Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Central America

Number of mobile subscriptions in Central America in 2024 — 206,320,777 subs.

2024 206M subs +0.23% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 206M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Central America, 1960–20240100M200M300M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 1,500 subs1989: 8,500 subs1990: 64,219 subs1991: 162,119 subs1992: 317,796 subs1993: 396,011 subs1994: 594,581 subs1995: 756,684 subs1996: 1,151,717 subs1997: 1,957,563 subs1998: 3,849,428 subs1999: 9,081,274 subs2000: 16,562,731 subs2001: 25,005,160 subs2002: 30,037,977 subs2003: 35,659,442 subs2004: 47,155,827 subs2005: 59,397,452 subs2006: 74,232,961 subs2007: 95,918,689 subs2008: 112,483,373 subs2009: 127,981,380 subs2010: 140,588,038 subs2011: 146,375,174 subs2012: 155,149,134 subs2013: 165,523,026 subs2014: 159,945,246 subs2015: 163,945,817 subs2016: 168,906,088 subs2017: 174,567,232 subs2018: 179,560,684 subs2019: 179,960,023 subs2020: 179,706,463 subs2021: 187,297,889 subs2022: 196,888,187 subs2023: 205,856,431 subs2024: 206,320,777 subs
Change over the period: +206M

Comparison, 2024

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

Central America 206M subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 206M +464,346 +0.23%
2023 206M +8.97M +4.55%
2022 197M +9.59M +5.12%
2021 187M +7.59M +4.22%
2020 180M −253,560 −0.14%
2019 180M +399,339 +0.22%
2018 180M +4.99M +2.86%
2017 175M +5.66M +3.35%
2016 169M +4.96M +3.03%
2015 164M +4M +2.5%
2014 160M −5.58M −3.37%
2013 166M +10.37M +6.69%
2012 155M +8.77M +5.99%
2011 146M +5.79M +4.12%
2010 141M +12.61M +9.85%
2009 128M +15.5M +13.78%
2008 112M +16.56M +17.27%
2007 95.92M +21.69M +29.21%
2006 74.23M +14.84M +24.98%
2005 59.4M +12.24M +25.96%
2004 47.16M +11.5M +32.24%
2003 35.66M +5.62M +18.71%
2002 30.04M +5.03M +20.13%
2001 25.01M +8.44M +50.97%
2000 16.56M +7.48M +82.38%
1999 9.08M +5.23M +135.91%
1998 3.85M +1.89M +96.64%
1997 1.96M +805,846 +69.97%
1996 1.15M +395,033 +52.21%
1995 756,684 +162,103 +27.26%
1994 594,581 +198,570 +50.14%
1993 396,011 +78,215 +24.61%
1992 317,796 +155,677 +96.03%
1991 162,119 +97,900 +152.45%
1990 64,219 +55,719 +655.52%
1989 8,500 +7,000 +466.67%
1988 1,500 +1,500
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.