Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Somalia

Number of mobile subscriptions in Somalia in 2023 — 9,905,935 subs. Ranked 90 in the world out of 172.

2023 9.91M subs +12.01% vs 2022
World rank 90of 172
Period maximum 9.91M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Somalia, 1960–202302.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 80,000 subs2001: 85,000 subs2002: 100,000 subs2003: 200,000 subs2004: 500,000 subs2005: 500,000 subs2006: 550,000 subs2007: 600,000 subs2008: 627,000 subs2009: 641,000 subs2010: 648,200 subs2011: 1,800,000 subs2012: 2,300,000 subs2013: 5,183,000 subs2014: 5,500,000 subs2015: 5,836,000 subs2016: 6,653,040 subs2017: 7,119,000 subs2018: 7,653,040 subs2019: 8,227,000 subs2020: 8,844,000 subs2021: 8,844,000 subs2022: 8,844,000 subs2023: 9,905,935 subs
Change over the period: +9.91M

Comparison, 2023

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

Somalia 9.91M subs
World 8.88B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.13B subs
Eastern Africa computed 380M subs
Low-income countries computed 390M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 9.91M +1.06M +12.01%
2022 8.84M +0 +0%
2021 8.84M +0 +0%
2020 8.84M +617,000 +7.5%
2019 8.23M +573,960 +7.5%
2018 7.65M +534,040 +7.5%
2017 7.12M +465,960 +7%
2016 6.65M +817,040 +14%
2015 5.84M +336,000 +6.11%
2014 5.5M +317,000 +6.12%
2013 5.18M +2.88M +125.35%
2012 2.3M +500,000 +27.78%
2011 1.8M +1.15M +177.69%
2010 648,200 +7,200 +1.12%
2009 641,000 +14,000 +2.23%
2008 627,000 +27,000 +4.5%
2007 600,000 +50,000 +9.09%
2006 550,000 +50,000 +10%
2005 500,000 +0 +0%
2004 500,000 +300,000 +150%
2003 200,000 +100,000 +100%
2002 100,000 +15,000 +17.65%
2001 85,000 +5,000 +6.25%
2000 80,000 +80,000
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.