Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Mozambique

Number of mobile subscriptions in Mozambique in 2024 — 17,144,376 subs. Ranked 63 in the world out of 151.

2024 17.14M subs +7.31% vs 2023
World rank 63of 151
Period maximum 20.13M subs2015
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Mozambique, 1960–2024010M20M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 2,500 subs1998: 6,725 subs1999: 12,243 subs2000: 51,065 subs2001: 152,652 subs2002: 254,759 subs2003: 435,757 subs2004: 708,000 subs2005: 1,503,943 subs2006: 2,339,317 subs2007: 3,079,783 subs2008: 4,405,006 subs2009: 5,970,781 subs2010: 7,224,176 subs2011: 7,855,345 subs2012: 8,804,986 subs2013: 12,401,290 subs2014: 18,482,638 subs2015: 20,134,932 subs2016: 15,025,598 subs2017: 11,875,506 subs2018: 14,074,248 subs2019: 14,773,364 subs2020: 15,463,226 subs2021: 13,686,234 subs2022: 14,962,380 subs2023: 15,976,803 subs2024: 17,144,376 subs
Change over the period: +17.14M

Comparison, 2024

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

Mozambique 17.14M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 17.14M +1.17M +7.31%
2023 15.98M +1.01M +6.78%
2022 14.96M +1.28M +9.32%
2021 13.69M −1.78M −11.49%
2020 15.46M +689,862 +4.67%
2019 14.77M +699,116 +4.97%
2018 14.07M +2.2M +18.51%
2017 11.88M −3.15M −20.96%
2016 15.03M −5.11M −25.38%
2015 20.13M +1.65M +8.94%
2014 18.48M +6.08M +49.04%
2013 12.4M +3.6M +40.84%
2012 8.8M +949,641 +12.09%
2011 7.86M +631,169 +8.74%
2010 7.22M +1.25M +20.99%
2009 5.97M +1.57M +35.55%
2008 4.41M +1.33M +43.03%
2007 3.08M +740,466 +31.65%
2006 2.34M +835,374 +55.55%
2005 1.5M +795,943 +112.42%
2004 708,000 +272,243 +62.48%
2003 435,757 +180,998 +71.05%
2002 254,759 +102,107 +66.89%
2001 152,652 +101,587 +198.94%
2000 51,065 +38,822 +317.1%
1999 12,243 +5,518 +82.05%
1998 6,725 +4,225 +169%
1997 2,500 +2,500
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.