Pakistan Number of Subscriber Mobile

1960 - 2023 | Yearly | Person | World Bank

Key information about Pakistan Number of Subscriber Mobile

  • Pakistan Number of Subscriber Mobile was reported at 189,439,000.000 Person in Dec 2023
  • This records a decrease from the previous number of 192,780,000.000 Person for Dec 2022
  • Pakistan Number of Subscriber Mobile data is updated yearly, averaging 135,027.000 Person from Dec 1960 to 2023, with 52 observations
  • The data reached an all-time high of 192,780,000.000 Person in 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 1989
  • Pakistan Number of Subscriber Mobile data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank
  • The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Telecommunication Sector – Table PK.World Bank.WDI: Telecommunication

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.;World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU);Sum;

View Pakistan's Number of Subscriber Mobile from 1960 to 2023 in the chart:

Pakistan Number of Subscriber Mobile

What was Pakistan's Number of Subscriber Mobile in 2023?

Pakistan Number of Subscriber Mobile was reported at 189,439,000.000 Person in Dec 2023 See the table below for more data.

Last Previous Min Max Unit Frequency Range
189,439,000.000 2023 192,780,000.000 2022 0.000 1989 192,780,000.000 2022 Person yearly 1960 - 2023

Number of Subscriber Mobile by Country Comparison

country/region Last Frequency Range
Afghanistan (Person) 23,027,100.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Albania (Person) 2,614,760.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Algeria (Person) 51,522,100.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Andorra (Person) 126,214.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Angola (Person) 25,744,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Antigua and Barbuda (Person) 186,182.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Argentina (Person) 62,709,200.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Armenia (Person) 3,959,450.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Aruba (Person) 140,815.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Australia (Person) 29,761,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Austria (Person) 11,116,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Azerbaijan (Person) 11,111,300.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bahamas (Person) 399,630.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bahrain (Person) 2,415,720.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh (Person) 196,081,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Barbados (Person) 323,482.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Belarus (Person) 11,757,300.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Belgium (Person) 12,087,300.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Belize (Person) 270,536.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Benin (Person) 16,373,900.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bermuda (Person) 68,164.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Bhutan (Person) 751,989.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bolivia (Person) 12,266,900.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Person) 3,749,900.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Botswana (Person) 4,440,310.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Brazil (Person) 213,295,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Brunei (Person) 582,919.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria (Person) 8,014,470.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso (Person) 26,889,900.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Burundi (Person) 8,646,690.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cambodia (Person) 21,049,600.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cameroon (Person) 27,374,500.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Canada (Person) 37,000,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde (Person) 590,354.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cayman Islands (Person) 99,737.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Central African Republic (Person) 1,979,150.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Chad (Person) 13,559,500.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Chile (Person) 26,710,700.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
China (Person) 1,824,420,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Colombia (Person) 87,365,900.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Comoros (Person) 934,198.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Congo (Person) 5,865,800.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Costa Rica (Person) 7,443,280.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Croatia (Person) 4,562,730.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cuba (Person) 7,667,310.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cyprus (Person) 1,433,500.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Czech Republic (Person) 13,620,800.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo (Person) 56,268,400.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Denmark (Person) 7,549,290.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Djibouti (Person) 558,607.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Dominica (Person) 56,929.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Dominican Republic (Person) 10,409,800.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ecuador (Person) 18,165,600.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Egypt (Person) 106,319,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
El Salvador (Person) 11,338,800.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Equatorial Guinea (Person) 893,441.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Eritrea (Person) 2,015,830.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Estonia (Person) 2,053,470.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Swaziland (Person) 1,579,960.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia (Person) 71,424,300.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Faroe Islands (Person) 57,146.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Fiji (Person) 1,027,450.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Finland (Person) 7,140,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
France (Person) 77,526,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
French Polynesia (Person) 333,905.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Gabon (Person) 3,046,520.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Gambia (Person) 2,815,280.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Georgia (Person) 5,911,130.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Germany (Person) 105,400,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ghana (Person) 33,384,500.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Greece (Person) 11,348,300.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Greenland (Person) 66,425.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Grenada (Person) 111,955.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Guatemala (Person) 20,609,600.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Guinea (Person) 15,303,900.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Guinea-Bissau (Person) 2,758,650.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Guyana (Person) 924,876.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Haiti (Person) 7,499,080.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Honduras (Person) 7,921,350.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Hong Kong SAR, China (Person) 23,779,100.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Hungary (Person) 10,176,100.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Iceland (Person) 478,176.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
India (Person) 1,158,550,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Indonesia (Person) 352,157,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Iran (Person) 150,664,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Iraq (Person) 45,700,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ireland (Person) 5,757,780.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Israel (Person) 14,193,300.000 2023 yearly 1990 - 2023
Italy (Person) 78,462,900.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast (Person) 53,601,500.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Jamaica (Person) 3,268,370.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Japan (Person) 221,918,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Jordan (Person) 7,726,690.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan (Person) 25,842,600.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kenya (Person) 66,745,700.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kiribati (Person) 67,927.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
South Korea (Person) 83,891,800.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kuwait (Person) 8,113,880.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan (Person) 7,681,220.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Laos (Person) 4,963,760.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023

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Pakistan Key Series

Government and Public Finance Last Frequency Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) -2.6 2025 yearly 2000 - 2025
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn) -22,771.776 2024 yearly 1991 - 2024
Tax Revenue (USD mn) 23,956.926 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2000 - Dec 2025
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) 10.3 2024 yearly 2001 - 2024
Government Debt: % of GDP (%) 68.3 2025 yearly 2000 - 2025
Forecast: Government Expenditure (PKR bn) 36,607.668 2030 yearly 1993 - 2030
Forecast: Government Net Debt (PKR bn) 117,452.692 2030 yearly 1994 - 2030
Forecast: Government Revenue (PKR bn) 31,090.918 2030 yearly 1980 - 2030
CG Expenditure: ytd: Current (PKR mn) 9,591,103.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2000 - Dec 2025
Consolidated Govt (CG) Expenditure: ytd (PKR mn) 10,141,670.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2000 - Dec 2025
CG Revenue: ytd: Tax (PKR mn) 6,729,353.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2000 - Dec 2025
Consolidated Govt (CG) Revenue: ytd (PKR mn) 10,683,552.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2000 - Dec 2025
Consolidated Govt Revenue: Tax: Federal: Direct Tax (PKR mn) 3,264,705.000 2024 yearly 2016 - 2024
Foreign Trade Last Frequency Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) 6.881 2030 yearly 1980 - 2030
Trade Balance (USD mn) -3,840.5 Dec 2025 monthly Jan 1968 - Dec 2025
Total Exports (USD mn) 2,268.6 Dec 2025 monthly Jan 1996 - Dec 2025
Total Exports Growth (%) -21.4 Dec 2025 monthly Dec 1988 - Dec 2025
Aluminum: Exports (USD th) 58,779.396 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Exports: Medicament (USD th) 416,145.994 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 6,363.995 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Total Imports (USD mn) 6,109.1 Dec 2025 monthly Jan 1996 - Dec 2025
Total Imports Growth (%) 15.1 Dec 2025 monthly Dec 1988 - Dec 2025
Imports: Medicament (USD th) 407,131.495 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 640,419.546 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Total Exports to USA (USD mn) 520.934 May 2024 monthly Jan 1969 - May 2024
Total Imports from USA (USD mn) 278.424 Nov 2025 monthly Jan 2006 - Nov 2025
Total Exports to China (USD mn) 233.092 Dec 2025 monthly Jan 2006 - Dec 2025
Total Imports from China (USD mn) 1,324.502 Nov 2025 monthly Jan 2006 - Nov 2025
Exports: Petroleum & Coal (PKR mn) 15,048.203 Dec 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Dec 2025
Trade Balance: USD (USD mn) -3,192.00 Jul 2018 monthly Jan 1996 - Jul 2018
Balance of Payments Last Frequency Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) 36.0 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
Current Account Balance (USD mn) -437.0 Dec 2025 quarterly Mar 1976 - Dec 2025
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) 0.5 2025 yearly 1977 - 2025
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) -134.7 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 1997 - Dec 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) 0.6 2025 yearly 1977 - 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) 32.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) -0.1 2024 yearly 2003 - 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) -104.0 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) 136.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
External Debt (USD mn) 134,481.6 Sep 2025 quarterly Jun 2006 - Sep 2025
External Debt: % of GDP (%) 33.1 2025 yearly 2000 - 2025
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) 2,052.5 Sep 2025 quarterly Jun 2006 - Sep 2025
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) 0.8 2025 yearly 2006 - 2025
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) 2.113 2025 yearly 1980 - 2025
Net International Investment Position (USD mn) -132,930.763 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 2009 - Sep 2025
BoP: Cr: CA: GS: Goods (USD mn) 7,660.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Dr: CA: GS: Goods (USD mn) 15,836.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Portfolio Investment: Assets (USD mn) -6.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities (USD mn) 32.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Credit: Current Account (CA) (USD mn) 21,505.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Primary Income (PI) (USD mn) -2,383.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Other Investment (OI): Liabilities (USD mn) 1,773.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Capital Account (CP) (USD mn) 38.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: CA: Secondary Income (USD mn) 10,898.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: CA: GS: Goods (USD mn) -8,176.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: CA: GS: Services (USD mn) -776.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Debit: Current Account (CA) (USD mn) 21,942.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Cr: CA: GS: Services (USD mn) 2,553.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Financial Account (FA): Liabilities (USD mn) 2,053.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Cr: Capital Account (CP) (USD mn) 38.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Errors and Omissions (USD mn) 355.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Dr: Capital Account (CP) (USD mn) 0.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Reserve Assets (RA) (USD mn) 1,797.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Financial Account (FA) (USD mn) -318.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Cr: CA: Secondary Income (USD mn) 11,018.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Financial Account (FA): Assets (USD mn) 2,093.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Direct Investment: Assets (USD mn) 36.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Direct Investment (USD mn) -188.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Other Investment (OI) (USD mn) -1,523.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Financial Derivatives & Employee Stock Options (USD mn) -1.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Cr: CA: Primary Income (PI) (USD mn) 274.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Other Investment (OI): Assets (USD mn) 250.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Dr: CA: Primary Income (PI) (USD mn) 2,657.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Dr: CA: Secondary Income (USD mn) 120.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: Dr: CA: GS: Services (USD mn) 3,329.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
BoP: FA: Portfolio Investment (USD mn) -38.000 Dec 2025 quarterly Sep 2002 - Dec 2025
Workers' Remittances (USD mn) 3,588.971 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 1972 - Dec 2025
IIP: Liabilities (USD mn) 154,703.192 2023 yearly 2014 - 2023
IIP: Assets (USD mn) 24,765.385 2023 yearly 2014 - 2023
International Investment Position (IIP): Net (USD mn) -129,937.808 2023 yearly 2014 - 2023
External Debt: Private Sector (USD mn) 12,183.048 Dec 2024 quarterly Jun 2006 - Dec 2024
External Debt: Public (USD mn) 98,330.884 Dec 2024 quarterly Jun 2006 - Dec 2024
FDI: Tobacco & Cigarettes (USD mn) 0.376 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2001 - Dec 2025
FDI: Food (USD mn) 9.504 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2001 - Dec 2025
FDI: Chemicals (USD mn) 0.628 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2001 - Dec 2025
FDI: Oil & Gas Exploration (USD mn) -8.248 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2001 - Dec 2025
FDI: Financial Business (USD mn) 74.102 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2001 - Dec 2025
Foreign Investment: Direct Investment: Outflow: United States (USD mn) 6.080 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2012 - Dec 2025
Foreign Investment: Direct Investment: Italy (USD mn) 2.753 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2011 - Dec 2025
Foreign Investment: Direct Investment: Outflow: United Kingdom (USD mn) 18.989 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2012 - Dec 2025
Foreign Investment: Direct Investment: Switzerland (USD mn) 17.421 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2001 - Dec 2025
Foreign Investment: Direct Investment: United Kingdom (USD mn) 7.878 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2001 - Dec 2025
Foreign Investment: Direct Investment: Outflow: China (USD mn) 13.030 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2012 - Dec 2025
Foreign Investment: Direct Investment: Outflow: U.A.E (USD mn) 4.011 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2012 - Dec 2025
Foreign Investment: Direct Investment: United States (USD mn) 1.529 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2001 - Dec 2025
Foreign Investment: Direct Investment: Hong Kong (USD mn) 20.453 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2001 - Dec 2025
Foreign Investment: Direct Investment: Outflow: Saudi Arabia (USD mn) 0.789 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2012 - Dec 2025
Monetary Last Frequency Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) 6.6 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 2006 - Sep 2025
Non-Performing Loans (USD mn) 3,427.370 Sep 2025 quarterly Sep 2003 - Sep 2025
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) 48,010.597 Dec 2025 monthly Jan 1988 - Dec 2025
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) 144,623.592 Nov 2025 monthly Jan 1988 - Nov 2025
M2 Growth (%) 14.4 Nov 2025 monthly Jan 1989 - Nov 2025
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) 5.0 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2006 - Dec 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) 20,742.2 Dec 2025 monthly Jan 1959 - Dec 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) 5.000 Dec 2025 monthly Jul 2006 - Dec 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) 3.4 Dec 2025 monthly Jan 1996 - Dec 2025
Gold Reserves (USD mn) 9,095.365 Dec 2025 monthly Dec 1956 - Dec 2025
Total Deposits (USD mn) 111,576.396 2024 yearly 1997 - 2024
Total Deposits Growth (%) 13.8 2024 yearly 1998 - 2024
Domestic Credit (USD mn) 186,712.5 Dec 2025 monthly Jun 2008 - Dec 2025
Domestic Credit Growth (%) 11.3 Dec 2025 monthly Jun 2009 - Dec 2025
Total Loans (USD mn) 52,366.391 Dec 2025 monthly Sep 2007 - Dec 2025
Total Loans Growth (%) -5.96 Dec 2025 monthly Sep 2008 - Dec 2025
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) 9.55 2024 yearly 2005 - 2024
Domestic Claims (PKR mn) 52,298,721.697 Dec 2025 monthly Jun 2008 - Dec 2025
Money Supply M0: Reserve Money (PKR mn) 13,447,912.233 Dec 2025 monthly Jan 1988 - Dec 2025
ORA: Foreign Currency Reserves (FCR) (USD mn) 14,539.769 Dec 2025 monthly Oct 2003 - Dec 2025
ORA: Gold Including Gold Deposits and Gold Swapped (USD mn) 2,711.52 May 2018 monthly Oct 2003 - May 2018

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