Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Turkmenistan

Number of mobile subscriptions in Turkmenistan in 2021 — 6,254,681 subs. Ranked 114 in the world out of 208.

2021 6.25M subs +1.46% vs 2020
World rank 114of 208
Period maximum 8.58M subs2016
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2021 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Turkmenistan, 1960–202102.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620211960: 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: 2,500 subs1998: 3,000 subs1999: 4,000 subs2000: 7,500 subs2001: 8,173 subs2002: 8,173 subs2003: 9,187 subs2004: 50,100 subs2005: 105,000 subs2006: 216,868 subs2007: 381,670 subs2008: 1,135,150 subs2009: 2,132,890 subs2010: 3,197,624 subs2011: 5,300,000 subs2012: 5,900,000 subs2013: 6,125,300 subs2014: 7,206,100 subs2015: 7,842,000 subs2016: 8,575,000 subs2018: 5,841,751 subs2019: 6,001,755 subs2020: 6,164,777 subs2021: 6,254,681 subs
Change over the period: +6.25M

Comparison, 2021

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

Turkmenistan 6.25M subs
World 8.48B subs
Central Asia computed 79.56M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.26B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Turkmenistan, by year Turkmenistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2021 6.25M +89,904 +1.46%
2020 6.16M +163,022 +2.72%
2019 6M +160,004 +2.74%
2018 5.84M
2016 8.58M +733,000 +9.35%
2015 7.84M +635,900 +8.82%
2014 7.21M +1.08M +17.64%
2013 6.13M +225,300 +3.82%
2012 5.9M +600,000 +11.32%
2011 5.3M +2.1M +65.75%
2010 3.2M +1.06M +49.92%
2009 2.13M +997,740 +87.89%
2008 1.14M +753,480 +197.42%
2007 381,670 +164,802 +75.99%
2006 216,868 +111,868 +106.54%
2005 105,000 +54,900 +109.58%
2004 50,100 +40,913 +445.34%
2003 9,187 +1,014 +12.41%
2002 8,173 +0 +0%
2001 8,173 +673 +8.97%
2000 7,500 +3,500 +87.5%
1999 4,000 +1,000 +33.33%
1998 3,000 +500 +20%
1997 2,500 +2,500
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

Central Asia, 2021

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.