Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Eastern Asia

Number of mobile subscriptions in Eastern Asia in 2024 — 1,992,625,879 subs.

2024 1.99B subs −7.76% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2.16B subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Eastern Asia, 1960–202401B2B3B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 13,275 subs1982: 19,804 subs1983: 27,198 subs1984: 41,392 subs1985: 66,200 subs1986: 112,221 subs1987: 189,788 subs1988: 317,748 subs1989: 629,630 subs1990: 1,102,546 subs1991: 1,786,271 subs1992: 2,405,252 subs1993: 3,547,129 subs1994: 7,365,895 subs1995: 17,816,684 subs1996: 38,348,049 subs1997: 60,650,386 subs1998: 88,454,719 subs1999: 128,012,029 subs2000: 184,603,770 subs2001: 254,850,589 subs2002: 326,353,680 subs2003: 398,231,991 subs2004: 471,959,156 subs2005: 537,866,543 subs2006: 611,936,502 subs2007: 711,754,693 subs2008: 811,522,903 subs2009: 927,406,435 subs2010: 1,050,915,745 subs2011: 1,192,109,349 subs2012: 1,329,984,905 subs2013: 1,455,674,395 subs2014: 1,525,883,098 subs2015: 1,536,407,708 subs2016: 1,619,610,805 subs2017: 1,734,469,107 subs2018: 1,921,832,292 subs2019: 2,034,565,305 subs2020: 2,017,829,920 subs2021: 2,042,242,002 subs2022: 2,092,009,965 subs2023: 2,160,227,732 subs2024: 1,992,625,879 subs
Change over the period: +1.99B

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Asia 1.99B subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 1.99B −168M −7.76%
2023 2.16B +68.22M +3.26%
2022 2.09B +49.77M +2.44%
2021 2.04B +24.41M +1.21%
2020 2.02B −16.74M −0.82%
2019 2.03B +113M +5.87%
2018 1.92B +187M +10.8%
2017 1.73B +115M +7.09%
2016 1.62B +83.2M +5.42%
2015 1.54B +10.52M +0.69%
2014 1.53B +70.21M +4.82%
2013 1.46B +126M +9.45%
2012 1.33B +138M +11.57%
2011 1.19B +141M +13.44%
2010 1.05B +124M +13.32%
2009 927M +116M +14.28%
2008 812M +99.77M +14.02%
2007 712M +99.82M +16.31%
2006 612M +74.07M +13.77%
2005 538M +65.91M +13.96%
2004 472M +73.73M +18.51%
2003 398M +71.88M +22.02%
2002 326M +71.5M +28.06%
2001 255M +70.25M +38.05%
2000 185M +56.59M +44.21%
1999 128M +39.56M +44.72%
1998 88.45M +27.8M +45.84%
1997 60.65M +22.3M +58.16%
1996 38.35M +20.53M +115.24%
1995 17.82M +10.45M +141.88%
1994 7.37M +3.82M +107.66%
1993 3.55M +1.14M +47.47%
1992 2.41M +618,981 +34.65%
1991 1.79M +683,725 +62.01%
1990 1.1M +472,916 +75.11%
1989 629,630 +311,882 +98.15%
1988 317,748 +127,960 +67.42%
1987 189,788 +77,567 +69.12%
1986 112,221 +46,021 +69.52%
1985 66,200 +24,808 +59.93%
1984 41,392 +14,194 +52.19%
1983 27,198 +7,394 +37.34%
1982 19,804 +6,529 +49.18%
1981 13,275 +13,275
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.