Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Middle Africa

Number of mobile subscriptions in Middle Africa in 2024 — 146,068,651 subs.

2024 146M subs +10.65% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 146M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Middle Africa, 1960–2024050M100M150M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0 subs1991: 0 subs1992: 280 subs1993: 2,300 subs1994: 6,005 subs1995: 17,338 subs1996: 22,930 subs1997: 31,322 subs1998: 39,834 subs1999: 60,653 subs2000: 349,552 subs2001: 990,295 subs2002: 1,983,376 subs2003: 3,454,544 subs2004: 5,387,255 subs2005: 8,323,455 subs2006: 13,136,034 subs2007: 19,984,622 subs2008: 28,379,422 subs2009: 33,396,192 subs2010: 39,545,669 subs2011: 49,711,696 subs2012: 58,995,352 subs2013: 71,144,410 subs2014: 83,109,626 subs2015: 85,262,134 subs2016: 76,582,182 subs2017: 84,837,894 subs2018: 85,162,635 subs2019: 91,504,639 subs2020: 97,897,674 subs2021: 105,939,808 subs2022: 122,190,789 subs2023: 132,005,224 subs2024: 146,068,651 subs
Change over the period: +146M

Comparison, 2024

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

Middle Africa 146M subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 146M +14.06M +10.65%
2023 132M +9.81M +8.03%
2022 122M +16.25M +15.34%
2021 106M +8.04M +8.21%
2020 97.9M +6.39M +6.99%
2019 91.5M +6.34M +7.45%
2018 85.16M +324,741 +0.38%
2017 84.84M +8.26M +10.78%
2016 76.58M −8.68M −10.18%
2015 85.26M +2.15M +2.59%
2014 83.11M +11.97M +16.82%
2013 71.14M +12.15M +20.59%
2012 59M +9.28M +18.67%
2011 49.71M +10.17M +25.71%
2010 39.55M +6.15M +18.41%
2009 33.4M +5.02M +17.68%
2008 28.38M +8.39M +42.01%
2007 19.98M +6.85M +52.14%
2006 13.14M +4.81M +57.82%
2005 8.32M +2.94M +54.5%
2004 5.39M +1.93M +55.95%
2003 3.45M +1.47M +74.17%
2002 1.98M +993,081 +100.28%
2001 990,295 +640,743 +183.3%
2000 349,552 +288,899 +476.31%
1999 60,653 +20,819 +52.26%
1998 39,834 +8,512 +27.18%
1997 31,322 +8,392 +36.6%
1996 22,930 +5,592 +32.25%
1995 17,338 +11,333 +188.73%
1994 6,005 +3,705 +161.09%
1993 2,300 +2,020 +721.43%
1992 280 +280
1991 0 +0
1990 0 +0
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.