Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Caribbean

Number of mobile subscriptions in the Caribbean in 2022 — 36,178,651 subs.

2022 36.18M subs +4.45% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 36.18M subs2022
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Caribbean, 1960–2022010M20M30M40M19601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 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: 3,917 subs1988: 8,700 subs1989: 11,600 subs1990: 25,607 subs1996: 497,890 subs1997: 637,528 subs1998: 970,643 subs1999: 1,553,779 subs2000: 2,768,130 subs2001: 4,128,336 subs2002: 5,462,320 subs2003: 6,787,015 subs2004: 8,295,298 subs2005: 10,268,809 subs2007: 16,278,885 subs2008: 19,371,337 subs2009: 22,328,498 subs2010: 23,973,861 subs2011: 23,993,389 subs2012: 26,350,066 subs2013: 28,075,349 subs2014: 27,576,316 subs2015: 29,773,210 subs2016: 29,643,102 subs2017: 29,952,843 subs2019: 32,379,989 subs2020: 33,299,653 subs2021: 34,635,670 subs2022: 36,178,651 subs
Change over the period: +36.18M

Comparison, 2022

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

Caribbean 36.18M subs
World 8.65B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2022 36.18M +1.54M +4.45%
2021 34.64M +1.34M +4.01%
2020 33.3M +919,664 +2.84%
2019 32.38M
2017 29.95M +309,741 +1.04%
2016 29.64M −130,108 −0.44%
2015 29.77M +2.2M +7.97%
2014 27.58M −499,033 −1.78%
2013 28.08M +1.73M +6.55%
2012 26.35M +2.36M +9.82%
2011 23.99M +19,528 +0.08%
2010 23.97M +1.65M +7.37%
2009 22.33M +2.96M +15.27%
2008 19.37M +3.09M +19%
2007 16.28M
2005 10.27M +1.97M +23.79%
2004 8.3M +1.51M +22.22%
2003 6.79M +1.32M +24.25%
2002 5.46M +1.33M +32.31%
2001 4.13M +1.36M +49.14%
2000 2.77M +1.21M +78.15%
1999 1.55M +583,136 +60.08%
1998 970,643 +333,115 +52.25%
1997 637,528 +139,638 +28.05%
1996 497,890
1990 25,607 +14,007 +120.75%
1989 11,600 +2,900 +33.33%
1988 8,700 +4,783 +122.11%
1987 3,917 +3,917
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.