Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Nepal

Number of mobile subscriptions in Nepal in 2024 — 29,605,730 subs. Ranked 45 in the world out of 151.

2024 29.61M subs −15.34% vs 2023
World rank 45of 151
Period maximum 39.18M subs2018
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Nepal, 1960–2024010M20M30M40M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0 subs1998: 0 subs1999: 5,500 subs2000: 10,226 subs2001: 17,286 subs2002: 21,881 subs2003: 81,867 subs2004: 116,778 subs2005: 227,316 subs2006: 1,157,102 subs2007: 3,268,895 subs2008: 4,200,000 subs2009: 5,597,880 subs2010: 9,195,562 subs2011: 13,354,477 subs2012: 16,608,622 subs2013: 21,362,289 subs2014: 23,021,340 subs2015: 27,516,055 subs2016: 32,120,305 subs2017: 36,096,396 subs2018: 39,178,451 subs2019: 38,696,000 subs2020: 38,213,000 subs2021: 38,213,000 subs2022: 35,989,698 subs2023: 34,968,252 subs2024: 29,605,730 subs
Change over the period: +29.61M

Comparison, 2024

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

Nepal 29.61M subs
World 9.01B subs
South Asia 1.4B subs
Southern Asia computed 1.78B subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 29.61M −5.36M −15.34%
2023 34.97M −1.02M −2.84%
2022 35.99M −2.22M −5.82%
2021 38.21M +0 +0%
2020 38.21M −483,000 −1.25%
2019 38.7M −482,451 −1.23%
2018 39.18M +3.08M +8.54%
2017 36.1M +3.98M +12.38%
2016 32.12M +4.6M +16.73%
2015 27.52M +4.49M +19.52%
2014 23.02M +1.66M +7.77%
2013 21.36M +4.75M +28.62%
2012 16.61M +3.25M +24.37%
2011 13.35M +4.16M +45.23%
2010 9.2M +3.6M +64.27%
2009 5.6M +1.4M +33.28%
2008 4.2M +931,105 +28.48%
2007 3.27M +2.11M +182.51%
2006 1.16M +929,786 +409.03%
2005 227,316 +110,538 +94.66%
2004 116,778 +34,911 +42.64%
2003 81,867 +59,986 +274.15%
2002 21,881 +4,595 +26.58%
2001 17,286 +7,060 +69.04%
2000 10,226 +4,726 +85.93%
1999 5,500 +5,500
1998 0 +0
1997 0 +0
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.