Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Uruguay

Number of mobile subscriptions in Uruguay in 2024 — 4,927,545 subs. Ranked 104 in the world out of 151.

2024 4.93M subs +2.62% vs 2023
World rank 104of 151
Period maximum 5.5M subs2014
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Uruguay, 1960–202402M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 1,712 subs1993: 4,969 subs1994: 6,825 subs1995: 39,904 subs1996: 78,601 subs1997: 99,235 subs1998: 151,341 subs1999: 319,131 subs2000: 410,787 subs2001: 519,991 subs2002: 513,528 subs2003: 497,530 subs2004: 599,768 subs2005: 1,154,923 subs2006: 2,330,011 subs2007: 3,004,323 subs2008: 3,507,816 subs2009: 4,111,560 subs2010: 4,437,158 subs2011: 4,757,425 subs2012: 4,995,459 subs2013: 5,267,947 subs2014: 5,497,094 subs2015: 5,165,474 subs2016: 5,116,736 subs2017: 5,097,569 subs2018: 4,459,173 subs2019: 4,526,326 subs2020: 4,551,276 subs2021: 4,691,277 subs2022: 4,741,473 subs2023: 4,801,571 subs2024: 4,927,545 subs
Change over the period: +4.93M

Comparison, 2024

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

Uruguay 4.93M subs
World 9.01B subs
South America computed 498M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 4.93M +125,974 +2.62%
2023 4.8M +60,098 +1.27%
2022 4.74M +50,196 +1.07%
2021 4.69M +140,001 +3.08%
2020 4.55M +24,950 +0.55%
2019 4.53M +67,153 +1.51%
2018 4.46M −638,396 −12.52%
2017 5.1M −19,167 −0.37%
2016 5.12M −48,738 −0.94%
2015 5.17M −331,620 −6.03%
2014 5.5M +229,147 +4.35%
2013 5.27M +272,488 +5.45%
2012 5M +238,034 +5%
2011 4.76M +320,267 +7.22%
2010 4.44M +325,598 +7.92%
2009 4.11M +603,744 +17.21%
2008 3.51M +503,493 +16.76%
2007 3M +674,312 +28.94%
2006 2.33M +1.18M +101.75%
2005 1.15M +555,155 +92.56%
2004 599,768 +102,238 +20.55%
2003 497,530 −15,998 −3.12%
2002 513,528 −6,463 −1.24%
2001 519,991 +109,204 +26.58%
2000 410,787 +91,656 +28.72%
1999 319,131 +167,790 +110.87%
1998 151,341 +52,106 +52.51%
1997 99,235 +20,634 +26.25%
1996 78,601 +38,697 +96.98%
1995 39,904 +33,079 +484.67%
1994 6,825 +1,856 +37.35%
1993 4,969 +3,257 +190.25%
1992 1,712 +1,712
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.