Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Philippines

Number of mobile subscriptions in the Philippines in 2024 — 133,566,303 subs. Ranked 12 in the world out of 151.

2024 134M subs −0.87% vs 2023
World rank 12of 151
Period maximum 168M subs2022
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Philippines, 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: 0 subs1991: 34,600 subs1992: 56,044 subs1993: 102,400 subs1994: 171,903 subs1995: 493,862 subs1996: 959,024 subs1997: 1,343,620 subs1998: 1,733,652 subs1999: 2,849,980 subs2000: 6,454,359 subs2001: 12,159,163 subs2002: 15,383,001 subs2003: 22,509,560 subs2004: 32,935,875 subs2005: 34,778,995 subs2006: 42,868,911 subs2007: 57,344,815 subs2008: 68,117,167 subs2009: 75,586,646 subs2010: 83,150,138 subs2011: 94,189,795 subs2012: 101,978,345 subs2013: 102,823,569 subs2014: 111,326,045 subs2015: 117,838,074 subs2016: 120,096,895 subs2017: 119,971,922 subs2018: 134,599,017 subs2019: 167,322,432 subs2020: 149,579,406 subs2021: 163,345,244 subs2022: 168,016,400 subs2023: 134,739,253 subs2024: 133,566,303 subs
Change over the period: +134M

Comparison, 2024

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

Philippines 134M subs
World 9.01B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.19B subs
South-Eastern Asia computed 869M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 134M −1.17M −0.87%
2023 135M −33.28M −19.81%
2022 168M +4.67M +2.86%
2021 163M +13.77M +9.2%
2020 150M −17.74M −10.6%
2019 167M +32.72M +24.31%
2018 135M +14.63M +12.19%
2017 120M −124,973 −0.1%
2016 120M +2.26M +1.92%
2015 118M +6.51M +5.85%
2014 111M +8.5M +8.27%
2013 103M +845,224 +0.83%
2012 102M +7.79M +8.27%
2011 94.19M +11.04M +13.28%
2010 83.15M +7.56M +10.01%
2009 75.59M +7.47M +10.97%
2008 68.12M +10.77M +18.79%
2007 57.34M +14.48M +33.77%
2006 42.87M +8.09M +23.26%
2005 34.78M +1.84M +5.6%
2004 32.94M +10.43M +46.32%
2003 22.51M +7.13M +46.33%
2002 15.38M +3.22M +26.51%
2001 12.16M +5.7M +88.39%
2000 6.45M +3.6M +126.47%
1999 2.85M +1.12M +64.39%
1998 1.73M +390,032 +29.03%
1997 1.34M +384,596 +40.1%
1996 959,024 +465,162 +94.19%
1995 493,862 +321,959 +187.29%
1994 171,903 +69,503 +67.87%
1993 102,400 +46,356 +82.71%
1992 56,044 +21,444 +61.98%
1991 34,600 +34,600
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.