Mobile subscriptions in Bulgaria

Bulgaria had 118 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2018.

Measure: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bulgaria, 2024 118 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2023 0per 100 people 2023: 118 per 100 people
European Union, 2022 124 per 100 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Bulgaria (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 127 per 100 people Middle value of 25 countries

Mobile subscriptions in Bulgaria over time

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Subscriptions per 100 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people (subscriptions per 100 people), 2001 to 2024
Period BulgariaEuropean Union
2024 118 per 100 people –
2023 118 per 100 people –
2022 117 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2021 115 per 100 people 123 per 100 people
2020 115 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2019 117 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2018 119 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2017 121 per 100 people 123 per 100 people
2016 126 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2015 128 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2014 131 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2013 144 per 100 people 125 per 100 people
2012 147 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2011 142 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2010 137 per 100 people 118 per 100 people
2009 140 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2008 138 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2007 130 per 100 people 115 per 100 people
2006 108 per 100 people 105 per 100 people
2005 81 per 100 people 95 per 100 people
2004 61 per 100 people 85 per 100 people
2003 45 per 100 people 77 per 100 people
2002 33 per 100 people 70 per 100 people
2001 20 per 100 people 63 per 100 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 from 118 per 100 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 131 per 100 people, the figure has changed by −13.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Bulgaria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database