Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Yemen

Number of mobile subscriptions in Yemen in 2023 — 20,047,467 subs. Ranked 63 in the world out of 172.

2023 20.05M subs +12.91% vs 2022
World rank 63of 172
Period maximum 20.05M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Yemen, 1960–2023010M20M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 1,550 subs1993: 5,170 subs1994: 8,191 subs1995: 8,250 subs1996: 8,810 subs1997: 12,245 subs1998: 16,146 subs1999: 27,677 subs2000: 32,042 subs2001: 147,837 subs2002: 486,667 subs2003: 675,162 subs2004: 1,476,000 subs2005: 2,277,559 subs2006: 2,977,781 subs2007: 4,349,000 subs2008: 6,445,000 subs2009: 8,313,000 subs2010: 11,085,000 subs2011: 11,668,000 subs2012: 13,900,000 subs2013: 16,844,700 subs2014: 17,100,000 subs2015: 15,021,953 subs2016: 16,433,055 subs2017: 15,357,868 subs2018: 15,297,789 subs2019: 15,238,000 subs2020: 15,178,000 subs2021: 17,756,380 subs2022: 17,755,839 subs2023: 20,047,467 subs
Change over the period: +20.05M

Comparison, 2023

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

Yemen 20.05M subs
World 8.88B subs
Western Asia computed 319M subs
Low-income countries computed 390M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 20.05M +2.29M +12.91%
2022 17.76M −541 −0%
2021 17.76M +2.58M +16.99%
2020 15.18M −60,000 −0.39%
2019 15.24M −59,789 −0.39%
2018 15.3M −60,079 −0.39%
2017 15.36M −1.08M −6.54%
2016 16.43M +1.41M +9.39%
2015 15.02M −2.08M −12.15%
2014 17.1M +255,300 +1.52%
2013 16.84M +2.94M +21.18%
2012 13.9M +2.23M +19.13%
2011 11.67M +583,000 +5.26%
2010 11.09M +2.77M +33.35%
2009 8.31M +1.87M +28.98%
2008 6.45M +2.1M +48.19%
2007 4.35M +1.37M +46.05%
2006 2.98M +700,222 +30.74%
2005 2.28M +801,559 +54.31%
2004 1.48M +800,838 +118.61%
2003 675,162 +188,495 +38.73%
2002 486,667 +338,830 +229.19%
2001 147,837 +115,795 +361.39%
2000 32,042 +4,365 +15.77%
1999 27,677 +11,531 +71.42%
1998 16,146 +3,901 +31.86%
1997 12,245 +3,435 +38.99%
1996 8,810 +560 +6.79%
1995 8,250 +59 +0.72%
1994 8,191 +3,021 +58.43%
1993 5,170 +3,620 +233.55%
1992 1,550 +1,550
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.