Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Vietnam

Number of mobile subscriptions in Vietnam in 2024 — 128,866,823 subs. Ranked 13 in the world out of 151.

2024 129M subs −1.97% vs 2023
World rank 13of 151
Period maximum 141M subs2018
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Vietnam, 1960–2024050M100M150M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 800 subs1993: 4,060 subs1994: 12,500 subs1995: 23,500 subs1996: 68,910 subs1997: 160,457 subs1998: 222,700 subs1999: 328,671 subs2000: 788,559 subs2001: 1,251,195 subs2002: 1,902,388 subs2003: 2,742,000 subs2004: 4,960,000 subs2005: 9,593,200 subs2006: 18,892,480 subs2007: 45,024,048 subs2008: 74,872,310 subs2009: 98,223,980 subs2010: 111,570,201 subs2011: 127,318,045 subs2012: 131,673,724 subs2013: 123,735,557 subs2014: 136,148,124 subs2015: 120,324,052 subs2016: 120,600,235 subs2017: 120,016,181 subs2018: 140,639,140 subs2019: 136,230,406 subs2020: 138,934,626 subs2021: 135,349,460 subs2022: 137,412,198 subs2023: 131,452,770 subs2024: 128,866,823 subs
Change over the period: +129M

Comparison, 2024

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

Vietnam 129M subs
World 9.01B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.19B subs
South-Eastern Asia computed 869M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 129M −2.59M −1.97%
2023 131M −5.96M −4.34%
2022 137M +2.06M +1.52%
2021 135M −3.59M −2.58%
2020 139M +2.7M +1.99%
2019 136M −4.41M −3.13%
2018 141M +20.62M +17.18%
2017 120M −584,054 −0.48%
2016 121M +276,183 +0.23%
2015 120M −15.82M −11.62%
2014 136M +12.41M +10.03%
2013 124M −7.94M −6.03%
2012 132M +4.36M +3.42%
2011 127M +15.75M +14.11%
2010 112M +13.35M +13.59%
2009 98.22M +23.35M +31.19%
2008 74.87M +29.85M +66.29%
2007 45.02M +26.13M +138.32%
2006 18.89M +9.3M +96.94%
2005 9.59M +4.63M +93.41%
2004 4.96M +2.22M +80.89%
2003 2.74M +839,612 +44.13%
2002 1.9M +651,193 +52.05%
2001 1.25M +462,636 +58.67%
2000 788,559 +459,888 +139.92%
1999 328,671 +105,971 +47.58%
1998 222,700 +62,243 +38.79%
1997 160,457 +91,547 +132.85%
1996 68,910 +45,410 +193.23%
1995 23,500 +11,000 +88%
1994 12,500 +8,440 +207.88%
1993 4,060 +3,260 +407.5%
1992 800 +800
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.