Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Mercosur

Number of mobile subscriptions in Mercosur in 2024 — 297,261,627 subs.

2024 297M subs +2.69% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 365M subs2014
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Mercosur, 1960–20240100M200M300M400M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 2,300 subs1990: 12,667 subs1991: 31,995 subs1992: 83,353 subs1993: 305,018 subs1994: 833,713 subs1995: 1,753,868 subs1996: 3,310,035 subs1997: 6,860,981 subs1998: 10,661,213 subs1999: 20,056,653 subs2000: 31,490,338 subs2001: 37,937,468 subs2002: 44,651,583 subs2003: 57,762,218 subs2004: 83,266,988 subs2005: 113,830,087 subs2006: 139,868,007 subs2007: 172,334,968 subs2008: 211,487,352 subs2009: 238,062,953 subs2010: 271,549,585 subs2011: 314,719,987 subs2012: 333,933,719 subs2013: 361,208,262 subs2014: 365,215,724 subs2015: 342,396,574 subs2016: 330,499,587 subs2017: 306,695,662 subs2018: 291,352,784 subs2019: 282,339,160 subs2020: 284,819,350 subs2021: 303,426,643 subs2022: 298,297,410 subs2023: 289,470,690 subs2024: 297,261,627 subs
Change over the period: +297M

Comparison, 2024

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

Mercosur 297M subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 297M +7.79M +2.69%
2023 289M −8.83M −2.96%
2022 298M −5.13M −1.69%
2021 303M +18.61M +6.53%
2020 285M +2.48M +0.88%
2019 282M −9.01M −3.09%
2018 291M −15.34M −5%
2017 307M −23.8M −7.2%
2016 330M −11.9M −3.47%
2015 342M −22.82M −6.25%
2014 365M +4.01M +1.11%
2013 361M +27.27M +8.17%
2012 334M +19.21M +6.11%
2011 315M +43.17M +15.9%
2010 272M +33.49M +14.07%
2009 238M +26.58M +12.57%
2008 211M +39.15M +22.72%
2007 172M +32.47M +23.21%
2006 140M +26.04M +22.87%
2005 114M +30.56M +36.7%
2004 83.27M +25.5M +44.15%
2003 57.76M +13.11M +29.36%
2002 44.65M +6.71M +17.7%
2001 37.94M +6.45M +20.47%
2000 31.49M +11.43M +57.01%
1999 20.06M +9.4M +88.13%
1998 10.66M +3.8M +55.39%
1997 6.86M +3.55M +107.28%
1996 3.31M +1.56M +88.73%
1995 1.75M +920,155 +110.37%
1994 833,713 +528,695 +173.33%
1993 305,018 +221,665 +265.94%
1992 83,353 +51,358 +160.52%
1991 31,995 +19,328 +152.59%
1990 12,667 +10,367 +450.74%
1989 2,300 +2,300
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.