Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Eastern Europe

Number of mobile subscriptions in Eastern Europe in 2024 — 400,404,789 subs.

2024 400M subs −9.91% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 444M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Eastern Europe, 1960–20240200M400M600M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0 subs1989: 0 subs1990: 2,645 subs1991: 10,138 subs1992: 37,675 subs1993: 90,768 subs1994: 262,060 subs1995: 539,640 subs1996: 1,223,031 subs1997: 3,067,915 subs1998: 6,080,851 subs1999: 11,527,432 subs2000: 22,920,101 subs2001: 39,800,117 subs2002: 62,128,592 subs2003: 93,501,532 subs2004: 152,309,612 subs2005: 229,604,503 subs2006: 295,323,412 subs2007: 337,296,105 subs2008: 376,104,980 subs2009: 407,529,689 subs2010: 416,884,534 subs2011: 388,136,290 subs2012: 400,572,242 subs2013: 417,458,111 subs2014: 418,670,553 subs2015: 419,052,152 subs2016: 415,374,957 subs2017: 409,267,092 subs2018: 407,915,789 subs2019: 419,852,094 subs2020: 418,342,016 subs2021: 430,431,486 subs2022: 425,648,364 subs2023: 444,465,494 subs2024: 400,404,789 subs
Change over the period: +400M

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Europe 400M subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 400M −44.06M −9.91%
2023 444M +18.82M +4.42%
2022 426M −4.78M −1.11%
2021 430M +12.09M +2.89%
2020 418M −1.51M −0.36%
2019 420M +11.94M +2.93%
2018 408M −1.35M −0.33%
2017 409M −6.11M −1.47%
2016 415M −3.68M −0.88%
2015 419M +381,599 +0.09%
2014 419M +1.21M +0.29%
2013 417M +16.89M +4.22%
2012 401M +12.44M +3.2%
2011 388M −28.75M −6.9%
2010 417M +9.35M +2.3%
2009 408M +31.42M +8.36%
2008 376M +38.81M +11.51%
2007 337M +41.97M +14.21%
2006 295M +65.72M +28.62%
2005 230M +77.29M +50.75%
2004 152M +58.81M +62.9%
2003 93.5M +31.37M +50.5%
2002 62.13M +22.33M +56.1%
2001 39.8M +16.88M +73.65%
2000 22.92M +11.39M +98.83%
1999 11.53M +5.45M +89.57%
1998 6.08M +3.01M +98.21%
1997 3.07M +1.84M +150.85%
1996 1.22M +683,391 +126.64%
1995 539,640 +277,580 +105.92%
1994 262,060 +171,292 +188.71%
1993 90,768 +53,093 +140.92%
1992 37,675 +27,537 +271.62%
1991 10,138 +7,493 +283.29%
1990 2,645 +2,645
1989 0 +0
1988 0 +0
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.