Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — South Sudan

Number of mobile subscriptions in South Sudan in 2023 — 5,353,002 subs. Ranked 114 in the world out of 172. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 256.9%.

2023 5.35M subs +0.17% vs 2022
World rank 114of 172
Period maximum 5.35M subs2023
Period minimum 1.5M subs2010

Trend over time

2010–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — South Sudan, 2010–202302M4M6M201020122014201620182020202220232010: 1,500,000 subs2011: 1,800,000 subs2012: 2,300,000 subs2013: 2,853,228 subs2014: 2,876,097 subs2015: 2,899,000 subs2016: 2,700,000 subs2017: 2,788,933 subs2018: 1,916,255 subs2019: 2,221,967 subs2021: 3,276,146 subs2022: 5,344,040 subs2023: 5,353,002 subs
Change over the period: +3.85M (+256.87%) Average annual rate: 10.28 %

Comparison, 2023

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

South Sudan 5.35M 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 — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 5.35M +8,962 +0.17%
2022 5.34M +2.07M +63.12%
2021 3.28M
2019 2.22M +305,712 +15.95%
2018 1.92M −872,678 −31.29%
2017 2.79M +88,933 +3.29%
2016 2.7M −199,000 −6.86%
2015 2.9M +22,903 +0.8%
2014 2.88M +22,869 +0.8%
2013 2.85M +553,228 +24.05%
2012 2.3M +500,000 +27.78%
2011 1.8M +300,000 +20%
2010 1.5M

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.