Number of mobile subscriptions in South Africa in 2024 — 114,788,140 subs. Ranked 15 in the world out of 151.
1960–2024 · subscriptions
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | subs | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 115M | +6.37M | +5.88% |
| 2023 | 108M | +8.15M | +8.13% |
| 2022 | 100M | −68,115 | −0.07% |
| 2021 | 100M | +4.37M | +4.55% |
| 2020 | 95.96M | −1.01M | −1.04% |
| 2019 | 96.97M | +4.54M | +4.92% |
| 2018 | 92.43M | +3.93M | +4.44% |
| 2017 | 88.5M | +6.08M | +7.38% |
| 2016 | 82.41M | −5.59M | −6.35% |
| 2015 | 88M | +8.72M | +11% |
| 2014 | 79.28M | +2.42M | +3.14% |
| 2013 | 76.87M | +8.47M | +12.39% |
| 2012 | 68.39M | +4.39M | +6.87% |
| 2011 | 64M | +13.63M | +27.05% |
| 2010 | 50.37M | +3.94M | +8.48% |
| 2009 | 46.44M | +1.44M | +3.19% |
| 2008 | 45M | +2.7M | +6.38% |
| 2007 | 42.3M | +2.64M | +6.65% |
| 2006 | 39.66M | +5.7M | +16.79% |
| 2005 | 33.96M | +13.12M | +62.96% |
| 2004 | 20.84M | +3.98M | +23.6% |
| 2003 | 16.86M | +3.16M | +23.05% |
| 2002 | 13.7M | +2.92M | +27.02% |
| 2001 | 10.79M | +2.45M | +29.36% |
| 2000 | 8.34M | +3.15M | +60.74% |
| 1999 | 5.19M | +1.85M | +55.47% |
| 1998 | 3.34M | +1.5M | +81.75% |
| 1997 | 1.84M | +883,000 | +92.65% |
| 1996 | 953,000 | +418,000 | +78.13% |
| 1995 | 535,000 | +195,000 | +57.35% |
| 1994 | 340,000 | +300,000 | +750% |
| 1993 | 40,000 | +27,490 | +219.74% |
| 1992 | 12,510 | +5,410 | +76.2% |
| 1991 | 7,100 | +1,420 | +25% |
| 1990 | 5,680 | +1,700 | +42.71% |
| 1989 | 3,980 | +3,980 | — |
| 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 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
The number of mobile subscriptions per 100 people — often more than 100.
Internet Number of fixed broadband subscriptionsHow many fixed broadband internet subscriptions there are in the country.
Internet Internet usersThe share of the population that uses the internet.
Internet Fixed broadband internetThe number of fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.
Internet Fixed telephone linesThe number of fixed telephone lines per 100 people — a vanishing technology.
Internet Secure internet serversThe number of servers with TLS/SSL certificates per million people.
