Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Nicaragua

Number of mobile subscriptions in Nicaragua in 2024 — 7,328,421 subs. Ranked 94 in the world out of 151.

2024 7.33M subs +1.47% vs 2023
World rank 94of 151
Period maximum 8.18M subs2017
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Nicaragua, 1960–202402.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 324 subs1994: 2,183 subs1995: 4,400 subs1996: 5,100 subs1997: 7,560 subs1998: 18,310 subs1999: 44,229 subs2000: 90,294 subs2001: 164,509 subs2002: 237,248 subs2003: 466,706 subs2004: 738,624 subs2005: 1,119,379 subs2006: 1,830,220 subs2007: 2,502,281 subs2008: 3,108,002 subs2009: 3,344,563 subs2010: 3,962,247 subs2011: 4,823,534 subs2012: 5,851,723 subs2013: 6,808,930 subs2014: 7,067,860 subs2015: 7,264,151 subs2016: 7,745,512 subs2017: 8,179,876 subs2018: 7,441,527 subs2019: 5,788,432 subs2020: 5,962,186 subs2021: 6,233,864 subs2022: 7,018,624 subs2023: 7,222,326 subs2024: 7,328,421 subs
Change over the period: +7.33M

Comparison, 2024

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

Nicaragua 7.33M subs
World 9.01B subs
Central America computed 206M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 7.33M +106,095 +1.47%
2023 7.22M +203,702 +2.9%
2022 7.02M +784,760 +12.59%
2021 6.23M +271,678 +4.56%
2020 5.96M +173,754 +3%
2019 5.79M −1.65M −22.21%
2018 7.44M −738,349 −9.03%
2017 8.18M +434,364 +5.61%
2016 7.75M +481,361 +6.63%
2015 7.26M +196,291 +2.78%
2014 7.07M +258,930 +3.8%
2013 6.81M +957,207 +16.36%
2012 5.85M +1.03M +21.32%
2011 4.82M +861,287 +21.74%
2010 3.96M +617,684 +18.47%
2009 3.34M +236,561 +7.61%
2008 3.11M +605,721 +24.21%
2007 2.5M +672,061 +36.72%
2006 1.83M +710,841 +63.5%
2005 1.12M +380,755 +51.55%
2004 738,624 +271,918 +58.26%
2003 466,706 +229,458 +96.72%
2002 237,248 +72,739 +44.22%
2001 164,509 +74,215 +82.19%
2000 90,294 +46,065 +104.15%
1999 44,229 +25,919 +141.56%
1998 18,310 +10,750 +142.2%
1997 7,560 +2,460 +48.24%
1996 5,100 +700 +15.91%
1995 4,400 +2,217 +101.56%
1994 2,183 +1,859 +573.77%
1993 324 +324
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

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.