Mobile subscriptions in India
India had 79 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2015.
India, 2024
79
Change from 2023
−1per 100 people
World, 2024
110 per 100 people
Median of G20 countries, 2024
123 per 100 people
Mobile subscriptions in India over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Subscriptions per 100 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | India | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 112 per 100 people |
| 2024 | 79 per 100 people | 110 per 100 people |
| 2023 | 81 per 100 people | 110 per 100 people |
| 2022 | 80 per 100 people | 108 per 100 people |
| 2021 | 82 per 100 people | 107 per 100 people |
| 2020 | 82 per 100 people | 105 per 100 people |
| 2019 | 83 per 100 people | 106 per 100 people |
| 2018 | 86 per 100 people | 103 per 100 people |
| 2017 | 86 per 100 people | 101 per 100 people |
| 2016 | 84 per 100 people | 99 per 100 people |
| 2015 | 75 per 100 people | 96 per 100 people |
| 2014 | 72 per 100 people | 97 per 100 people |
| 2013 | 68 per 100 people | 93 per 100 people |
| 2012 | 68 per 100 people | 89 per 100 people |
| 2011 | 71 per 100 people | 84 per 100 people |
| 2010 | 60 per 100 people | 77 per 100 people |
| 2009 | 43 per 100 people | 68 per 100 people |
| 2008 | 29 per 100 people | 60 per 100 people |
| 2007 | 20 per 100 people | 51 per 100 people |
| 2006 | 14 per 100 people | 42 per 100 people |
| 2005 | 8 per 100 people | 34 per 100 people |
| 2004 | 5 per 100 people | – |
| 2003 | 3 per 100 people | – |
| 2002 | 1 per 100 people | – |
| 2001 | 1 per 100 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1 from 81 per 100 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 72 per 100 people, the figure has changed by +7.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 110 per 100 people.