Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Mauritius

Number of mobile subscriptions in Mauritius in 2024 — 2,195,100 subs. Ranked 125 in the world out of 151.

2024 2.2M subs +4.3% vs 2023
World rank 125of 151
Period maximum 2.2M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Mauritius, 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: 0 subs1990: 2,200 subs1991: 2,500 subs1992: 2,912 subs1993: 4,037 subs1994: 5,706 subs1995: 11,735 subs1996: 20,843 subs1997: 42,515 subs1998: 60,448 subs1999: 102,119 subs2000: 180,000 subs2001: 272,416 subs2002: 347,532 subs2003: 462,405 subs2004: 547,745 subs2005: 656,828 subs2006: 772,395 subs2007: 928,622 subs2008: 1,033,300 subs2009: 1,086,748 subs2010: 1,190,900 subs2011: 1,294,100 subs2012: 1,485,800 subs2013: 1,533,600 subs2014: 1,652,000 subs2015: 1,762,300 subs2016: 1,814,000 subs2017: 1,839,500 subs2018: 1,918,000 subs2019: 1,866,600 subs2020: 1,912,900 subs2021: 1,971,300 subs2022: 2,096,800 subs2023: 2,104,700 subs2024: 2,195,100 subs
Change over the period: +2.2M

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritius 2.2M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 2.2M +90,400 +4.3%
2023 2.1M +7,900 +0.38%
2022 2.1M +125,500 +6.37%
2021 1.97M +58,400 +3.05%
2020 1.91M +46,300 +2.48%
2019 1.87M −51,400 −2.68%
2018 1.92M +78,500 +4.27%
2017 1.84M +25,500 +1.41%
2016 1.81M +51,700 +2.93%
2015 1.76M +110,300 +6.68%
2014 1.65M +118,400 +7.72%
2013 1.53M +47,800 +3.22%
2012 1.49M +191,700 +14.81%
2011 1.29M +103,200 +8.67%
2010 1.19M +104,152 +9.58%
2009 1.09M +53,448 +5.17%
2008 1.03M +104,678 +11.27%
2007 928,622 +156,227 +20.23%
2006 772,395 +115,567 +17.59%
2005 656,828 +109,083 +19.91%
2004 547,745 +85,340 +18.46%
2003 462,405 +114,873 +33.05%
2002 347,532 +75,116 +27.57%
2001 272,416 +92,416 +51.34%
2000 180,000 +77,881 +76.26%
1999 102,119 +41,671 +68.94%
1998 60,448 +17,933 +42.18%
1997 42,515 +21,672 +103.98%
1996 20,843 +9,108 +77.61%
1995 11,735 +6,029 +105.66%
1994 5,706 +1,669 +41.34%
1993 4,037 +1,125 +38.63%
1992 2,912 +412 +16.48%
1991 2,500 +300 +13.64%
1990 2,200 +2,200
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.