Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Laos

Number of mobile subscriptions in Laos in 2023 — 4,963,758 subs. Ranked 115 in the world out of 172.

2023 4.96M subs +3.65% vs 2022
World rank 115of 172
Period maximum 5.48M subs2011
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Laos, 1960–202302M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 290 subs1993: 340 subs1994: 625 subs1995: 1,539 subs1996: 3,790 subs1997: 4,915 subs1998: 6,453 subs1999: 12,078 subs2000: 12,681 subs2001: 29,545 subs2002: 55,160 subs2003: 112,275 subs2004: 204,191 subs2005: 657,528 subs2006: 1,009,565 subs2007: 1,478,409 subs2008: 2,022,133 subs2009: 3,234,642 subs2010: 4,003,395 subs2011: 5,480,851 subs2012: 4,300,000 subs2013: 4,612,612 subs2014: 4,618,586 subs2015: 3,727,162 subs2016: 3,958,510 subs2017: 3,711,813 subs2018: 3,662,336 subs2019: 4,636,926 subs2020: 4,636,690 subs2021: 4,822,973 subs2022: 4,788,979 subs2023: 4,963,758 subs
Change over the period: +4.96M

Comparison, 2023

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

Laos 4.96M subs
World 8.88B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.14B subs
South-Eastern Asia computed 893M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3.05B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 4.96M +174,779 +3.65%
2022 4.79M −33,994 −0.7%
2021 4.82M +186,283 +4.02%
2020 4.64M −236 −0.01%
2019 4.64M +974,590 +26.61%
2018 3.66M −49,477 −1.33%
2017 3.71M −246,697 −6.23%
2016 3.96M +231,348 +6.21%
2015 3.73M −891,424 −19.3%
2014 4.62M +5,974 +0.13%
2013 4.61M +312,612 +7.27%
2012 4.3M −1.18M −21.55%
2011 5.48M +1.48M +36.91%
2010 4M +768,753 +23.77%
2009 3.23M +1.21M +59.96%
2008 2.02M +543,724 +36.78%
2007 1.48M +468,844 +46.44%
2006 1.01M +352,037 +53.54%
2005 657,528 +453,337 +222.02%
2004 204,191 +91,916 +81.87%
2003 112,275 +57,115 +103.54%
2002 55,160 +25,615 +86.7%
2001 29,545 +16,864 +132.99%
2000 12,681 +603 +4.99%
1999 12,078 +5,625 +87.17%
1998 6,453 +1,538 +31.29%
1997 4,915 +1,125 +29.68%
1996 3,790 +2,251 +146.26%
1995 1,539 +914 +146.24%
1994 625 +285 +83.82%
1993 340 +50 +17.24%
1992 290 +290
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.