Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Lithuania

Number of mobile subscriptions in Lithuania in 2024 — 3,966,410 subs. Ranked 113 in the world out of 151.

2024 3.97M subs +1.29% vs 2023
World rank 113of 151
Period maximum 5.02M subs2008
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Lithuania, 1960–202402M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 267 subs1993: 1,242 subs1994: 4,512 subs1995: 14,795 subs1996: 50,973 subs1997: 165,337 subs1998: 267,615 subs1999: 332,000 subs2000: 524,000 subs2001: 1,017,999 subs2002: 1,645,568 subs2003: 2,102,207 subs2004: 3,051,160 subs2005: 4,353,447 subs2006: 4,718,215 subs2007: 4,912,077 subs2008: 5,022,638 subs2009: 4,961,499 subs2010: 4,890,979 subs2011: 4,938,000 subs2012: 4,997,265 subs2013: 4,565,976 subs2014: 4,267,592 subs2015: 4,184,053 subs2016: 4,204,692 subs2017: 4,361,329 subs2018: 3,764,670 subs2019: 3,704,258 subs2020: 3,671,995 subs2021: 3,726,653 subs2022: 3,826,338 subs2023: 3,915,930 subs2024: 3,966,410 subs
Change over the period: +3.97M

Comparison, 2024

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

Lithuania 3.97M subs
World 9.01B subs
Northern Europe computed 134M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Lithuania, by year Lithuania All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 3.97M +50,480 +1.29%
2023 3.92M +89,592 +2.34%
2022 3.83M +99,685 +2.67%
2021 3.73M +54,658 +1.49%
2020 3.67M −32,263 −0.87%
2019 3.7M −60,412 −1.6%
2018 3.76M −596,659 −13.68%
2017 4.36M +156,637 +3.73%
2016 4.2M +20,639 +0.49%
2015 4.18M −83,539 −1.96%
2014 4.27M −298,384 −6.53%
2013 4.57M −431,289 −8.63%
2012 5M +59,265 +1.2%
2011 4.94M +47,021 +0.96%
2010 4.89M −70,520 −1.42%
2009 4.96M −61,139 −1.22%
2008 5.02M +110,561 +2.25%
2007 4.91M +193,862 +4.11%
2006 4.72M +364,768 +8.38%
2005 4.35M +1.3M +42.68%
2004 3.05M +948,953 +45.14%
2003 2.1M +456,639 +27.75%
2002 1.65M +627,569 +61.65%
2001 1.02M +493,999 +94.27%
2000 524,000 +192,000 +57.83%
1999 332,000 +64,385 +24.06%
1998 267,615 +102,278 +61.86%
1997 165,337 +114,364 +224.36%
1996 50,973 +36,178 +244.53%
1995 14,795 +10,283 +227.9%
1994 4,512 +3,270 +263.29%
1993 1,242 +975 +365.17%
1992 267 +267
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.