Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Latvia

Number of mobile subscriptions in Latvia in 2024 — 2,269,872 subs. Ranked 124 in the world out of 151.

2024 2.27M subs +0.56% vs 2023
World rank 124of 151
Period maximum 2.65M subs2016
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Latvia, 1960–202401M2M3M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 1,027 subs1993: 3,800 subs1994: 8,364 subs1995: 15,003 subs1996: 28,500 subs1997: 77,100 subs1998: 167,460 subs1999: 274,344 subs2000: 401,272 subs2001: 656,835 subs2002: 917,196 subs2003: 1,219,550 subs2004: 1,536,712 subs2005: 1,871,602 subs2006: 2,183,696 subs2007: 2,217,008 subs2008: 2,298,610 subs2009: 2,303,600 subs2010: 2,306,100 subs2011: 2,309,000 subs2012: 2,630,873 subs2013: 2,558,000 subs2014: 2,384,000 subs2015: 2,590,000 subs2016: 2,650,273 subs2017: 2,464,122 subs2018: 2,070,180 subs2019: 2,071,652 subs2020: 2,051,359 subs2021: 2,161,725 subs2022: 2,167,034 subs2023: 2,257,180 subs2024: 2,269,872 subs
Change over the period: +2.27M

Comparison, 2024

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

Latvia 2.27M subs
World 9.01B subs
Northern Europe computed 134M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 2.27M +12,692 +0.56%
2023 2.26M +90,146 +4.16%
2022 2.17M +5,309 +0.25%
2021 2.16M +110,366 +5.38%
2020 2.05M −20,293 −0.98%
2019 2.07M +1,472 +0.07%
2018 2.07M −393,942 −15.99%
2017 2.46M −186,151 −7.02%
2016 2.65M +60,273 +2.33%
2015 2.59M +206,000 +8.64%
2014 2.38M −174,000 −6.8%
2013 2.56M −72,873 −2.77%
2012 2.63M +321,873 +13.94%
2011 2.31M +2,900 +0.13%
2010 2.31M +2,500 +0.11%
2009 2.3M +4,990 +0.22%
2008 2.3M +81,602 +3.68%
2007 2.22M +33,312 +1.53%
2006 2.18M +312,094 +16.68%
2005 1.87M +334,890 +21.79%
2004 1.54M +317,162 +26.01%
2003 1.22M +302,354 +32.97%
2002 917,196 +260,361 +39.64%
2001 656,835 +255,563 +63.69%
2000 401,272 +126,928 +46.27%
1999 274,344 +106,884 +63.83%
1998 167,460 +90,360 +117.2%
1997 77,100 +48,600 +170.53%
1996 28,500 +13,497 +89.96%
1995 15,003 +6,639 +79.38%
1994 8,364 +4,564 +120.11%
1993 3,800 +2,773 +270.01%
1992 1,027 +1,027
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.