Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Southern Europe

Number of mobile subscriptions in Southern Europe in 2024 — 191,757,847 subs.

2024 192M subs +0.81% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 201M subs2011
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Southern Europe, 1960–20240100M200M300M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 6,415 subs1986: 10,744 subs1987: 20,734 subs1988: 45,237 subs1989: 98,635 subs1990: 327,440 subs1991: 693,873 subs1992: 1,015,548 subs1993: 1,640,148 subs1994: 3,029,177 subs1995: 5,562,410 subs1996: 10,752,971 subs1997: 18,796,430 subs1998: 32,508,598 subs1999: 54,998,374 subs2000: 81,767,914 subs2001: 101,437,527 subs2002: 112,013,666 subs2003: 120,545,748 subs2004: 135,233,840 subs2005: 152,625,164 subs2006: 168,918,519 subs2007: 187,934,659 subs2008: 193,289,780 subs2009: 192,952,087 subs2010: 196,817,353 subs2011: 200,889,875 subs2012: 200,265,881 subs2013: 198,833,020 subs2014: 191,704,122 subs2015: 189,609,130 subs2016: 188,120,620 subs2017: 187,375,781 subs2018: 186,909,651 subs2019: 184,291,023 subs2020: 181,574,361 subs2021: 184,651,355 subs2022: 188,885,831 subs2023: 190,207,850 subs2024: 191,757,847 subs
Change over the period: +192M

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 192M subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 192M +1.55M +0.81%
2023 190M +1.32M +0.7%
2022 189M +4.23M +2.29%
2021 185M +3.08M +1.69%
2020 182M −2.72M −1.47%
2019 184M −2.62M −1.4%
2018 187M −466,130 −0.25%
2017 187M −744,839 −0.4%
2016 188M −1.49M −0.79%
2015 190M −2.09M −1.09%
2014 192M −7.13M −3.59%
2013 199M −1.43M −0.72%
2012 200M −623,994 −0.31%
2011 201M +4.07M +2.07%
2010 197M +3.87M +2%
2009 193M −337,693 −0.17%
2008 193M +5.36M +2.85%
2007 188M +19.02M +11.26%
2006 169M +16.29M +10.68%
2005 153M +17.39M +12.86%
2004 135M +14.69M +12.18%
2003 121M +8.53M +7.62%
2002 112M +10.58M +10.43%
2001 101M +19.67M +24.06%
2000 81.77M +26.77M +48.67%
1999 55M +22.49M +69.18%
1998 32.51M +13.71M +72.95%
1997 18.8M +8.04M +74.8%
1996 10.75M +5.19M +93.31%
1995 5.56M +2.53M +83.63%
1994 3.03M +1.39M +84.69%
1993 1.64M +624,600 +61.5%
1992 1.02M +321,675 +46.36%
1991 693,873 +366,433 +111.91%
1990 327,440 +228,805 +231.97%
1989 98,635 +53,398 +118.04%
1988 45,237 +24,503 +118.18%
1987 20,734 +9,990 +92.98%
1986 10,744 +4,329 +67.48%
1985 6,415 +6,415
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.