Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Uganda

Number of mobile subscriptions in Uganda in 2024 — 41,595,067 subs. Ranked 38 in the world out of 151.

2024 41.6M subs +12.05% vs 2023
World rank 38of 151
Period maximum 41.6M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Uganda, 1960–2024020M40M60M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 1,747 subs1996: 4,000 subs1997: 5,000 subs1998: 30,000 subs1999: 56,358 subs2000: 126,913 subs2001: 283,520 subs2002: 393,310 subs2003: 776,169 subs2004: 1,165,035 subs2005: 1,315,300 subs2006: 2,008,818 subs2007: 4,195,278 subs2008: 8,554,864 subs2009: 9,383,734 subs2010: 12,828,264 subs2011: 16,696,992 subs2012: 16,356,387 subs2013: 18,068,648 subs2014: 20,365,941 subs2015: 20,220,273 subs2016: 22,838,486 subs2017: 24,948,878 subs2018: 24,472,033 subs2019: 25,395,503 subs2020: 27,688,987 subs2021: 30,127,704 subs2022: 33,185,194 subs2023: 37,123,371 subs2024: 41,595,067 subs
Change over the period: +41.6M

Comparison, 2024

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

Uganda 41.6M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 41.6M +4.47M +12.05%
2023 37.12M +3.94M +11.87%
2022 33.19M +3.06M +10.15%
2021 30.13M +2.44M +8.81%
2020 27.69M +2.29M +9.03%
2019 25.4M +923,470 +3.77%
2018 24.47M −476,845 −1.91%
2017 24.95M +2.11M +9.24%
2016 22.84M +2.62M +12.95%
2015 20.22M −145,668 −0.72%
2014 20.37M +2.3M +12.71%
2013 18.07M +1.71M +10.47%
2012 16.36M −340,605 −2.04%
2011 16.7M +3.87M +30.16%
2010 12.83M +3.44M +36.71%
2009 9.38M +828,870 +9.69%
2008 8.55M +4.36M +103.92%
2007 4.2M +2.19M +108.84%
2006 2.01M +693,518 +52.73%
2005 1.32M +150,265 +12.9%
2004 1.17M +388,866 +50.1%
2003 776,169 +382,859 +97.34%
2002 393,310 +109,790 +38.72%
2001 283,520 +156,607 +123.4%
2000 126,913 +70,555 +125.19%
1999 56,358 +26,358 +87.86%
1998 30,000 +25,000 +500%
1997 5,000 +1,000 +25%
1996 4,000 +2,253 +128.96%
1995 1,747 +1,747
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.