Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Qatar

Number of mobile subscriptions in Qatar in 2024 — 4,682,758 subs. Ranked 108 in the world out of 151.

2024 4.68M subs −0.4% vs 2023
World rank 108of 151
Period maximum 4.7M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Qatar, 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 subs1986: 0 subs1990: 3,811 subs1991: 4,057 subs1992: 4,233 subs1993: 4,289 subs1994: 11,533 subs1995: 18,469 subs1996: 28,772 subs1997: 43,476 subs1998: 65,756 subs1999: 84,365 subs2000: 120,856 subs2001: 177,929 subs2002: 266,703 subs2003: 376,535 subs2004: 490,333 subs2005: 716,763 subs2006: 919,773 subs2007: 1,264,206 subs2008: 1,429,486 subs2009: 1,948,770 subs2010: 2,186,447 subs2011: 2,302,225 subs2012: 2,601,210 subs2013: 3,310,353 subs2014: 3,305,822 subs2015: 3,740,469 subs2016: 3,652,579 subs2017: 3,988,562 subs2018: 3,945,978 subs2019: 3,917,571 subs2020: 3,798,514 subs2021: 3,876,499 subs2022: 4,692,966 subs2023: 4,701,606 subs2024: 4,682,758 subs
Change over the period: +4.68M

Comparison, 2024

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

Qatar 4.68M subs
World 9.01B subs
Western Asia computed 296M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Qatar, by year Qatar All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 4.68M −18,848 −0.4%
2023 4.7M +8,640 +0.18%
2022 4.69M +816,467 +21.06%
2021 3.88M +77,985 +2.05%
2020 3.8M −119,057 −3.04%
2019 3.92M −28,407 −0.72%
2018 3.95M −42,584 −1.07%
2017 3.99M +335,983 +9.2%
2016 3.65M −87,890 −2.35%
2015 3.74M +434,647 +13.15%
2014 3.31M −4,531 −0.14%
2013 3.31M +709,143 +27.26%
2012 2.6M +298,985 +12.99%
2011 2.3M +115,778 +5.3%
2010 2.19M +237,677 +12.2%
2009 1.95M +519,284 +36.33%
2008 1.43M +165,280 +13.07%
2007 1.26M +344,433 +37.45%
2006 919,773 +203,010 +28.32%
2005 716,763 +226,430 +46.18%
2004 490,333 +113,798 +30.22%
2003 376,535 +109,832 +41.18%
2002 266,703 +88,774 +49.89%
2001 177,929 +57,073 +47.22%
2000 120,856 +36,491 +43.25%
1999 84,365 +18,609 +28.3%
1998 65,756 +22,280 +51.25%
1997 43,476 +14,704 +51.11%
1996 28,772 +10,303 +55.79%
1995 18,469 +6,936 +60.14%
1994 11,533 +7,244 +168.9%
1993 4,289 +56 +1.32%
1992 4,233 +176 +4.34%
1991 4,057 +246 +6.45%
1990 3,811
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.