Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Thailand

Number of mobile subscriptions in Thailand in 2024 — 115,127,000 subs. Ranked 14 in the world out of 151.

2024 115M subs −4.79% vs 2023
World rank 14of 151
Period maximum 130M subs2019
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Thailand, 1960–2024050M100M150M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 821 subs1987: 5,882 subs1988: 17,563 subs1989: 39,936 subs1990: 63,223 subs1991: 123,551 subs1992: 250,584 subs1993: 413,557 subs1994: 737,283 subs1995: 1,297,826 subs1996: 1,844,627 subs1997: 2,203,905 subs1998: 1,976,957 subs1999: 2,339,401 subs2000: 3,056,000 subs2001: 7,550,000 subs2002: 17,449,890 subs2003: 21,616,910 subs2004: 26,965,548 subs2005: 30,460,238 subs2006: 40,125,470 subs2007: 52,973,994 subs2008: 61,837,164 subs2009: 65,952,313 subs2010: 71,726,300 subs2011: 77,449,000 subs2012: 85,012,000 subs2013: 93,849,000 subs2014: 97,096,000 subs2015: 102,942,000 subs2016: 119,669,000 subs2017: 121,530,000 subs2018: 125,098,000 subs2019: 129,614,000 subs2020: 116,294,000 subs2021: 120,850,000 subs2022: 126,414,000 subs2023: 120,921,000 subs2024: 115,127,000 subs
Change over the period: +115M

Comparison, 2024

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

Thailand 115M subs
World 9.01B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.19B subs
South-Eastern Asia computed 869M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 115M −5.79M −4.79%
2023 121M −5.49M −4.35%
2022 126M +5.56M +4.6%
2021 121M +4.56M +3.92%
2020 116M −13.32M −10.28%
2019 130M +4.52M +3.61%
2018 125M +3.57M +2.94%
2017 122M +1.86M +1.56%
2016 120M +16.73M +16.25%
2015 103M +5.85M +6.02%
2014 97.1M +3.25M +3.46%
2013 93.85M +8.84M +10.4%
2012 85.01M +7.56M +9.77%
2011 77.45M +5.72M +7.98%
2010 71.73M +5.77M +8.75%
2009 65.95M +4.12M +6.65%
2008 61.84M +8.86M +16.73%
2007 52.97M +12.85M +32.02%
2006 40.13M +9.67M +31.73%
2005 30.46M +3.49M +12.96%
2004 26.97M +5.35M +24.74%
2003 21.62M +4.17M +23.88%
2002 17.45M +9.9M +131.12%
2001 7.55M +4.49M +147.05%
2000 3.06M +716,599 +30.63%
1999 2.34M +362,444 +18.33%
1998 1.98M −226,948 −10.3%
1997 2.2M +359,278 +19.48%
1996 1.84M +546,801 +42.13%
1995 1.3M +560,543 +76.03%
1994 737,283 +323,726 +78.28%
1993 413,557 +162,973 +65.04%
1992 250,584 +127,033 +102.82%
1991 123,551 +60,328 +95.42%
1990 63,223 +23,287 +58.31%
1989 39,936 +22,373 +127.39%
1988 17,563 +11,681 +198.59%
1987 5,882 +5,061 +616.44%
1986 821 +821
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.