Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Macao

Number of mobile subscriptions in Macao in 2024 — 1,448,713 subs. Ranked 133 in the world out of 151.

2024 1.45M subs +5.43% vs 2023
World rank 133of 151
Period maximum 2.79M subs2019
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Macao, 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: 1,356 subs1990: 2,232 subs1991: 4,847 subs1992: 10,513 subs1993: 15,135 subs1994: 21,445 subs1995: 35,881 subs1996: 44,788 subs1997: 52,845 subs1998: 82,114 subs1999: 118,101 subs2000: 141,052 subs2001: 194,475 subs2002: 276,138 subs2003: 364,031 subs2004: 432,450 subs2005: 532,758 subs2006: 636,347 subs2007: 794,323 subs2008: 932,596 subs2009: 1,037,380 subs2010: 1,122,261 subs2011: 1,353,194 subs2012: 1,613,457 subs2013: 1,722,245 subs2014: 1,856,453 subs2015: 1,896,097 subs2016: 1,969,972 subs2017: 2,047,000 subs2018: 2,181,194 subs2019: 2,793,000 subs2020: 1,621,217 subs2021: 1,274,747 subs2022: 1,213,216 subs2023: 1,374,126 subs2024: 1,448,713 subs
Change over the period: +1.45M

Comparison, 2024

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

Macao 1.45M subs
World 9.01B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.19B subs
Eastern Asia computed 1.99B subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Macao, by year Macao All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 1.45M +74,587 +5.43%
2023 1.37M +160,910 +13.26%
2022 1.21M −61,531 −4.83%
2021 1.27M −346,470 −21.37%
2020 1.62M −1.17M −41.95%
2019 2.79M +611,806 +28.05%
2018 2.18M +134,194 +6.56%
2017 2.05M +77,028 +3.91%
2016 1.97M +73,875 +3.9%
2015 1.9M +39,644 +2.14%
2014 1.86M +134,208 +7.79%
2013 1.72M +108,788 +6.74%
2012 1.61M +260,263 +19.23%
2011 1.35M +230,933 +20.58%
2010 1.12M +84,881 +8.18%
2009 1.04M +104,784 +11.24%
2008 932,596 +138,273 +17.41%
2007 794,323 +157,976 +24.83%
2006 636,347 +103,589 +19.44%
2005 532,758 +100,308 +23.2%
2004 432,450 +68,419 +18.79%
2003 364,031 +87,893 +31.83%
2002 276,138 +81,663 +41.99%
2001 194,475 +53,423 +37.87%
2000 141,052 +22,951 +19.43%
1999 118,101 +35,987 +43.83%
1998 82,114 +29,269 +55.39%
1997 52,845 +8,057 +17.99%
1996 44,788 +8,907 +24.82%
1995 35,881 +14,436 +67.32%
1994 21,445 +6,310 +41.69%
1993 15,135 +4,622 +43.96%
1992 10,513 +5,666 +116.9%
1991 4,847 +2,615 +117.16%
1990 2,232 +876 +64.6%
1989 1,356 +1,356
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

Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.