Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Zimbabwe

Number of mobile subscriptions in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 15,677,094 subs. Ranked 66 in the world out of 151.

2024 15.68M subs +4.7% vs 2023
World rank 66of 151
Period maximum 15.68M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Zimbabwe, 1960–202405M10M15M20M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 0 subs1996: 0 subs1997: 5,734 subs1998: 19,000 subs1999: 174,000 subs2000: 266,441 subs2001: 314,002 subs2002: 338,779 subs2003: 363,651 subs2004: 425,745 subs2005: 647,110 subs2006: 849,146 subs2007: 1,225,654 subs2008: 1,654,721 subs2009: 3,991,000 subs2010: 7,700,000 subs2011: 9,200,000 subs2012: 12,613,935 subs2013: 13,633,167 subs2014: 11,798,652 subs2015: 12,757,410 subs2016: 12,878,926 subs2017: 14,092,104 subs2018: 12,908,992 subs2019: 13,195,902 subs2020: 13,191,708 subs2021: 14,257,590 subs2022: 14,300,790 subs2023: 14,973,816 subs2024: 15,677,094 subs
Change over the period: +15.68M

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 15.68M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 15.68M +703,278 +4.7%
2023 14.97M +673,026 +4.71%
2022 14.3M +43,200 +0.3%
2021 14.26M +1.07M +8.08%
2020 13.19M −4,194 −0.03%
2019 13.2M +286,910 +2.22%
2018 12.91M −1.18M −8.4%
2017 14.09M +1.21M +9.42%
2016 12.88M +121,516 +0.95%
2015 12.76M +958,758 +8.13%
2014 11.8M −1.83M −13.46%
2013 13.63M +1.02M +8.08%
2012 12.61M +3.41M +37.11%
2011 9.2M +1.5M +19.48%
2010 7.7M +3.71M +92.93%
2009 3.99M +2.34M +141.19%
2008 1.65M +429,067 +35.01%
2007 1.23M +376,508 +44.34%
2006 849,146 +202,036 +31.22%
2005 647,110 +221,365 +51.99%
2004 425,745 +62,094 +17.08%
2003 363,651 +24,872 +7.34%
2002 338,779 +24,777 +7.89%
2001 314,002 +47,561 +17.85%
2000 266,441 +92,441 +53.13%
1999 174,000 +155,000 +815.79%
1998 19,000 +13,266 +231.36%
1997 5,734 +5,734
1996 0 +0
1995 0 +0
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
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.