Mobile subscriptions in Portugal

Portugal had 124 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2008.

Measure: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Portugal, 2024 124 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2023 +1per 100 people 2023: 123 per 100 people
European Union, 2022 124 per 100 people Official aggregate Not the same period as Portugal (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 127 per 100 people Middle value of 25 countries

Mobile subscriptions in Portugal 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 PortugalEuropean Union
2024 124 per 100 people –
2023 123 per 100 people –
2022 123 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2021 120 per 100 people 123 per 100 people
2020 114 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2019 115 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2018 115 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2017 114 per 100 people 123 per 100 people
2016 112 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2015 113 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2014 114 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2013 115 per 100 people 125 per 100 people
2012 113 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2011 117 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2010 115 per 100 people 118 per 100 people
2009 112 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2008 133 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2007 128 per 100 people 115 per 100 people
2006 116 per 100 people 105 per 100 people
2005 109 per 100 people 95 per 100 people
2004 101 per 100 people 85 per 100 people
2003 96 per 100 people 77 per 100 people
2002 83 per 100 people 70 per 100 people
2001 77 per 100 people 63 per 100 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1 from 123 per 100 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 114 per 100 people, the figure has changed by +10.

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 Portugal
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