Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Mexico

Number of mobile subscriptions in Mexico in 2024 — 152,435,686 subs. Ranked 11 in the world out of 151.

2024 152M subs +5.15% vs 2023
World rank 11of 151
Period maximum 152M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Mexico, 1960–2024050M100M150M200M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 1,500 subs1989: 8,500 subs1990: 63,926 subs1991: 160,898 subs1992: 312,647 subs1993: 386,132 subs1994: 569,251 subs1995: 688,513 subs1996: 1,021,900 subs1997: 1,740,814 subs1998: 3,349,475 subs1999: 7,731,635 subs2000: 14,077,880 subs2001: 21,757,559 subs2002: 25,928,266 subs2003: 30,097,700 subs2004: 38,451,135 subs2005: 47,128,746 subs2006: 55,395,461 subs2007: 66,559,462 subs2008: 75,303,469 subs2009: 83,193,574 subs2010: 91,383,493 subs2011: 94,583,253 subs2012: 100,727,228 subs2013: 106,747,373 subs2014: 104,948,339 subs2015: 107,688,282 subs2016: 111,730,635 subs2017: 114,329,353 subs2018: 120,165,322 subs2019: 122,035,192 subs2020: 122,898,392 subs2021: 126,492,696 subs2022: 135,970,590 subs2023: 144,965,265 subs2024: 152,435,686 subs
Change over the period: +152M

Comparison, 2024

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

Mexico 152M subs
World 9.01B subs
Central America computed 206M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 152M +7.47M +5.15%
2023 145M +8.99M +6.62%
2022 136M +9.48M +7.49%
2021 126M +3.59M +2.92%
2020 123M +863,200 +0.71%
2019 122M +1.87M +1.56%
2018 120M +5.84M +5.1%
2017 114M +2.6M +2.33%
2016 112M +4.04M +3.75%
2015 108M +2.74M +2.61%
2014 105M −1.8M −1.69%
2013 107M +6.02M +5.98%
2012 101M +6.14M +6.5%
2011 94.58M +3.2M +3.5%
2010 91.38M +8.19M +9.84%
2009 83.19M +7.89M +10.48%
2008 75.3M +8.74M +13.14%
2007 66.56M +11.16M +20.15%
2006 55.4M +8.27M +17.54%
2005 47.13M +8.68M +22.57%
2004 38.45M +8.35M +27.75%
2003 30.1M +4.17M +16.08%
2002 25.93M +4.17M +19.17%
2001 21.76M +7.68M +54.55%
2000 14.08M +6.35M +82.08%
1999 7.73M +4.38M +130.83%
1998 3.35M +1.61M +92.41%
1997 1.74M +718,914 +70.35%
1996 1.02M +333,387 +48.42%
1995 688,513 +119,262 +20.95%
1994 569,251 +183,119 +47.42%
1993 386,132 +73,485 +23.5%
1992 312,647 +151,749 +94.31%
1991 160,898 +96,972 +151.69%
1990 63,926 +55,426 +652.07%
1989 8,500 +7,000 +466.67%
1988 1,500 +1,500
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

Central America, 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.