Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Spain

Number of mobile subscriptions in Spain in 2024 — 62,408,729 subs. Ranked 28 in the world out of 151.

2024 62.41M subs +1.99% vs 2023
World rank 28of 151
Period maximum 62.41M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Spain, 1960–2024020M40M60M80M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 0 subs1982: 0 subs1986: 1,700 subs1987: 4,200 subs1988: 11,628 subs1989: 29,783 subs1990: 54,700 subs1991: 108,451 subs1992: 180,296 subs1993: 257,261 subs1994: 411,930 subs1995: 944,955 subs1996: 2,997,645 subs1997: 4,337,696 subs1998: 6,437,444 subs1999: 15,003,708 subs2000: 24,265,059 subs2001: 29,655,729 subs2002: 33,530,997 subs2003: 37,219,839 subs2004: 38,622,582 subs2005: 42,694,115 subs2006: 45,695,061 subs2007: 48,422,470 subs2008: 49,623,339 subs2009: 51,052,693 subs2010: 51,389,417 subs2011: 52,590,507 subs2012: 50,665,099 subs2013: 50,158,689 subs2014: 50,806,251 subs2015: 51,067,770 subs2016: 51,521,507 subs2017: 52,506,928 subs2018: 54,161,014 subs2019: 55,354,944 subs2020: 55,647,705 subs2021: 56,805,348 subs2022: 59,019,998 subs2023: 61,190,508 subs2024: 62,408,729 subs
Change over the period: +62.41M

Comparison, 2024

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

Spain 62.41M subs
World 9.01B subs
Southern Europe computed 192M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 62.41M +1.22M +1.99%
2023 61.19M +2.17M +3.68%
2022 59.02M +2.21M +3.9%
2021 56.81M +1.16M +2.08%
2020 55.65M +292,761 +0.53%
2019 55.35M +1.19M +2.2%
2018 54.16M +1.65M +3.15%
2017 52.51M +985,421 +1.91%
2016 51.52M +453,737 +0.89%
2015 51.07M +261,519 +0.51%
2014 50.81M +647,562 +1.29%
2013 50.16M −506,410 −1%
2012 50.67M −1.93M −3.66%
2011 52.59M +1.2M +2.34%
2010 51.39M +336,724 +0.66%
2009 51.05M +1.43M +2.88%
2008 49.62M +1.2M +2.48%
2007 48.42M +2.73M +5.97%
2006 45.7M +3M +7.03%
2005 42.69M +4.07M +10.54%
2004 38.62M +1.4M +3.77%
2003 37.22M +3.69M +11%
2002 33.53M +3.88M +13.07%
2001 29.66M +5.39M +22.22%
2000 24.27M +9.26M +61.73%
1999 15M +8.57M +133.07%
1998 6.44M +2.1M +48.41%
1997 4.34M +1.34M +44.7%
1996 3M +2.05M +217.23%
1995 944,955 +533,025 +129.4%
1994 411,930 +154,669 +60.12%
1993 257,261 +76,965 +42.69%
1992 180,296 +71,845 +66.25%
1991 108,451 +53,751 +98.27%
1990 54,700 +24,917 +83.66%
1989 29,783 +18,155 +156.13%
1988 11,628 +7,428 +176.86%
1987 4,200 +2,500 +147.06%
1986 1,700
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.