Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Lebanon

Number of mobile subscriptions in Lebanon in 2022 — 4,251,774 subs. Ranked 130 in the world out of 209.

2022 4.25M subs −0.85% vs 2021
World rank 130of 209
Period maximum 4.66M subs2015
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Lebanon, 1960–202202M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 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: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 120,000 subs1996: 198,000 subs1997: 373,900 subs1998: 505,300 subs1999: 627,000 subs2000: 743,000 subs2001: 766,754 subs2002: 775,104 subs2003: 795,460 subs2004: 884,445 subs2005: 993,557 subs2006: 1,106,431 subs2007: 1,260,000 subs2008: 1,427,000 subs2009: 2,390,317 subs2010: 2,863,664 subs2011: 3,456,650 subs2012: 3,755,169 subs2013: 3,884,757 subs2014: 4,387,275 subs2015: 4,657,651 subs2016: 4,277,043 subs2017: 4,399,085 subs2018: 4,424,185 subs2019: 4,237,962 subs2020: 4,288,221 subs2021: 4,288,221 subs2022: 4,251,774 subs
Change over the period: +4.25M

Comparison, 2022

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

Lebanon 4.25M subs
World 8.65B subs
Western Asia computed 311M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3.05B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2022 4.25M −36,447 −0.85%
2021 4.29M +0 +0%
2020 4.29M +50,259 +1.19%
2019 4.24M −186,223 −4.21%
2018 4.42M +25,100 +0.57%
2017 4.4M +122,042 +2.85%
2016 4.28M −380,608 −8.17%
2015 4.66M +270,376 +6.16%
2014 4.39M +502,518 +12.94%
2013 3.88M +129,588 +3.45%
2012 3.76M +298,519 +8.64%
2011 3.46M +592,986 +20.71%
2010 2.86M +473,347 +19.8%
2009 2.39M +963,317 +67.51%
2008 1.43M +167,000 +13.25%
2007 1.26M +153,569 +13.88%
2006 1.11M +112,874 +11.36%
2005 993,557 +109,112 +12.34%
2004 884,445 +88,985 +11.19%
2003 795,460 +20,356 +2.63%
2002 775,104 +8,350 +1.09%
2001 766,754 +23,754 +3.2%
2000 743,000 +116,000 +18.5%
1999 627,000 +121,700 +24.08%
1998 505,300 +131,400 +35.14%
1997 373,900 +175,900 +88.84%
1996 198,000 +78,000 +65%
1995 120,000 +120,000
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
1992 0 +0
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.