Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Namibia

Number of mobile subscriptions in Namibia in 2024 — 2,580,608 subs. Ranked 121 in the world out of 151.

2024 2.58M subs −0.67% vs 2023
World rank 121of 151
Period maximum 2.92M subs2021
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Namibia, 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: 0 subs1991: 0 subs1992: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 3,500 subs1996: 6,644 subs1997: 12,500 subs1998: 19,500 subs1999: 30,000 subs2000: 82,000 subs2001: 106,600 subs2002: 150,000 subs2003: 223,671 subs2004: 286,095 subs2005: 448,857 subs2006: 608,846 subs2007: 800,270 subs2008: 1,052,000 subs2009: 1,631,576 subs2010: 1,950,072 subs2011: 2,194,495 subs2012: 2,146,833 subs2013: 2,727,913 subs2014: 2,670,983 subs2015: 2,549,817 subs2016: 2,659,951 subs2017: 2,680,196 subs2018: 2,759,293 subs2019: 2,823,655 subs2020: 2,898,125 subs2021: 2,915,307 subs2022: 2,905,781 subs2023: 2,597,926 subs2024: 2,580,608 subs
Change over the period: +2.58M

Comparison, 2024

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

Namibia 2.58M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Southern Africa computed 125M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 2.58M −17,318 −0.67%
2023 2.6M −307,855 −10.59%
2022 2.91M −9,526 −0.33%
2021 2.92M +17,182 +0.59%
2020 2.9M +74,470 +2.64%
2019 2.82M +64,362 +2.33%
2018 2.76M +79,097 +2.95%
2017 2.68M +20,245 +0.76%
2016 2.66M +110,134 +4.32%
2015 2.55M −121,166 −4.54%
2014 2.67M −56,930 −2.09%
2013 2.73M +581,080 +27.07%
2012 2.15M −47,662 −2.17%
2011 2.19M +244,423 +12.53%
2010 1.95M +318,496 +19.52%
2009 1.63M +579,576 +55.09%
2008 1.05M +251,730 +31.46%
2007 800,270 +191,424 +31.44%
2006 608,846 +159,989 +35.64%
2005 448,857 +162,762 +56.89%
2004 286,095 +62,424 +27.91%
2003 223,671 +73,671 +49.11%
2002 150,000 +43,400 +40.71%
2001 106,600 +24,600 +30%
2000 82,000 +52,000 +173.33%
1999 30,000 +10,500 +53.85%
1998 19,500 +7,000 +56%
1997 12,500 +5,856 +88.14%
1996 6,644 +3,144 +89.83%
1995 3,500 +3,500
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

Southern Africa, 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.