Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Sierra Leone

Number of mobile subscriptions in Sierra Leone in 2022 — 8,929,185 subs. Ranked 94 in the world out of 209.

2022 8.93M subs +8.53% vs 2021
World rank 94of 209
Period maximum 8.93M subs2022
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Sierra Leone, 1960–202202.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 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: 11,940 subs2001: 26,895 subs2002: 67,000 subs2003: 113,214 subs2007: 776,000 subs2008: 1,008,800 subs2009: 1,160,000 subs2010: 2,000,000 subs2011: 2,137,000 subs2012: 2,210,000 subs2013: 4,000,000 subs2014: 4,756,800 subs2015: 5,657,000 subs2016: 6,279,270 subs2017: 6,625,000 subs2018: 6,355,151 subs2019: 6,729,804 subs2020: 6,884,201 subs2021: 8,227,093 subs2022: 8,929,185 subs
Change over the period: +8.93M

Comparison, 2022

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

Sierra Leone 8.93M subs
World 8.65B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.08B subs
Western Africa computed 456M subs
Low-income countries computed 447M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2022 8.93M +702,092 +8.53%
2021 8.23M +1.34M +19.51%
2020 6.88M +154,397 +2.29%
2019 6.73M +374,653 +5.9%
2018 6.36M −269,849 −4.07%
2017 6.63M +345,730 +5.51%
2016 6.28M +622,270 +11%
2015 5.66M +900,200 +18.92%
2014 4.76M +756,800 +18.92%
2013 4M +1.79M +81%
2012 2.21M +73,000 +3.42%
2011 2.14M +137,000 +6.85%
2010 2M +840,000 +72.41%
2009 1.16M +151,200 +14.99%
2008 1.01M +232,800 +30%
2007 776,000
2003 113,214 +46,214 +68.98%
2002 67,000 +40,105 +149.12%
2001 26,895 +14,955 +125.25%
2000 11,940 +11,940
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

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.