* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Mobile phone subscribers, in millions, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 13 countries was 43.17 million subscribers. The highest value was in Iran: 159.39 million subscribers and the lowest value was in Bahrain: 2.56 million subscribers. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: million subscribers; Source: The International Telecommunication Union
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Countries Mobile phone subscribers, 2024 Global rank Available data
Iran 159.39 1 1960 - 2024
Egypt 113.19 2 1960 - 2024
Morocco 58.29 3 1960 - 2024
Saudi Arabia 54.18 4 1990 - 2024
Algeria 54.05 5 1960 - 2024
Iraq 46.08 6 1960 - 2024
UA Emirates 22.41 7 1982 - 2024
Syria 17.57 8 1960 - 2024
Tunisia 14.44 9 1960 - 2024
Jordan 8.05 10 1960 - 2024
Oman 6.35 11 1960 - 2024
Qatar 4.68 12 1960 - 2024
Bahrain 2.56 13 1960 - 2024


New - World map: Mobile phone subscribers




Definition: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

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