Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Poland

Number of mobile subscriptions in Poland in 2024 — 53,190,324 subs. Ranked 34 in the world out of 151.

2024 53.19M subs +1.53% vs 2023
World rank 34of 151
Period maximum 56.97M subs2013
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Poland, 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: 0 subs1991: 0 subs1992: 2,195 subs1993: 15,699 subs1994: 38,942 subs1995: 75,000 subs1996: 216,900 subs1997: 812,200 subs1998: 1,928,042 subs1999: 3,956,500 subs2000: 6,747,000 subs2001: 10,004,661 subs2002: 13,898,471 subs2003: 17,401,222 subs2004: 23,096,065 subs2005: 29,166,391 subs2006: 36,745,454 subs2007: 41,388,774 subs2008: 43,926,365 subs2009: 44,806,632 subs2010: 46,952,111 subs2011: 50,160,222 subs2012: 54,086,209 subs2013: 56,972,803 subs2014: 56,905,306 subs2015: 54,537,230 subs2016: 53,001,776 subs2017: 50,458,854 subs2018: 48,285,544 subs2019: 48,392,944 subs2020: 49,350,724 subs2021: 50,588,734 subs2022: 52,589,287 subs2023: 52,386,550 subs2024: 53,190,324 subs
Change over the period: +53.19M

Comparison, 2024

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

Poland 53.19M subs
World 9.01B subs
Eastern Europe computed 400M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 53.19M +803,774 +1.53%
2023 52.39M −202,737 −0.39%
2022 52.59M +2M +3.95%
2021 50.59M +1.24M +2.51%
2020 49.35M +957,780 +1.98%
2019 48.39M +107,400 +0.22%
2018 48.29M −2.17M −4.31%
2017 50.46M −2.54M −4.8%
2016 53M −1.54M −2.82%
2015 54.54M −2.37M −4.16%
2014 56.91M −67,497 −0.12%
2013 56.97M +2.89M +5.34%
2012 54.09M +3.93M +7.83%
2011 50.16M +3.21M +6.83%
2010 46.95M +2.15M +4.79%
2009 44.81M +880,267 +2%
2008 43.93M +2.54M +6.13%
2007 41.39M +4.64M +12.64%
2006 36.75M +7.58M +25.99%
2005 29.17M +6.07M +26.28%
2004 23.1M +5.69M +32.73%
2003 17.4M +3.5M +25.2%
2002 13.9M +3.89M +38.92%
2001 10M +3.26M +48.28%
2000 6.75M +2.79M +70.53%
1999 3.96M +2.03M +105.21%
1998 1.93M +1.12M +137.39%
1997 812,200 +595,300 +274.46%
1996 216,900 +141,900 +189.2%
1995 75,000 +36,058 +92.59%
1994 38,942 +23,243 +148.05%
1993 15,699 +13,504 +615.22%
1992 2,195 +2,195
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.