7.82%
2011 2.95M −236,600 −7.44%
2010 3.18M +225,934 +7.64%
2009 2.96M +232,738 +8.55%
2008 2.72M +38,992 +1.45%
2007 2.68M +409,681 +18.01%
2006 2.27M +293,186 +14.8%
2005 1.98M +143,912 +7.83%
2004 1.84M +261,192 +16.57%
2003 1.58M +331,384 +26.62%
2002 1.24M +647,150 +108.25%
2001 597,826 +230,874 +62.92%
2000 366,952 +222,564 +154.14%
1999 144,388 +65,764 +83.64%
1998 78,624 +12,629 +19.14%
1997 65,995 +11,355 +20.78%
1996 54,640 +9,502 +21.05%
1995 45,138 +19,032 +72.9%
1994 26,106 +10,885 +71.51%
1993 15,221 +7,593 +99.54%
1992 7,628 +5,181 +211.73%
1991 2,447 +2,447
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.