Mobile cellular subscriptions rose 33.1% to 118 mil in Iran in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile cellular subscriptions in Iran reached an all time high of 118 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 0.009 mil in 1994. When compared to Iran's main peers, mobile cellular subscriptions in Iraq amounted to 37.2 mil, 165 mil in Pakistan and 9.38 mil in Turkmenistan in 2019.
Iran has been ranked 15th within the group of 178 countries we follow in terms of mobile cellular subscriptions, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mobile Cellular Subscriptions | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Afghanistan | mil | ... | 19.7 | 21.6 | 23.9 | 22.0 | 22.6 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 1,292 | 1,365 | 1,470 | 1,649 | 1,746 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 1,001 | 1,128 | 1,169 | 1,176 | 1,151 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 74.2 | 80.5 | 87.0 | 88.7 | 118 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | ... | 33.6 | 33.4 | 33.4 | 36.5 | 37.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | mil | 26.3 | 25.5 | 26.7 | 26.1 | 25.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 7.66 | 7.66 | 7.14 | 7.10 | 7.33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 126 | 136 | 145 | 154 | 165 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 52.8 | 47.9 | 40.2 | 41.3 | 41.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 14.3 | 13.3 | 15.4 | 17.1 | 17.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 7.84 | 8.58 | 9.38 | 9.38 | 9.38 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | mil | 21.8 | 23.3 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 33.4 |
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