Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Sao Tome and Principe

Number of mobile subscriptions in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024 — 147,061 subs. Ranked 144 in the world out of 151.

2024 147,061 subs +0.38% vs 2023
World rank 144of 151
Period maximum 196,384 subs2022
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Sao Tome and Principe, 1960–2024050,000100,000150,000200,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0 subs1999: 0 subs2000: 0 subs2001: 0 subs2002: 1,980 subs2003: 4,819 subs2004: 7,745 subs2005: 11,953 subs2006: 18,424 subs2007: 30,099 subs2008: 50,551 subs2009: 80,829 subs2010: 102,730 subs2011: 115,038 subs2012: 122,172 subs2013: 125,329 subs2014: 128,500 subs2015: 184,971 subs2016: 178,047 subs2017: 173,963 subs2018: 162,610 subs2019: 165,761 subs2020: 174,203 subs2021: 189,239 subs2022: 196,384 subs2023: 146,497 subs2024: 147,061 subs
Change over the period: +147,061

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe 147,061 subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Middle Africa computed 146M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 147,061 +564 +0.38%
2023 146,497 −49,887 −25.4%
2022 196,384 +7,145 +3.78%
2021 189,239 +15,036 +8.63%
2020 174,203 +8,442 +5.09%
2019 165,761 +3,151 +1.94%
2018 162,610 −11,353 −6.53%
2017 173,963 −4,084 −2.29%
2016 178,047 −6,924 −3.74%
2015 184,971 +56,471 +43.95%
2014 128,500 +3,171 +2.53%
2013 125,329 +3,157 +2.58%
2012 122,172 +7,134 +6.2%
2011 115,038 +12,308 +11.98%
2010 102,730 +21,901 +27.1%
2009 80,829 +30,278 +59.9%
2008 50,551 +20,452 +67.95%
2007 30,099 +11,675 +63.37%
2006 18,424 +6,471 +54.14%
2005 11,953 +4,208 +54.33%
2004 7,745 +2,926 +60.72%
2003 4,819 +2,839 +143.38%
2002 1,980 +1,980
2001 0 +0
2000 0 +0
1999 0 +0
1998 0 +0
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

Middle Africa, 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.