Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Puerto Rico

Number of mobile subscriptions in Puerto Rico in 2024 — 4,099,001 subs. Ranked 111 in the world out of 151.

2024 4.1M subs +1.54% vs 2023
World rank 111of 151
Period maximum 4.1M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Puerto Rico, 1960–202402M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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 subs1987: 3,917 subs1988: 8,700 subs1989: 11,600 subs1990: 20,369 subs1991: 33,410 subs1992: 60,000 subs1993: 95,000 subs1994: 175,000 subs1995: 287,000 subs1996: 329,000 subs1997: 367,000 subs1998: 580,000 subs1999: 813,800 subs2000: 1,318,099 subs2001: 1,628,161 subs2002: 1,646,932 subs2003: 1,709,062 subs2004: 1,847,927 subs2005: 1,993,465 subs2006: 2,198,845 subs2007: 2,431,512 subs2008: 2,543,587 subs2009: 2,712,220 subs2010: 2,933,988 subs2011: 3,108,372 subs2012: 3,049,697 subs2013: 3,085,146 subs2014: 3,208,824 subs2015: 3,204,993 subs2016: 3,252,176 subs2017: 3,389,402 subs2018: 3,330,286 subs2019: 3,371,969 subs2020: 3,494,700 subs2021: 3,661,176 subs2022: 3,896,159 subs2023: 4,036,755 subs2024: 4,099,001 subs
Change over the period: +4.1M

Comparison, 2024

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

Puerto Rico 4.1M subs
World 9.01B subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 4.1M +62,246 +1.54%
2023 4.04M +140,596 +3.61%
2022 3.9M +234,983 +6.42%
2021 3.66M +166,476 +4.76%
2020 3.49M +122,731 +3.64%
2019 3.37M +41,683 +1.25%
2018 3.33M −59,116 −1.74%
2017 3.39M +137,226 +4.22%
2016 3.25M +47,183 +1.47%
2015 3.2M −3,831 −0.12%
2014 3.21M +123,678 +4.01%
2013 3.09M +35,449 +1.16%
2012 3.05M −58,675 −1.89%
2011 3.11M +174,384 +5.94%
2010 2.93M +221,768 +8.18%
2009 2.71M +168,633 +6.63%
2008 2.54M +112,075 +4.61%
2007 2.43M +232,667 +10.58%
2006 2.2M +205,380 +10.3%
2005 1.99M +145,538 +7.88%
2004 1.85M +138,865 +8.13%
2003 1.71M +62,130 +3.77%
2002 1.65M +18,771 +1.15%
2001 1.63M +310,062 +23.52%
2000 1.32M +504,299 +61.97%
1999 813,800 +233,800 +40.31%
1998 580,000 +213,000 +58.04%
1997 367,000 +38,000 +11.55%
1996 329,000 +42,000 +14.63%
1995 287,000 +112,000 +64%
1994 175,000 +80,000 +84.21%
1993 95,000 +35,000 +58.33%
1992 60,000 +26,590 +79.59%
1991 33,410 +13,041 +64.02%
1990 20,369 +8,769 +75.59%
1989 11,600 +2,900 +33.33%
1988 8,700 +4,783 +122.11%
1987 3,917
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.