Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Seychelles

Number of mobile subscriptions in the Seychelles in 2024 — 163,827 subs. Ranked 143 in the world out of 151.

2024 163,827 subs −0.93% vs 2023
World rank 143of 151
Period maximum 205,140 subs2022
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Seychelles, 1960–20240100,000200,000300,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 50 subs1996: 1,043 subs1997: 2,247 subs1998: 5,190 subs1999: 16,316 subs2000: 25,961 subs2001: 36,683 subs2002: 44,731 subs2003: 49,229 subs2004: 54,369 subs2005: 58,806 subs2006: 70,340 subs2007: 77,278 subs2008: 93,476 subs2009: 110,668 subs2010: 117,587 subs2011: 126,594 subs2012: 136,480 subs2013: 136,790 subs2014: 151,336 subs2015: 148,244 subs2016: 151,857 subs2017: 167,282 subs2018: 178,946 subs2019: 193,672 subs2020: 183,498 subs2021: 183,840 subs2022: 205,140 subs2023: 165,369 subs2024: 163,827 subs
Change over the period: +163,827

Comparison, 2024

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

Seychelles 163,827 subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 163,827 −1,542 −0.93%
2023 165,369 −39,771 −19.39%
2022 205,140 +21,300 +11.59%
2021 183,840 +342 +0.19%
2020 183,498 −10,174 −5.25%
2019 193,672 +14,726 +8.23%
2018 178,946 +11,664 +6.97%
2017 167,282 +15,425 +10.16%
2016 151,857 +3,613 +2.44%
2015 148,244 −3,092 −2.04%
2014 151,336 +14,546 +10.63%
2013 136,790 +310 +0.23%
2012 136,480 +9,886 +7.81%
2011 126,594 +9,007 +7.66%
2010 117,587 +6,919 +6.25%
2009 110,668 +17,192 +18.39%
2008 93,476 +16,198 +20.96%
2007 77,278 +6,938 +9.86%
2006 70,340 +11,534 +19.61%
2005 58,806 +4,437 +8.16%
2004 54,369 +5,140 +10.44%
2003 49,229 +4,498 +10.06%
2002 44,731 +8,048 +21.94%
2001 36,683 +10,722 +41.3%
2000 25,961 +9,645 +59.11%
1999 16,316 +11,126 +214.37%
1998 5,190 +2,943 +130.97%
1997 2,247 +1,204 +115.44%
1996 1,043 +993 +1,986%
1995 50 +50
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.