Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Sweden

Number of mobile subscriptions in Sweden in 2024 — 14,922,634 subs. Ranked 68 in the world out of 151.

2024 14.92M subs +0.83% vs 2023
World rank 68of 151
Period maximum 14.92M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Sweden, 1960–202405M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 20,362 subs1982: 27,236 subs1983: 36,294 subs1984: 57,914 subs1985: 73,000 subs1986: 112,600 subs1987: 173,000 subs1988: 243,000 subs1989: 349,000 subs1990: 461,200 subs1991: 568,200 subs1992: 656,000 subs1993: 774,500 subs1994: 1,381,000 subs1995: 2,008,000 subs1996: 2,492,000 subs1997: 3,169,000 subs1998: 4,109,000 subs1999: 5,126,000 subs2000: 6,372,300 subs2001: 7,178,000 subs2002: 7,949,000 subs2003: 8,801,000 subs2004: 8,785,000 subs2005: 9,104,000 subs2006: 9,607,000 subs2007: 10,116,852 subs2008: 10,014,000 subs2009: 10,440,000 subs2010: 10,992,407 subs2011: 11,454,252 subs2012: 11,848,449 subs2013: 12,014,368 subs2014: 12,312,533 subs2015: 12,638,827 subs2016: 12,543,188 subs2017: 12,519,313 subs2018: 12,626,282 subs2019: 12,895,854 subs2020: 12,791,840 subs2021: 13,016,153 subs2022: 14,764,249 subs2023: 14,800,126 subs2024: 14,922,634 subs
Change over the period: +14.92M

Comparison, 2024

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

Sweden 14.92M subs
World 9.01B subs
Northern Europe computed 134M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 14.92M +122,508 +0.83%
2023 14.8M +35,877 +0.24%
2022 14.76M +1.75M +13.43%
2021 13.02M +224,313 +1.75%
2020 12.79M −104,014 −0.81%
2019 12.9M +269,572 +2.14%
2018 12.63M +106,969 +0.85%
2017 12.52M −23,875 −0.19%
2016 12.54M −95,639 −0.76%
2015 12.64M +326,294 +2.65%
2014 12.31M +298,165 +2.48%
2013 12.01M +165,919 +1.4%
2012 11.85M +394,197 +3.44%
2011 11.45M +461,845 +4.2%
2010 10.99M +552,407 +5.29%
2009 10.44M +426,000 +4.25%
2008 10.01M −102,852 −1.02%
2007 10.12M +509,852 +5.31%
2006 9.61M +503,000 +5.53%
2005 9.1M +319,000 +3.63%
2004 8.79M −16,000 −0.18%
2003 8.8M +852,000 +10.72%
2002 7.95M +771,000 +10.74%
2001 7.18M +805,700 +12.64%
2000 6.37M +1.25M +24.31%
1999 5.13M +1.02M +24.75%
1998 4.11M +940,000 +29.66%
1997 3.17M +677,000 +27.17%
1996 2.49M +484,000 +24.1%
1995 2.01M +627,000 +45.4%
1994 1.38M +606,500 +78.31%
1993 774,500 +118,500 +18.06%
1992 656,000 +87,800 +15.45%
1991 568,200 +107,000 +23.2%
1990 461,200 +112,200 +32.15%
1989 349,000 +106,000 +43.62%
1988 243,000 +70,000 +40.46%
1987 173,000 +60,400 +53.64%
1986 112,600 +39,600 +54.25%
1985 73,000 +15,086 +26.05%
1984 57,914 +21,620 +59.57%
1983 36,294 +9,058 +33.26%
1982 27,236 +6,874 +33.76%
1981 20,362 +20,362
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.