Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Switzerland

Number of mobile subscriptions in Switzerland in 2024 — 11,551,411 subs. Ranked 77 in the world out of 151.

2024 11.55M subs +0% vs 2023
World rank 77of 151
Period maximum 11.55M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Switzerland, 1960–202405M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 5,475 subs1988: 30,768 subs1989: 72,735 subs1990: 125,047 subs1991: 174,557 subs1992: 215,061 subs1993: 257,703 subs1994: 332,165 subs1995: 447,167 subs1996: 662,713 subs1997: 1,044,379 subs1998: 1,698,565 subs1999: 3,057,509 subs2000: 4,638,519 subs2001: 5,275,791 subs2002: 5,736,303 subs2003: 6,189,000 subs2004: 6,274,763 subs2005: 6,834,233 subs2006: 7,436,157 subs2007: 8,208,884 subs2008: 8,896,706 subs2009: 9,322,580 subs2010: 9,644,157 subs2011: 10,082,636 subs2012: 10,561,075 subs2013: 11,048,637 subs2014: 11,150,000 subs2015: 11,243,210 subs2016: 11,242,105 subs2017: 11,088,598 subs2018: 10,788,602 subs2019: 10,886,648 subs2020: 11,006,060 subs2021: 10,728,129 subs2022: 10,899,776 subs2023: 11,551,411 subs2024: 11,551,411 subs
Change over the period: +11.55M

Comparison, 2024

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

Switzerland 11.55M subs
World 9.01B subs
Western Europe computed 168M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 11.55M +0 +0%
2023 11.55M +651,635 +5.98%
2022 10.9M +171,647 +1.6%
2021 10.73M −277,931 −2.53%
2020 11.01M +119,412 +1.1%
2019 10.89M +98,046 +0.91%
2018 10.79M −299,996 −2.71%
2017 11.09M −153,507 −1.37%
2016 11.24M −1,105 −0.01%
2015 11.24M +93,210 +0.84%
2014 11.15M +101,363 +0.92%
2013 11.05M +487,562 +4.62%
2012 10.56M +478,439 +4.75%
2011 10.08M +438,479 +4.55%
2010 9.64M +321,577 +3.45%
2009 9.32M +425,874 +4.79%
2008 8.9M +687,822 +8.38%
2007 8.21M +772,727 +10.39%
2006 7.44M +601,924 +8.81%
2005 6.83M +559,470 +8.92%
2004 6.27M +85,763 +1.39%
2003 6.19M +452,697 +7.89%
2002 5.74M +460,512 +8.73%
2001 5.28M +637,272 +13.74%
2000 4.64M +1.58M +51.71%
1999 3.06M +1.36M +80.01%
1998 1.7M +654,186 +62.64%
1997 1.04M +381,666 +57.59%
1996 662,713 +215,546 +48.2%
1995 447,167 +115,002 +34.62%
1994 332,165 +74,462 +28.89%
1993 257,703 +42,642 +19.83%
1992 215,061 +40,504 +23.2%
1991 174,557 +49,510 +39.59%
1990 125,047 +52,312 +71.92%
1989 72,735 +41,967 +136.4%
1988 30,768 +25,293 +461.97%
1987 5,475 +5,475
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

Western Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.