Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Pakistan

Number of mobile subscriptions in Pakistan in 2024 — 193,111,549 subs. Ranked 7 in the world out of 151.

2024 193M subs +1.94% vs 2023
World rank 7of 151
Period maximum 193M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Pakistan, 1960–2024050M100M150M200M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 2,000 subs1991: 8,500 subs1992: 13,500 subs1993: 16,000 subs1994: 24,662 subs1995: 40,964 subs1996: 68,038 subs1997: 135,027 subs1998: 196,096 subs1999: 265,614 subs2000: 306,493 subs2001: 742,606 subs2002: 1,698,536 subs2003: 2,404,400 subs2004: 5,022,908 subs2005: 12,771,203 subs2006: 34,506,557 subs2007: 62,856,712 subs2008: 88,019,742 subs2009: 94,342,030 subs2010: 99,185,844 subs2011: 108,894,518 subs2012: 120,151,237 subs2013: 127,737,286 subs2014: 135,762,031 subs2015: 125,899,638 subs2016: 136,489,014 subs2017: 144,525,637 subs2018: 153,986,607 subs2019: 165,405,847 subs2020: 175,624,364 subs2021: 188,711,452 subs2022: 192,779,544 subs2023: 189,439,348 subs2024: 193,111,549 subs
Change over the period: +193M

Comparison, 2024

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

Pakistan 193M 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 — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 193M +3.67M +1.94%
2023 189M −3.34M −1.73%
2022 193M +4.07M +2.16%
2021 189M +13.09M +7.45%
2020 176M +10.22M +6.18%
2019 165M +11.42M +7.42%
2018 154M +9.46M +6.55%
2017 145M +8.04M +5.89%
2016 136M +10.59M +8.41%
2015 126M −9.86M −7.26%
2014 136M +8.02M +6.28%
2013 128M +7.59M +6.31%
2012 120M +11.26M +10.34%
2011 109M +9.71M +9.79%
2010 99.19M +4.84M +5.13%
2009 94.34M +6.32M +7.18%
2008 88.02M +25.16M +40.03%
2007 62.86M +28.35M +82.16%
2006 34.51M +21.74M +170.19%
2005 12.77M +7.75M +154.26%
2004 5.02M +2.62M +108.9%
2003 2.4M +705,864 +41.56%
2002 1.7M +955,930 +128.73%
2001 742,606 +436,113 +142.29%
2000 306,493 +40,879 +15.39%
1999 265,614 +69,518 +35.45%
1998 196,096 +61,069 +45.23%
1997 135,027 +66,989 +98.46%
1996 68,038 +27,074 +66.09%
1995 40,964 +16,302 +66.1%
1994 24,662 +8,662 +54.14%
1993 16,000 +2,500 +18.52%
1992 13,500 +5,000 +58.82%
1991 8,500 +6,500 +325%
1990 2,000 +2,000
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.