Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Rwanda

Number of mobile subscriptions in Rwanda in 2024 — 13,287,329 subs. Ranked 72 in the world out of 151.

2024 13.29M subs +4.11% vs 2023
World rank 72of 151
Period maximum 13.29M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Rwanda, 1960–202405M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 0 subs1996: 0 subs1997: 0 subs1998: 5,000 subs1999: 11,000 subs2000: 39,000 subs2001: 65,000 subs2002: 82,391 subs2003: 130,720 subs2004: 137,271 subs2005: 222,978 subs2006: 314,201 subs2007: 635,137 subs2008: 1,322,637 subs2009: 2,429,252 subs2010: 3,548,761 subs2011: 4,446,194 subs2012: 5,690,751 subs2013: 6,689,158 subs2014: 7,747,019 subs2015: 8,759,619 subs2016: 8,921,533 subs2017: 8,819,217 subs2018: 9,700,609 subs2019: 9,658,548 subs2020: 10,614,408 subs2021: 10,902,989 subs2022: 11,002,078 subs2023: 12,763,076 subs2024: 13,287,329 subs
Change over the period: +13.29M

Comparison, 2024

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

Rwanda 13.29M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 13.29M +524,253 +4.11%
2023 12.76M +1.76M +16.01%
2022 11M +99,089 +0.91%
2021 10.9M +288,581 +2.72%
2020 10.61M +955,860 +9.9%
2019 9.66M −42,061 −0.43%
2018 9.7M +881,392 +9.99%
2017 8.82M −102,316 −1.15%
2016 8.92M +161,914 +1.85%
2015 8.76M +1.01M +13.07%
2014 7.75M +1.06M +15.81%
2013 6.69M +998,407 +17.54%
2012 5.69M +1.24M +27.99%
2011 4.45M +897,433 +25.29%
2010 3.55M +1.12M +46.08%
2009 2.43M +1.11M +83.67%
2008 1.32M +687,500 +108.24%
2007 635,137 +320,936 +102.14%
2006 314,201 +91,223 +40.91%
2005 222,978 +85,707 +62.44%
2004 137,271 +6,551 +5.01%
2003 130,720 +48,329 +58.66%
2002 82,391 +17,391 +26.76%
2001 65,000 +26,000 +66.67%
2000 39,000 +28,000 +254.55%
1999 11,000 +6,000 +120%
1998 5,000 +5,000
1997 0 +0
1996 0 +0
1995 0 +0
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
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

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.