Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Timor-Leste

Number of mobile subscriptions in Timor-Leste in 2024 — 1,630,096 subs. Ranked 131 in the world out of 151.

2024 1.63M subs +4.54% vs 2023
World rank 131of 151
Period maximum 1.63M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1990

Trend over time

1990–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Timor-Leste, 1990–20240500,0001M1.5M2M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 0 subs2003: 20,058 subs2004: 25,722 subs2005: 33,072 subs2006: 49,100 subs2007: 78,215 subs2008: 125,002 subs2009: 350,891 subs2010: 473,020 subs2011: 614,151 subs2012: 621,000 subs2013: 650,000 subs2014: 1,375,749 subs2015: 1,376,669 subs2016: 1,492,124 subs2017: 1,556,624 subs2018: 1,468,493 subs2019: 1,425,256 subs2020: 1,377,915 subs2021: 1,386,172 subs2022: 1,481,007 subs2023: 1,559,360 subs2024: 1,630,096 subs
Change over the period: +1.63M

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 1.63M subs
World 9.01B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.19B subs
South-Eastern Asia computed 869M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 1.63M +70,736 +4.54%
2023 1.56M +78,353 +5.29%
2022 1.48M +94,835 +6.84%
2021 1.39M +8,257 +0.6%
2020 1.38M −47,341 −3.32%
2019 1.43M −43,237 −2.94%
2018 1.47M −88,131 −5.66%
2017 1.56M +64,500 +4.32%
2016 1.49M +115,455 +8.39%
2015 1.38M +920 +0.07%
2014 1.38M +725,749 +111.65%
2013 650,000 +29,000 +4.67%
2012 621,000 +6,849 +1.12%
2011 614,151 +141,131 +29.84%
2010 473,020 +122,129 +34.81%
2009 350,891 +225,889 +180.71%
2008 125,002 +46,787 +59.82%
2007 78,215 +29,115 +59.3%
2006 49,100 +16,028 +48.46%
2005 33,072 +7,350 +28.57%
2004 25,722 +5,664 +28.24%
2003 20,058
1990 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.