Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Finland

Number of mobile subscriptions in Finland in 2024 — 7,070,000 subs. Ranked 95 in the world out of 151.

2024 7.07M subs −0.98% vs 2023
World rank 95of 151
Period maximum 9.32M subs2012
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Finland, 1960–202402.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 23,482 subs1981: 28,278 subs1982: 33,880 subs1983: 42,226 subs1984: 52,010 subs1985: 67,639 subs1986: 85,300 subs1987: 105,860 subs1988: 138,160 subs1989: 190,031 subs1990: 257,872 subs1991: 319,137 subs1992: 386,021 subs1993: 489,174 subs1994: 675,565 subs1995: 1,039,126 subs1996: 1,502,003 subs1997: 2,162,574 subs1998: 2,845,985 subs1999: 3,273,433 subs2000: 3,728,625 subs2001: 4,175,587 subs2002: 4,516,772 subs2003: 4,747,126 subs2004: 4,988,000 subs2005: 5,270,000 subs2006: 5,670,000 subs2007: 6,080,000 subs2008: 6,830,000 subs2009: 7,700,000 subs2010: 8,390,000 subs2011: 8,940,000 subs2012: 9,320,000 subs2013: 7,411,200 subs2014: 7,602,600 subs2015: 7,396,200 subs2016: 7,220,100 subs2017: 7,160,000 subs2018: 7,150,000 subs2019: 7,150,000 subs2020: 7,120,000 subs2021: 7,150,000 subs2022: 7,130,000 subs2023: 7,140,000 subs2024: 7,070,000 subs
Change over the period: +7.07M

Comparison, 2024

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

Finland 7.07M subs
World 9.01B subs
Northern Europe computed 134M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 7.07M −70,000 −0.98%
2023 7.14M +10,000 +0.14%
2022 7.13M −20,000 −0.28%
2021 7.15M +30,000 +0.42%
2020 7.12M −30,000 −0.42%
2019 7.15M +0 +0%
2018 7.15M −10,000 −0.14%
2017 7.16M −60,100 −0.83%
2016 7.22M −176,100 −2.38%
2015 7.4M −206,400 −2.71%
2014 7.6M +191,400 +2.58%
2013 7.41M −1.91M −20.48%
2012 9.32M +380,000 +4.25%
2011 8.94M +550,000 +6.56%
2010 8.39M +690,000 +8.96%
2009 7.7M +870,000 +12.74%
2008 6.83M +750,000 +12.34%
2007 6.08M +410,000 +7.23%
2006 5.67M +400,000 +7.59%
2005 5.27M +282,000 +5.65%
2004 4.99M +240,874 +5.07%
2003 4.75M +230,354 +5.1%
2002 4.52M +341,185 +8.17%
2001 4.18M +446,962 +11.99%
2000 3.73M +455,192 +13.91%
1999 3.27M +427,448 +15.02%
1998 2.85M +683,411 +31.6%
1997 2.16M +660,571 +43.98%
1996 1.5M +462,877 +44.54%
1995 1.04M +363,561 +53.82%
1994 675,565 +186,391 +38.1%
1993 489,174 +103,153 +26.72%
1992 386,021 +66,884 +20.96%
1991 319,137 +61,265 +23.76%
1990 257,872 +67,841 +35.7%
1989 190,031 +51,871 +37.54%
1988 138,160 +32,300 +30.51%
1987 105,860 +20,560 +24.1%
1986 85,300 +17,661 +26.11%
1985 67,639 +15,629 +30.05%
1984 52,010 +9,784 +23.17%
1983 42,226 +8,346 +24.63%
1982 33,880 +5,602 +19.81%
1981 28,278 +4,796 +20.42%
1980 23,482 +23,482
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.