Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Palestine

Number of mobile subscriptions in Palestine in 2023 — 4,148,419 subs. Ranked 122 in the world out of 172.

2023 4.15M subs +2.13% vs 2022
World rank 122of 172
Period maximum 4.38M subs2018
Period minimum 0 subs1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Palestine, 1990–202302M4M6M1990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0 subs1991: 0 subs1992: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs2000: 7,076 subs2001: 175,941 subs2002: 251,602 subs2003: 264,091 subs2004: 436,628 subs2005: 567,584 subs2006: 821,800 subs2007: 1,021,481 subs2008: 1,314,406 subs2009: 1,800,000 subs2010: 2,603,582 subs2011: 2,884,964 subs2012: 3,134,700 subs2013: 3,190,233 subs2014: 3,197,550 subs2015: 3,531,000 subs2016: 3,713,190 subs2017: 3,996,206 subs2018: 4,375,502 subs2019: 4,300,230 subs2020: 4,062,334 subs2021: 4,052,968 subs2022: 4,062,067 subs2023: 4,148,419 subs
Change over the period: +4.15M

Comparison, 2023

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

Palestine 4.15M subs
World 8.88B subs
Western Asia computed 319M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3.05B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 4.15M +86,352 +2.13%
2022 4.06M +9,099 +0.22%
2021 4.05M −9,366 −0.23%
2020 4.06M −237,896 −5.53%
2019 4.3M −75,272 −1.72%
2018 4.38M +379,296 +9.49%
2017 4M +283,016 +7.62%
2016 3.71M +182,190 +5.16%
2015 3.53M +333,450 +10.43%
2014 3.2M +7,317 +0.23%
2013 3.19M +55,533 +1.77%
2012 3.13M +249,736 +8.66%
2011 2.88M +281,382 +10.81%
2010 2.6M +803,582 +44.64%
2009 1.8M +485,594 +36.94%
2008 1.31M +292,925 +28.68%
2007 1.02M +199,681 +24.3%
2006 821,800 +254,216 +44.79%
2005 567,584 +130,956 +29.99%
2004 436,628 +172,537 +65.33%
2003 264,091 +12,489 +4.96%
2002 251,602 +75,661 +43%
2001 175,941 +168,865 +2,386.45%
2000 7,076
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
1992 0 +0
1991 0 +0
1990 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.