Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Peru

Number of mobile subscriptions in Peru in 2024 — 42,643,495 subs. Ranked 37 in the world out of 151.

2024 42.64M subs +3.29% vs 2023
World rank 37of 151
Period maximum 43.1M subs2021
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Peru, 1960–2024020M40M60M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 1,650 subs1991: 5,700 subs1992: 21,550 subs1993: 36,300 subs1994: 52,200 subs1995: 73,543 subs1996: 200,972 subs1997: 421,814 subs1998: 742,642 subs1999: 1,013,314 subs2000: 1,273,857 subs2001: 1,793,284 subs2002: 2,306,943 subs2003: 2,930,343 subs2004: 4,092,558 subs2005: 5,583,356 subs2006: 9,120,000 subs2007: 15,417,247 subs2008: 20,951,834 subs2009: 24,700,361 subs2010: 29,115,149 subs2011: 32,461,415 subs2012: 29,388,077 subs2013: 29,793,297 subs2014: 31,880,043 subs2015: 34,235,810 subs2016: 36,933,161 subs2017: 38,915,386 subs2018: 42,154,771 subs2019: 39,844,613 subs2020: 39,358,383 subs2021: 43,100,570 subs2022: 41,549,487 subs2023: 41,283,220 subs2024: 42,643,495 subs
Change over the period: +42.64M

Comparison, 2024

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

Peru 42.64M subs
World 9.01B subs
South America computed 498M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 42.64M +1.36M +3.29%
2023 41.28M −266,267 −0.64%
2022 41.55M −1.55M −3.6%
2021 43.1M +3.74M +9.51%
2020 39.36M −486,230 −1.22%
2019 39.84M −2.31M −5.48%
2018 42.15M +3.24M +8.32%
2017 38.92M +1.98M +5.37%
2016 36.93M +2.7M +7.88%
2015 34.24M +2.36M +7.39%
2014 31.88M +2.09M +7%
2013 29.79M +405,220 +1.38%
2012 29.39M −3.07M −9.47%
2011 32.46M +3.35M +11.49%
2010 29.12M +4.41M +17.87%
2009 24.7M +3.75M +17.89%
2008 20.95M +5.53M +35.9%
2007 15.42M +6.3M +69.05%
2006 9.12M +3.54M +63.34%
2005 5.58M +1.49M +36.43%
2004 4.09M +1.16M +39.66%
2003 2.93M +623,400 +27.02%
2002 2.31M +513,659 +28.64%
2001 1.79M +519,427 +40.78%
2000 1.27M +260,543 +25.71%
1999 1.01M +270,672 +36.45%
1998 742,642 +320,828 +76.06%
1997 421,814 +220,842 +109.89%
1996 200,972 +127,429 +173.27%
1995 73,543 +21,343 +40.89%
1994 52,200 +15,900 +43.8%
1993 36,300 +14,750 +68.45%
1992 21,550 +15,850 +278.07%
1991 5,700 +4,050 +245.45%
1990 1,650 +1,650
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.