Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Moldova

Number of mobile subscriptions in Moldova in 2024 — 3,644,487 subs. Ranked 115 in the world out of 151.

2024 3.64M subs −8.27% vs 2023
World rank 115of 151
Period maximum 4.17M subs2022
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Moldova, 1960–202402M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 14 subs1996: 920 subs1997: 2,200 subs1998: 7,000 subs1999: 18,000 subs2000: 139,000 subs2001: 225,000 subs2002: 338,225 subs2003: 475,942 subs2004: 787,000 subs2005: 1,089,800 subs2006: 1,358,152 subs2007: 1,882,830 subs2008: 2,423,416 subs2009: 2,136,409 subs2010: 2,550,592 subs2011: 3,217,261 subs2012: 3,584,283 subs2013: 3,696,834 subs2014: 3,738,125 subs2015: 3,713,137 subs2016: 3,788,490 subs2017: 3,746,644 subs2018: 3,636,931 subs2019: 3,613,846 subs2020: 3,420,383 subs2021: 3,900,179 subs2022: 4,170,329 subs2023: 3,973,269 subs2024: 3,644,487 subs
Change over the period: +3.64M

Comparison, 2024

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

Moldova 3.64M subs
World 9.01B subs
Eastern Europe computed 400M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 3.64M −328,782 −8.27%
2023 3.97M −197,060 −4.73%
2022 4.17M +270,150 +6.93%
2021 3.9M +479,796 +14.03%
2020 3.42M −193,463 −5.35%
2019 3.61M −23,085 −0.63%
2018 3.64M −109,713 −2.93%
2017 3.75M −41,846 −1.1%
2016 3.79M +75,353 +2.03%
2015 3.71M −24,988 −0.67%
2014 3.74M +41,291 +1.12%
2013 3.7M +112,551 +3.14%
2012 3.58M +367,022 +11.41%
2011 3.22M +666,669 +26.14%
2010 2.55M +414,183 +19.39%
2009 2.14M −287,007 −11.84%
2008 2.42M +540,586 +28.71%
2007 1.88M +524,678 +38.63%
2006 1.36M +268,352 +24.62%
2005 1.09M +302,800 +38.48%
2004 787,000 +311,058 +65.36%
2003 475,942 +137,717 +40.72%
2002 338,225 +113,225 +50.32%
2001 225,000 +86,000 +61.87%
2000 139,000 +121,000 +672.22%
1999 18,000 +11,000 +157.14%
1998 7,000 +4,800 +218.18%
1997 2,200 +1,280 +139.13%
1996 920 +906 +6,471.43%
1995 14 +14
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.