Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Faroe Islands

Number of mobile subscriptions in the Faroe Islands in 2022 — 57,146 subs. Ranked 197 in the world out of 209.

2022 57,146 subs −3.49% vs 2021
World rank 197of 209
Period maximum 59,446 subs2010
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Faroe Islands, 1960–2022020,00040,00060,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 0 subs1982: 0 subs1983: 0 subs1984: 0 subs1985: 0 subs1986: 0 subs1987: 0 subs1988: 0 subs1989: 0 subs1990: 0 subs1991: 1,429 subs1992: 1,718 subs1993: 1,605 subs1994: 1,960 subs1995: 2,558 subs1996: 3,265 subs1997: 4,701 subs1998: 6,516 subs1999: 10,761 subs2000: 16,971 subs2001: 24,487 subs2002: 34,737 subs2003: 38,026 subs2004: 41,298 subs2005: 42,032 subs2006: 49,965 subs2007: 52,169 subs2008: 54,860 subs2009: 56,993 subs2010: 59,446 subs2011: 58,475 subs2012: 58,722 subs2013: 57,751 subs2014: 58,282 subs2015: 53,213 subs2016: 54,487 subs2017: 56,619 subs2018: 56,792 subs2019: 54,959 subs2020: 59,213 subs2021: 59,213 subs2022: 57,146 subs
Change over the period: +57,146

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands 57,146 subs
World 8.65B subs
Northern Europe computed 131M subs
High-income countries computed 1.8B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Faroe Islands, by year Faroe Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2022 57,146 −2,067 −3.49%
2021 59,213 +0 +0%
2020 59,213 +4,254 +7.74%
2019 54,959 −1,833 −3.23%
2018 56,792 +173 +0.31%
2017 56,619 +2,132 +3.91%
2016 54,487 +1,274 +2.39%
2015 53,213 −5,069 −8.7%
2014 58,282 +531 +0.92%
2013 57,751 −971 −1.65%
2012 58,722 +247 +0.42%
2011 58,475 −971 −1.63%
2010 59,446 +2,453 +4.3%
2009 56,993 +2,133 +3.89%
2008 54,860 +2,691 +5.16%
2007 52,169 +2,204 +4.41%
2006 49,965 +7,933 +18.87%
2005 42,032 +734 +1.78%
2004 41,298 +3,272 +8.6%
2003 38,026 +3,289 +9.47%
2002 34,737 +10,250 +41.86%
2001 24,487 +7,516 +44.29%
2000 16,971 +6,210 +57.71%
1999 10,761 +4,245 +65.15%
1998 6,516 +1,815 +38.61%
1997 4,701 +1,436 +43.98%
1996 3,265 +707 +27.64%
1995 2,558 +598 +30.51%
1994 1,960 +355 +22.12%
1993 1,605 −113 −6.58%
1992 1,718 +289 +20.22%
1991 1,429 +1,429
1990 0 +0
1989 0 +0
1988 0 +0
1987 0 +0
1986 0 +0
1985 0 +0
1984 0 +0
1983 0 +0
1982 0 +0
1981 0 +0
1980 0 +0
1979 0 +0
1978 0 +0
1977 0 +0
1976 0 +0
1975 0
1970 0
1965 0
1960 0

About the indicator

The number of active mobile cellular subscriptions. Subscriptions are counted, not people: one person can hold several SIM cards, and in countries where calls within a network are cheaper than calls between networks this is ordinary practice. That is exactly why the same indicator per hundred people in this catalog often runs above a hundred and fifty, and why the absolute series is easier to read: it speaks of the size of the market, not of the penetration of service.

Important: Subscriptions, not subscribers. Machine-to-machine connections — meters, cars, sensors — are counted differently from country to country.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.