Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Mauritania

Number of mobile subscriptions in Mauritania in 2024 — 4,759,715 subs. Ranked 106 in the world out of 151.

2024 4.76M subs +4.4% vs 2023
World rank 106of 151
Period maximum 6.51M subs2021
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Mauritania, 1960–202402M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 15,300 subs2001: 110,463 subs2002: 247,238 subs2003: 350,954 subs2004: 522,400 subs2005: 745,615 subs2006: 1,060,122 subs2007: 1,413,967 subs2008: 2,091,992 subs2009: 2,182,249 subs2010: 2,776,050 subs2011: 3,314,767 subs2012: 4,025,478 subs2013: 3,988,195 subs2014: 3,753,330 subs2015: 3,644,483 subs2016: 3,614,172 subs2017: 4,074,157 subs2018: 4,566,502 subs2019: 4,710,800 subs2020: 5,808,909 subs2021: 6,512,361 subs2022: 5,357,540 subs2023: 4,558,995 subs2024: 4,759,715 subs
Change over the period: +4.76M

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritania 4.76M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Western Africa computed 367M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 4.76M +200,720 +4.4%
2023 4.56M −798,545 −14.91%
2022 5.36M −1.15M −17.73%
2021 6.51M +703,452 +12.11%
2020 5.81M +1.1M +23.31%
2019 4.71M +144,298 +3.16%
2018 4.57M +492,345 +12.08%
2017 4.07M +459,985 +12.73%
2016 3.61M −30,311 −0.83%
2015 3.64M −108,847 −2.9%
2014 3.75M −234,865 −5.89%
2013 3.99M −37,283 −0.93%
2012 4.03M +710,711 +21.44%
2011 3.31M +538,717 +19.41%
2010 2.78M +593,801 +27.21%
2009 2.18M +90,257 +4.31%
2008 2.09M +678,025 +47.95%
2007 1.41M +353,845 +33.38%
2006 1.06M +314,507 +42.18%
2005 745,615 +223,215 +42.73%
2004 522,400 +171,446 +48.85%
2003 350,954 +103,716 +41.95%
2002 247,238 +136,775 +123.82%
2001 110,463 +95,163 +621.98%
2000 15,300 +15,300
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.