Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Tanzania

Number of mobile subscriptions in Tanzania in 2024 — 86,769,161 subs. Ranked 21 in the world out of 151.

2024 86.77M subs +23.58% vs 2023
World rank 21of 151
Period maximum 86.77M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Tanzania, 1960–2024025M50M75M100M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 371 subs1995: 3,500 subs1996: 9,038 subs1997: 20,200 subs1998: 37,940 subs1999: 50,950 subs2000: 110,518 subs2001: 275,560 subs2002: 606,859 subs2003: 1,298,000 subs2004: 1,942,000 subs2005: 2,964,000 subs2006: 5,609,000 subs2007: 8,252,000 subs2008: 13,006,793 subs2009: 17,469,486 subs2010: 20,983,853 subs2011: 25,666,455 subs2012: 27,219,283 subs2013: 27,442,823 subs2014: 31,862,656 subs2015: 39,665,600 subs2016: 40,044,186 subs2017: 39,953,860 subs2018: 43,497,261 subs2019: 47,685,232 subs2020: 51,220,233 subs2021: 54,044,384 subs2022: 60,192,331 subs2023: 70,215,144 subs2024: 86,769,161 subs
Change over the period: +86.77M

Comparison, 2024

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

Tanzania 86.77M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 86.77M +16.55M +23.58%
2023 70.22M +10.02M +16.65%
2022 60.19M +6.15M +11.38%
2021 54.04M +2.82M +5.51%
2020 51.22M +3.54M +7.41%
2019 47.69M +4.19M +9.63%
2018 43.5M +3.54M +8.87%
2017 39.95M −90,326 −0.23%
2016 40.04M +378,586 +0.95%
2015 39.67M +7.8M +24.49%
2014 31.86M +4.42M +16.11%
2013 27.44M +223,540 +0.82%
2012 27.22M +1.55M +6.05%
2011 25.67M +4.68M +22.32%
2010 20.98M +3.51M +20.12%
2009 17.47M +4.46M +34.31%
2008 13.01M +4.75M +57.62%
2007 8.25M +2.64M +47.12%
2006 5.61M +2.65M +89.24%
2005 2.96M +1.02M +52.63%
2004 1.94M +644,000 +49.61%
2003 1.3M +691,141 +113.89%
2002 606,859 +331,299 +120.23%
2001 275,560 +165,042 +149.33%
2000 110,518 +59,568 +116.91%
1999 50,950 +13,010 +34.29%
1998 37,940 +17,740 +87.82%
1997 20,200 +11,162 +123.5%
1996 9,038 +5,538 +158.23%
1995 3,500 +3,129 +843.4%
1994 371 +371
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.