Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Syria

Number of mobile subscriptions in Syria in 2024 — 17,572,715 subs. Ranked 62 in the world out of 151.

2024 17.57M subs +2.81% vs 2023
World rank 62of 151
Period maximum 17.73M subs2019
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Syria, 1960–202405M10M15M20M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0 subs1988: 0 subs1989: 0 subs1990: 0 subs1991: 0 subs1992: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 0 subs1996: 0 subs1997: 0 subs1998: 0 subs1999: 4,000 subs2000: 30,000 subs2001: 200,000 subs2002: 400,000 subs2003: 1,185,000 subs2004: 2,346,000 subs2005: 2,950,000 subs2006: 4,675,000 subs2007: 6,234,682 subs2008: 7,056,158 subs2009: 10,021,861 subs2010: 11,696,000 subs2011: 12,917,000 subs2012: 12,980,000 subs2013: 12,291,150 subs2014: 14,039,749 subs2015: 14,312,271 subs2016: 13,349,860 subs2017: 15,386,000 subs2018: 17,129,676 subs2019: 17,733,979 subs2020: 16,660,253 subs2021: 16,990,714 subs2022: 17,668,023 subs2023: 17,092,083 subs2024: 17,572,715 subs
Change over the period: +17.57M

Comparison, 2024

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

Syria 17.57M subs
World 9.01B subs
Western Asia computed 296M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 17.57M +480,632 +2.81%
2023 17.09M −575,940 −3.26%
2022 17.67M +677,309 +3.99%
2021 16.99M +330,461 +1.98%
2020 16.66M −1.07M −6.05%
2019 17.73M +604,303 +3.53%
2018 17.13M +1.74M +11.33%
2017 15.39M +2.04M +15.25%
2016 13.35M −962,411 −6.72%
2015 14.31M +272,522 +1.94%
2014 14.04M +1.75M +14.23%
2013 12.29M −688,850 −5.31%
2012 12.98M +63,000 +0.49%
2011 12.92M +1.22M +10.44%
2010 11.7M +1.67M +16.7%
2009 10.02M +2.97M +42.03%
2008 7.06M +821,476 +13.18%
2007 6.23M +1.56M +33.36%
2006 4.68M +1.73M +58.47%
2005 2.95M +604,000 +25.75%
2004 2.35M +1.16M +97.97%
2003 1.19M +785,000 +196.25%
2002 400,000 +200,000 +100%
2001 200,000 +170,000 +566.67%
2000 30,000 +26,000 +650%
1999 4,000 +4,000
1998 0 +0
1997 0 +0
1996 0 +0
1995 0 +0
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
1992 0 +0
1991 0 +0
1990 0 +0
1989 0 +0
1988 0 +0
1987 0 +0
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.