Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Madagascar

Number of mobile subscriptions in Madagascar in 2023 — 23,539,295 subs. Ranked 55 in the world out of 172.

2023 23.54M subs +19.44% vs 2022
World rank 55of 172
Period maximum 23.54M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Madagascar, 1960–2023010M20M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 300 subs1995: 1,300 subs1996: 2,300 subs1997: 4,100 subs1998: 12,784 subs1999: 35,752 subs2000: 63,094 subs2001: 147,500 subs2002: 163,010 subs2003: 283,666 subs2004: 333,888 subs2005: 510,269 subs2006: 1,045,888 subs2007: 2,217,612 subs2008: 4,835,239 subs2009: 6,283,799 subs2010: 7,711,721 subs2011: 8,680,772 subs2012: 8,778,600 subs2013: 8,461,120 subs2014: 9,713,883 subs2015: 10,693,765 subs2016: 7,998,253 subs2017: 8,730,499 subs2018: 10,654,710 subs2019: 13,003,000 subs2020: 15,869,000 subs2021: 16,008,756 subs2022: 19,707,972 subs2023: 23,539,295 subs
Change over the period: +23.54M

Comparison, 2023

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

Madagascar 23.54M subs
World 8.88B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.13B subs
Eastern Africa computed 380M subs
Low-income countries computed 390M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 23.54M +3.83M +19.44%
2022 19.71M +3.7M +23.11%
2021 16.01M +139,756 +0.88%
2020 15.87M +2.87M +22.04%
2019 13M +2.35M +22.04%
2018 10.65M +1.92M +22.04%
2017 8.73M +732,246 +9.16%
2016 8M −2.7M −25.21%
2015 10.69M +979,882 +10.09%
2014 9.71M +1.25M +14.81%
2013 8.46M −317,480 −3.62%
2012 8.78M +97,828 +1.13%
2011 8.68M +969,051 +12.57%
2010 7.71M +1.43M +22.72%
2009 6.28M +1.45M +29.96%
2008 4.84M +2.62M +118.04%
2007 2.22M +1.17M +112.03%
2006 1.05M +535,619 +104.97%
2005 510,269 +176,381 +52.83%
2004 333,888 +50,222 +17.7%
2003 283,666 +120,656 +74.02%
2002 163,010 +15,510 +10.52%
2001 147,500 +84,406 +133.78%
2000 63,094 +27,342 +76.48%
1999 35,752 +22,968 +179.66%
1998 12,784 +8,684 +211.8%
1997 4,100 +1,800 +78.26%
1996 2,300 +1,000 +76.92%
1995 1,300 +1,000 +333.33%
1994 300 +300
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.