Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — South-Eastern Asia

Number of mobile subscriptions in South-Eastern Asia in 2024 — 869,460,786 subs.

2024 869M subs −2.64% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 938M subs2019
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — South-Eastern Asia, 1960–20240250M500M750M1B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 0 subs1982: 0 subs1983: 0 subs1984: 1,750 subs1985: 2,029 subs1986: 16,169 subs1987: 29,614 subs1988: 64,700 subs1989: 118,578 subs1990: 221,439 subs1991: 397,610 subs1992: 667,940 subs1993: 1,106,574 subs1994: 1,835,467 subs1995: 3,391,183 subs1996: 5,464,080 subs1997: 7,564,718 subs1998: 8,419,272 subs1999: 12,538,405 subs2000: 22,089,018 subs2001: 38,276,583 subs2002: 59,438,068 subs2003: 80,939,324 subs2004: 115,186,049 subs2005: 147,786,205 subs2006: 193,238,127 subs2007: 282,754,559 subs2008: 386,683,064 subs2009: 451,237,120 subs2010: 532,636,457 subs2011: 614,756,841 subs2012: 678,245,506 subs2013: 717,906,460 subs2014: 779,113,101 subs2015: 799,801,041 subs2016: 874,340,734 subs2017: 919,764,915 subs2018: 857,010,427 subs2019: 938,080,540 subs2020: 918,783,134 subs2021: 936,023,426 subs2022: 916,288,180 subs2023: 893,067,844 subs2024: 869,460,786 subs
Change over the period: +869M

Comparison, 2024

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

South-Eastern Asia 869M subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — South-Eastern Asia, by year South-Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 869M −23.61M −2.64%
2023 893M −23.22M −2.53%
2022 916M −19.74M −2.11%
2021 936M +17.24M +1.88%
2020 919M −19.3M −2.06%
2019 938M +81.07M +9.46%
2018 857M −62.75M −6.82%
2017 920M +45.42M +5.2%
2016 874M +74.54M +9.32%
2015 800M +20.69M +2.66%
2014 779M +61.21M +8.53%
2013 718M +39.66M +5.85%
2012 678M +63.49M +10.33%
2011 615M +82.12M +15.42%
2010 533M +81.4M +18.04%
2009 451M +64.55M +16.69%
2008 387M +104M +36.76%
2007 283M +89.52M +46.32%
2006 193M +45.45M +30.76%
2005 148M +32.6M +28.3%
2004 115M +34.25M +42.31%
2003 80.94M +21.5M +36.17%
2002 59.44M +21.16M +55.29%
2001 38.28M +16.19M +73.28%
2000 22.09M +9.55M +76.17%
1999 12.54M +4.12M +48.93%
1998 8.42M +854,554 +11.3%
1997 7.56M +2.1M +38.44%
1996 5.46M +2.07M +61.13%
1995 3.39M +1.56M +84.76%
1994 1.84M +728,893 +65.87%
1993 1.11M +438,634 +65.67%
1992 667,940 +270,330 +67.99%
1991 397,610 +176,171 +79.56%
1990 221,439 +102,861 +86.75%
1989 118,578 +53,878 +83.27%
1988 64,700 +35,086 +118.48%
1987 29,614 +13,445 +83.15%
1986 16,169 +14,140 +696.9%
1985 2,029 +279 +15.94%
1984 1,750 +1,750
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.