Mobile cellular subscriptions rose 3.65% to 77.8 mil in Turkey in 2017, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile cellular subscriptions in Turkey reached an all time high of 77.8 mil in 2017 and an all time low of < 0.001 mil in 1986. When compared to Turkey's main peers, mobile cellular subscriptions in Bulgaria amounted to 8.53 mil, 12.9 mil in Greece, 33.4 mil in Iraq and 87.0 mil in Iran in 2017.
Turkey has been ranked 21st within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of mobile cellular subscriptions, 8 places below 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 |
| Albania | mil | 3.40 | 3.37 | 3.63 | 2.71 | 2.63 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | mil | 9.19 | 8.97 | 8.53 | 8.39 | 8.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | mil | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 11.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 74.2 | 80.5 | 87.0 | 88.7 | 118 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | ... | 33.6 | 33.4 | 33.4 | 36.5 | 37.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 7.66 | 7.66 | 7.14 | 7.10 | 7.33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | mil | 2.08 | 2.05 | 2.01 | 1.97 | 1.92 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 126 | 136 | 145 | 154 | 165 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | mil | 23.1 | 22.9 | 22.4 | 22.6 | 22.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 52.8 | 47.9 | 40.2 | 41.3 | 41.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | mil | ... | ... | ... | 9.16 | 9.09 | 8.62 | 8.43 | 8.45 | |||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 14.3 | 13.3 | 15.4 | 17.1 | 17.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 73.6 | 75.1 | 77.8 | 80.1 | 80.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 7.84 | 8.58 | 9.38 | 9.38 | 9.38 | ... |
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