Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Paraguay

Number of mobile subscriptions in Paraguay in 2023 — 8,665,064 subs. Ranked 91 in the world out of 172.

2023 8.67M subs +0.07% vs 2022
World rank 91of 172
Period maximum 8.67M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Paraguay, 1960–202302.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 1,500 subs1993: 3,390 subs1994: 7,660 subs1995: 15,807 subs1996: 32,860 subs1997: 84,240 subs1998: 231,520 subs1999: 435,611 subs2000: 820,810 subs2001: 1,150,000 subs2002: 1,667,018 subs2003: 1,770,345 subs2004: 1,749,048 subs2005: 1,887,000 subs2006: 3,232,842 subs2007: 4,694,361 subs2008: 5,790,759 subs2009: 5,618,639 subs2010: 5,920,858 subs2011: 6,529,053 subs2012: 6,793,703 subs2013: 7,053,297 subs2014: 7,305,277 subs2015: 7,411,986 subs2016: 7,489,474 subs2017: 7,468,275 subs2018: 7,439,692 subs2019: 7,761,848 subs2020: 7,865,050 subs2021: 7,975,074 subs2022: 8,659,347 subs2023: 8,665,064 subs
Change over the period: +8.67M

Comparison, 2023

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

Paraguay 8.67M subs
World 8.88B subs
South America computed 484M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.38B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 8.67M +5,717 +0.07%
2022 8.66M +684,273 +8.58%
2021 7.98M +110,024 +1.4%
2020 7.87M +103,202 +1.33%
2019 7.76M +322,156 +4.33%
2018 7.44M −28,583 −0.38%
2017 7.47M −21,199 −0.28%
2016 7.49M +77,488 +1.05%
2015 7.41M +106,709 +1.46%
2014 7.31M +251,980 +3.57%
2013 7.05M +259,594 +3.82%
2012 6.79M +264,650 +4.05%
2011 6.53M +608,195 +10.27%
2010 5.92M +302,219 +5.38%
2009 5.62M −172,120 −2.97%
2008 5.79M +1.1M +23.36%
2007 4.69M +1.46M +45.21%
2006 3.23M +1.35M +71.32%
2005 1.89M +137,952 +7.89%
2004 1.75M −21,297 −1.2%
2003 1.77M +103,327 +6.2%
2002 1.67M +517,018 +44.96%
2001 1.15M +329,190 +40.11%
2000 820,810 +385,199 +88.43%
1999 435,611 +204,091 +88.15%
1998 231,520 +147,280 +174.83%
1997 84,240 +51,380 +156.36%
1996 32,860 +17,053 +107.88%
1995 15,807 +8,147 +106.36%
1994 7,660 +4,270 +125.96%
1993 3,390 +1,890 +126%
1992 1,500 +1,500
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.