Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Singapore

Number of mobile subscriptions in Singapore in 2024 — 9,960,700 subs. Ranked 84 in the world out of 151.

2024 9.96M subs −0.66% vs 2023
World rank 84of 151
Period maximum 10.03M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Singapore, 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 subs1988: 10,827 subs1989: 26,295 subs1990: 51,728 subs1991: 81,906 subs1992: 120,000 subs1993: 179,000 subs1994: 235,630 subs1995: 306,000 subs1996: 431,010 subs1997: 848,600 subs1998: 1,094,700 subs1999: 1,630,800 subs2000: 2,747,400 subs2001: 2,991,600 subs2002: 3,313,000 subs2003: 3,577,000 subs2004: 3,990,700 subs2005: 4,384,600 subs2006: 4,788,600 subs2007: 5,924,100 subs2008: 6,414,800 subs2009: 6,884,800 subs2010: 7,384,600 subs2011: 7,794,300 subs2012: 8,067,600 subs2013: 8,438,100 subs2014: 8,103,800 subs2015: 8,233,100 subs2016: 8,460,700 subs2017: 8,381,900 subs2018: 8,568,400 subs2019: 9,034,300 subs2020: 8,444,800 subs2021: 8,761,900 subs2022: 9,774,600 subs2023: 10,026,700 subs2024: 9,960,700 subs
Change over the period: +9.96M

Comparison, 2024

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

Singapore 9.96M subs
World 9.01B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.19B subs
South-Eastern Asia computed 869M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 9.96M −66,000 −0.66%
2023 10.03M +252,100 +2.58%
2022 9.77M +1.01M +11.56%
2021 8.76M +317,100 +3.75%
2020 8.44M −589,500 −6.53%
2019 9.03M +465,900 +5.44%
2018 8.57M +186,500 +2.23%
2017 8.38M −78,800 −0.93%
2016 8.46M +227,600 +2.76%
2015 8.23M +129,300 +1.6%
2014 8.1M −334,300 −3.96%
2013 8.44M +370,500 +4.59%
2012 8.07M +273,300 +3.51%
2011 7.79M +409,700 +5.55%
2010 7.38M +499,800 +7.26%
2009 6.88M +470,000 +7.33%
2008 6.41M +490,700 +8.28%
2007 5.92M +1.14M +23.71%
2006 4.79M +404,000 +9.21%
2005 4.38M +393,900 +9.87%
2004 3.99M +413,700 +11.57%
2003 3.58M +264,000 +7.97%
2002 3.31M +321,400 +10.74%
2001 2.99M +244,200 +8.89%
2000 2.75M +1.12M +68.47%
1999 1.63M +536,100 +48.97%
1998 1.09M +246,100 +29%
1997 848,600 +417,590 +96.89%
1996 431,010 +125,010 +40.85%
1995 306,000 +70,370 +29.86%
1994 235,630 +56,630 +31.64%
1993 179,000 +59,000 +49.17%
1992 120,000 +38,094 +46.51%
1991 81,906 +30,178 +58.34%
1990 51,728 +25,433 +96.72%
1989 26,295 +15,468 +142.87%
1988 10,827
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.