Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Russia

Number of mobile subscriptions in Russia in 2024 — 269,516,292 subs. Ranked 5 in the world out of 151.

2024 270M subs +2.47% vs 2023
World rank 5of 151
Period maximum 270M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Russia, 1960–20240100M200M300M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 300 subs1992: 6,000 subs1993: 10,000 subs1994: 27,744 subs1995: 88,526 subs1996: 223,002 subs1997: 484,883 subs1998: 747,160 subs1999: 1,370,630 subs2000: 3,263,200 subs2001: 7,750,499 subs2002: 17,608,756 subs2003: 36,135,135 subs2004: 73,722,222 subs2005: 120,000,000 subs2006: 150,674,000 subs2007: 171,200,000 subs2008: 199,522,340 subs2009: 230,050,000 subs2010: 237,689,224 subs2011: 203,751,647 subs2012: 208,065,063 subs2013: 218,300,372 subs2014: 221,030,353 subs2015: 227,288,088 subs2016: 229,126,152 subs2017: 227,299,663 subs2018: 229,431,008 subs2019: 239,795,946 subs2020: 238,733,217 subs2021: 246,569,033 subs2022: 245,266,945 subs2023: 263,017,184 subs2024: 269,516,292 subs
Change over the period: +270M

Comparison, 2024

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

Russia 270M subs
World 9.01B subs
Eastern Europe computed 400M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Russia, by year Russia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 270M +6.5M +2.47%
2023 263M +17.75M +7.24%
2022 245M −1.3M −0.53%
2021 247M +7.84M +3.28%
2020 239M −1.06M −0.44%
2019 240M +10.36M +4.52%
2018 229M +2.13M +0.94%
2017 227M −1.83M −0.8%
2016 229M +1.84M +0.81%
2015 227M +6.26M +2.83%
2014 221M +2.73M +1.25%
2013 218M +10.24M +4.92%
2012 208M +4.31M +2.12%
2011 204M −33.94M −14.28%
2010 238M +7.64M +3.32%
2009 230M +30.53M +15.3%
2008 200M +28.32M +16.54%
2007 171M +20.53M +13.62%
2006 151M +30.67M +25.56%
2005 120M +46.28M +62.77%
2004 73.72M +37.59M +104.02%
2003 36.14M +18.53M +105.21%
2002 17.61M +9.86M +127.2%
2001 7.75M +4.49M +137.51%
2000 3.26M +1.89M +138.08%
1999 1.37M +623,470 +83.45%
1998 747,160 +262,277 +54.09%
1997 484,883 +261,881 +117.43%
1996 223,002 +134,476 +151.91%
1995 88,526 +60,782 +219.08%
1994 27,744 +17,744 +177.44%
1993 10,000 +4,000 +66.67%
1992 6,000 +5,700 +1,900%
1991 300 +300
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.