Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Northern Africa

Number of mobile subscriptions in Northern Africa in 2022 — 268,692,819 subs.

2022 269M subs +5.08% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 269M subs2022
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Northern Africa, 1960–20220100M200M300M19601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 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: 2,911 subs1988: 3,527 subs1989: 4,955 subs1990: 6,327 subs1991: 12,020 subs1992: 14,885 subs1993: 20,652 subs1994: 25,222 subs1995: 44,755 subs1996: 70,711 subs1997: 178,706 subs1998: 293,029 subs1999: 1,020,406 subs2000: 3,970,065 subs2001: 8,208,593 subs2002: 11,978,726 subs2003: 17,176,090 subs2004: 27,146,605 subs2005: 49,192,428 subs2006: 70,953,527 subs2007: 98,246,405 subs2008: 119,106,576 subs2009: 148,063,830 subs2010: 175,530,886 subs2011: 203,038,855 subs2012: 223,432,324 subs2013: 232,251,355 subs2014: 233,306,066 subs2015: 232,604,953 subs2016: 236,096,134 subs2017: 241,718,144 subs2018: 230,546,652 subs2019: 246,617,725 subs2020: 252,006,187 subs2021: 255,712,604 subs2022: 268,692,819 subs
Change over the period: +269M

Comparison, 2022

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

Northern Africa 269M subs
World 8.65B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2022 269M +12.98M +5.08%
2021 256M +3.71M +1.47%
2020 252M +5.39M +2.18%
2019 247M +16.07M +6.97%
2018 231M −11.17M −4.62%
2017 242M +5.62M +2.38%
2016 236M +3.49M +1.5%
2015 233M −701,113 −0.3%
2014 233M +1.05M +0.45%
2013 232M +8.82M +3.95%
2012 223M +20.39M +10.04%
2011 203M +27.51M +15.67%
2010 176M +27.47M +18.55%
2009 148M +28.96M +24.31%
2008 119M +20.86M +21.23%
2007 98.25M +27.29M +38.47%
2006 70.95M +21.76M +44.24%
2005 49.19M +22.05M +81.21%
2004 27.15M +9.97M +58.05%
2003 17.18M +5.2M +43.39%
2002 11.98M +3.77M +45.93%
2001 8.21M +4.24M +106.76%
2000 3.97M +2.95M +289.07%
1999 1.02M +727,377 +248.23%
1998 293,029 +114,323 +63.97%
1997 178,706 +107,995 +152.73%
1996 70,711 +25,956 +58%
1995 44,755 +19,533 +77.44%
1994 25,222 +4,570 +22.13%
1993 20,652 +5,767 +38.74%
1992 14,885 +2,865 +23.84%
1991 12,020 +5,693 +89.98%
1990 6,327 +1,372 +27.69%
1989 4,955 +1,428 +40.49%
1988 3,527 +616 +21.16%
1987 2,911 +2,911
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.