Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Liberia

Number of mobile subscriptions in Liberia in 2022 — 1,722,887 subs. Ranked 152 in the world out of 209.

2022 1.72M subs +4.23% vs 2021
World rank 152of 209
Period maximum 3.65M subs2015
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Liberia, 1960–202201M2M3M4M19601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 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: 0 subs1996: 0 subs1997: 0 subs1998: 0 subs1999: 0 subs2000: 1,500 subs2001: 2,000 subs2002: 5,000 subs2003: 47,250 subs2004: 94,370 subs2005: 160,000 subs2006: 280,000 subs2007: 563,000 subs2008: 854,627 subs2009: 1,085,062 subs2010: 1,571,308 subs2011: 2,020,637 subs2012: 2,379,900 subs2013: 2,550,775 subs2014: 3,225,258 subs2015: 3,652,000 subs2016: 3,117,002 subs2017: 2,660,000 subs2019: 1,937,000 subs2020: 1,653,000 subs2021: 1,653,000 subs2022: 1,722,887 subs
Change over the period: +1.72M

Comparison, 2022

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

Liberia 1.72M subs
World 8.65B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.08B subs
Western Africa computed 456M subs
Low-income countries computed 447M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2022 1.72M +69,887 +4.23%
2021 1.65M +0 +0%
2020 1.65M −284,000 −14.66%
2019 1.94M
2017 2.66M −457,002 −14.66%
2016 3.12M −534,998 −14.65%
2015 3.65M +426,742 +13.23%
2014 3.23M +674,483 +26.44%
2013 2.55M +170,875 +7.18%
2012 2.38M +359,263 +17.78%
2011 2.02M +449,329 +28.6%
2010 1.57M +486,246 +44.81%
2009 1.09M +230,435 +26.96%
2008 854,627 +291,627 +51.8%
2007 563,000 +283,000 +101.07%
2006 280,000 +120,000 +75%
2005 160,000 +65,630 +69.55%
2004 94,370 +47,120 +99.72%
2003 47,250 +42,250 +845%
2002 5,000 +3,000 +150%
2001 2,000 +500 +33.33%
2000 1,500 +1,500
1999 0 +0
1998 0 +0
1997 0 +0
1996 0 +0
1995 0 +0
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.