Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Maldives

Number of mobile subscriptions in the Maldives in 2024 — 781,866 subs. Ranked 137 in the world out of 151.

2024 781,866 subs +4.97% vs 2023
World rank 137of 151
Period maximum 900,120 subs2017
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Maldives, 1960–20240250,000500,000750,0001M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 20 subs1997: 1,290 subs1998: 1,606 subs1999: 2,926 subs2000: 7,638 subs2001: 18,894 subs2002: 41,899 subs2003: 66,466 subs2004: 113,246 subs2005: 203,620 subs2006: 271,053 subs2007: 313,539 subs2008: 435,627 subs2009: 457,770 subs2010: 494,351 subs2011: 530,449 subs2012: 560,547 subs2013: 625,161 subs2014: 665,818 subs2015: 739,790 subs2016: 812,128 subs2017: 900,120 subs2018: 857,934 subs2019: 828,042 subs2020: 717,708 subs2021: 706,043 subs2022: 715,188 subs2023: 744,814 subs2024: 781,866 subs
Change over the period: +781,866

Comparison, 2024

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

Maldives 781,866 subs
World 9.01B subs
South Asia 1.4B subs
Southern Asia computed 1.78B subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Maldives, by year Maldives All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 781,866 +37,052 +4.97%
2023 744,814 +29,626 +4.14%
2022 715,188 +9,145 +1.3%
2021 706,043 −11,665 −1.63%
2020 717,708 −110,334 −13.32%
2019 828,042 −29,892 −3.48%
2018 857,934 −42,186 −4.69%
2017 900,120 +87,992 +10.83%
2016 812,128 +72,338 +9.78%
2015 739,790 +73,972 +11.11%
2014 665,818 +40,657 +6.5%
2013 625,161 +64,614 +11.53%
2012 560,547 +30,098 +5.67%
2011 530,449 +36,098 +7.3%
2010 494,351 +36,581 +7.99%
2009 457,770 +22,143 +5.08%
2008 435,627 +122,088 +38.94%
2007 313,539 +42,486 +15.67%
2006 271,053 +67,433 +33.12%
2005 203,620 +90,374 +79.8%
2004 113,246 +46,780 +70.38%
2003 66,466 +24,567 +58.63%
2002 41,899 +23,005 +121.76%
2001 18,894 +11,256 +147.37%
2000 7,638 +4,712 +161.04%
1999 2,926 +1,320 +82.19%
1998 1,606 +316 +24.5%
1997 1,290 +1,270 +6,350%
1996 20 +20
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

Southern 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.