Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Ukraine

Number of mobile subscriptions in Ukraine in 2023 — 50,328,105 subs. Ranked 37 in the world out of 172.

2023 50.33M subs +2.08% vs 2022
World rank 37of 172
Period maximum 62.46M subs2013
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Ukraine, 1960–2023020M40M60M80M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 65 subs1994: 5,000 subs1995: 14,000 subs1996: 30,000 subs1997: 57,200 subs1998: 115,500 subs1999: 216,567 subs2000: 818,524 subs2001: 2,224,600 subs2002: 3,692,700 subs2003: 6,498,423 subs2004: 13,735,000 subs2005: 30,013,500 subs2006: 49,076,239 subs2007: 55,240,400 subs2008: 55,681,476 subs2009: 54,942,815 subs2010: 53,928,830 subs2011: 55,576,481 subs2012: 59,343,693 subs2013: 62,458,800 subs2014: 61,170,229 subs2015: 60,720,073 subs2016: 56,717,856 subs2017: 55,714,733 subs2018: 53,933,592 subs2019: 54,842,940 subs2020: 53,977,690 subs2021: 55,925,908 subs2022: 49,304,301 subs2023: 50,328,105 subs
Change over the period: +50.33M

Comparison, 2023

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

Ukraine 50.33M subs
World 8.88B subs
Eastern Europe computed 444M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3.05B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Ukraine, by year Ukraine All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 50.33M +1.02M +2.08%
2022 49.3M −6.62M −11.84%
2021 55.93M +1.95M +3.61%
2020 53.98M −865,250 −1.58%
2019 54.84M +909,348 +1.69%
2018 53.93M −1.78M −3.2%
2017 55.71M −1M −1.77%
2016 56.72M −4M −6.59%
2015 60.72M −450,156 −0.74%
2014 61.17M −1.29M −2.06%
2013 62.46M +3.12M +5.25%
2012 59.34M +3.77M +6.78%
2011 55.58M +1.65M +3.06%
2010 53.93M −1.01M −1.85%
2009 54.94M −738,661 −1.33%
2008 55.68M +441,076 +0.8%
2007 55.24M +6.16M +12.56%
2006 49.08M +19.06M +63.51%
2005 30.01M +16.28M +118.52%
2004 13.74M +7.24M +111.36%
2003 6.5M +2.81M +75.98%
2002 3.69M +1.47M +65.99%
2001 2.22M +1.41M +171.78%
2000 818,524 +601,957 +277.95%
1999 216,567 +101,067 +87.5%
1998 115,500 +58,300 +101.92%
1997 57,200 +27,200 +90.67%
1996 30,000 +16,000 +114.29%
1995 14,000 +9,000 +180%
1994 5,000 +4,935 +7,592.31%
1993 65 +65
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.