Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Romania

Number of mobile subscriptions in Romania in 2024 — 22,781,000 subs. Ranked 55 in the world out of 151.

2024 22.78M subs −3.32% vs 2023
World rank 55of 151
Period maximum 25.1M subs2009
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Romania, 1960–2024010M20M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0 subs1993: 800 subs1994: 2,775 subs1995: 9,068 subs1996: 17,000 subs1997: 201,000 subs1998: 643,000 subs1999: 1,355,500 subs2000: 2,499,000 subs2001: 3,845,116 subs2002: 5,110,591 subs2003: 7,039,898 subs2004: 10,215,388 subs2005: 13,354,138 subs2006: 15,991,000 subs2007: 20,400,000 subs2008: 24,470,000 subs2009: 25,100,000 subs2010: 24,360,000 subs2011: 23,420,000 subs2012: 22,840,000 subs2013: 22,910,000 subs2014: 22,920,000 subs2015: 23,120,000 subs2016: 22,900,000 subs2017: 22,400,000 subs2018: 22,634,000 subs2019: 22,671,000 subs2020: 22,588,000 subs2021: 22,929,000 subs2022: 23,219,000 subs2023: 23,564,000 subs2024: 22,781,000 subs
Change over the period: +22.78M

Comparison, 2024

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

Romania 22.78M subs
World 9.01B subs
Eastern Europe computed 400M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 22.78M −783,000 −3.32%
2023 23.56M +345,000 +1.49%
2022 23.22M +290,000 +1.26%
2021 22.93M +341,000 +1.51%
2020 22.59M −83,000 −0.37%
2019 22.67M +37,000 +0.16%
2018 22.63M +234,000 +1.04%
2017 22.4M −500,000 −2.18%
2016 22.9M −220,000 −0.95%
2015 23.12M +200,000 +0.87%
2014 22.92M +10,000 +0.04%
2013 22.91M +70,000 +0.31%
2012 22.84M −580,000 −2.48%
2011 23.42M −940,000 −3.86%
2010 24.36M −740,000 −2.95%
2009 25.1M +630,000 +2.57%
2008 24.47M +4.07M +19.95%
2007 20.4M +4.41M +27.57%
2006 15.99M +2.64M +19.75%
2005 13.35M +3.14M +30.73%
2004 10.22M +3.18M +45.11%
2003 7.04M +1.93M +37.75%
2002 5.11M +1.27M +32.91%
2001 3.85M +1.35M +53.87%
2000 2.5M +1.14M +84.36%
1999 1.36M +712,500 +110.81%
1998 643,000 +442,000 +219.9%
1997 201,000 +184,000 +1,082.35%
1996 17,000 +7,932 +87.47%
1995 9,068 +6,293 +226.77%
1994 2,775 +1,975 +246.88%
1993 800 +800
1992 0 +0
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

Eastern Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.