Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Venezuela

Number of mobile subscriptions in Venezuela in 2024 — 20,170,092 subs. Ranked 59 in the world out of 151.

2024 20.17M subs +1.5% vs 2023
World rank 59of 151
Period maximum 30.9M subs2013
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Venezuela, 1960–2024010M20M30M40M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 1,800 subs1989: 3,685 subs1990: 7,422 subs1991: 16,600 subs1992: 78,560 subs1993: 182,600 subs1994: 319,000 subs1995: 403,800 subs1996: 581,700 subs1997: 1,071,900 subs1998: 2,009,757 subs1999: 3,784,735 subs2000: 5,447,172 subs2001: 6,472,584 subs2002: 6,541,894 subs2003: 7,015,121 subs2004: 8,420,980 subs2005: 12,495,721 subs2006: 18,789,466 subs2007: 23,820,133 subs2008: 27,414,377 subs2009: 28,123,570 subs2010: 27,880,132 subs2011: 28,781,999 subs2012: 30,569,073 subs2013: 30,896,079 subs2014: 30,528,022 subs2015: 29,093,517 subs2016: 27,600,893 subs2017: 24,493,687 subs2018: 20,731,169 subs2019: 18,476,236 subs2020: 16,543,805 subs2021: 17,008,910 subs2022: 18,752,282 subs2023: 19,872,784 subs2024: 20,170,092 subs
Change over the period: +20.17M

Comparison, 2024

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

Venezuela 20.17M subs
World 9.01B subs
South America computed 498M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 20.17M +297,308 +1.5%
2023 19.87M +1.12M +5.98%
2022 18.75M +1.74M +10.25%
2021 17.01M +465,105 +2.81%
2020 16.54M −1.93M −10.46%
2019 18.48M −2.25M −10.88%
2018 20.73M −3.76M −15.36%
2017 24.49M −3.11M −11.26%
2016 27.6M −1.49M −5.13%
2015 29.09M −1.43M −4.7%
2014 30.53M −368,057 −1.19%
2013 30.9M +327,006 +1.07%
2012 30.57M +1.79M +6.21%
2011 28.78M +901,867 +3.23%
2010 27.88M −243,438 −0.87%
2009 28.12M +709,193 +2.59%
2008 27.41M +3.59M +15.09%
2007 23.82M +5.03M +26.77%
2006 18.79M +6.29M +50.37%
2005 12.5M +4.07M +48.39%
2004 8.42M +1.41M +20.04%
2003 7.02M +473,227 +7.23%
2002 6.54M +69,310 +1.07%
2001 6.47M +1.03M +18.82%
2000 5.45M +1.66M +43.92%
1999 3.78M +1.77M +88.32%
1998 2.01M +937,857 +87.49%
1997 1.07M +490,200 +84.27%
1996 581,700 +177,900 +44.06%
1995 403,800 +84,800 +26.58%
1994 319,000 +136,400 +74.7%
1993 182,600 +104,040 +132.43%
1992 78,560 +61,960 +373.25%
1991 16,600 +9,178 +123.66%
1990 7,422 +3,737 +101.41%
1989 3,685 +1,885 +104.72%
1988 1,800 +1,800
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.