Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — French Polynesia

Number of mobile subscriptions in French Polynesia in 2023 — 333,905 subs. Ranked 160 in the world out of 172.

2023 333,905 subs +1.9% vs 2022
World rank 160of 172
Period maximum 335,000 subs2020
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — French Polynesia, 1960–20230100,000200,000300,000400,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0 subs1992: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 1,150 subs1996: 2,719 subs1997: 5,427 subs1998: 11,060 subs1999: 21,929 subs2000: 39,900 subs2001: 67,300 subs2002: 52,250 subs2003: 60,100 subs2004: 96,000 subs2005: 120,000 subs2006: 152,000 subs2007: 174,847 subs2008: 187,146 subs2009: 208,261 subs2010: 215,890 subs2011: 222,827 subs2012: 227,601 subs2013: 243,395 subs2014: 255,123 subs2015: 268,334 subs2016: 280,111 subs2017: 287,839 subs2018: 302,673 subs2019: 318,000 subs2020: 335,000 subs2021: 322,918 subs2022: 327,667 subs2023: 333,905 subs
Change over the period: +333,905

Comparison, 2023

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

French Polynesia 333,905 subs
World 8.88B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.14B subs
High-income countries computed 1.88B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — French Polynesia, by year French Polynesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 333,905 +6,238 +1.9%
2022 327,667 +4,749 +1.47%
2021 322,918 −12,082 −3.61%
2020 335,000 +17,000 +5.35%
2019 318,000 +15,327 +5.06%
2018 302,673 +14,834 +5.15%
2017 287,839 +7,728 +2.76%
2016 280,111 +11,777 +4.39%
2015 268,334 +13,211 +5.18%
2014 255,123 +11,728 +4.82%
2013 243,395 +15,794 +6.94%
2012 227,601 +4,774 +2.14%
2011 222,827 +6,937 +3.21%
2010 215,890 +7,629 +3.66%
2009 208,261 +21,115 +11.28%
2008 187,146 +12,299 +7.03%
2007 174,847 +22,847 +15.03%
2006 152,000 +32,000 +26.67%
2005 120,000 +24,000 +25%
2004 96,000 +35,900 +59.73%
2003 60,100 +7,850 +15.02%
2002 52,250 −15,050 −22.36%
2001 67,300 +27,400 +68.67%
2000 39,900 +17,971 +81.95%
1999 21,929 +10,869 +98.27%
1998 11,060 +5,633 +103.8%
1997 5,427 +2,708 +99.6%
1996 2,719 +1,569 +136.43%
1995 1,150 +1,150
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
1992 0 +0
1991 0 +0
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.