Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — New Zealand

Number of mobile subscriptions in New Zealand in 2024 — 6,783,000 subs. Ranked 97 in the world out of 151.

2024 6.78M subs +3.37% vs 2023
World rank 97of 151
Period maximum 6.78M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — New Zealand, 1960–202402M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 2,400 subs1988: 10,000 subs1989: 28,900 subs1990: 54,100 subs1991: 72,300 subs1992: 100,200 subs1993: 143,800 subs1994: 239,200 subs1995: 365,000 subs1996: 492,800 subs1997: 566,200 subs1998: 790,000 subs1999: 1,395,000 subs2000: 1,542,000 subs2001: 2,288,000 subs2002: 2,449,000 subs2003: 2,599,000 subs2004: 3,027,000 subs2005: 3,530,000 subs2006: 3,802,290 subs2007: 4,251,207 subs2008: 4,620,000 subs2009: 4,700,000 subs2010: 4,710,000 subs2011: 4,820,000 subs2012: 4,922,000 subs2013: 4,766,000 subs2014: 5,100,000 subs2015: 5,600,000 subs2016: 6,100,000 subs2017: 6,400,000 subs2018: 6,319,000 subs2019: 6,011,000 subs2020: 6,236,000 subs2021: 5,846,000 subs2022: 5,952,000 subs2023: 6,562,000 subs2024: 6,783,000 subs
Change over the period: +6.78M

Comparison, 2024

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

New Zealand 6.78M subs
World 9.01B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.19B subs
Australia and New Zealand computed 36.86M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — New Zealand, by year New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 6.78M +221,000 +3.37%
2023 6.56M +610,000 +10.25%
2022 5.95M +106,000 +1.81%
2021 5.85M −390,000 −6.25%
2020 6.24M +225,000 +3.74%
2019 6.01M −308,000 −4.87%
2018 6.32M −81,000 −1.27%
2017 6.4M +300,000 +4.92%
2016 6.1M +500,000 +8.93%
2015 5.6M +500,000 +9.8%
2014 5.1M +334,000 +7.01%
2013 4.77M −156,000 −3.17%
2012 4.92M +102,000 +2.12%
2011 4.82M +110,000 +2.34%
2010 4.71M +10,000 +0.21%
2009 4.7M +80,000 +1.73%
2008 4.62M +368,793 +8.68%
2007 4.25M +448,917 +11.81%
2006 3.8M +272,290 +7.71%
2005 3.53M +503,000 +16.62%
2004 3.03M +428,000 +16.47%
2003 2.6M +150,000 +6.12%
2002 2.45M +161,000 +7.04%
2001 2.29M +746,000 +48.38%
2000 1.54M +147,000 +10.54%
1999 1.4M +605,000 +76.58%
1998 790,000 +223,800 +39.53%
1997 566,200 +73,400 +14.89%
1996 492,800 +127,800 +35.01%
1995 365,000 +125,800 +52.59%
1994 239,200 +95,400 +66.34%
1993 143,800 +43,600 +43.51%
1992 100,200 +27,900 +38.59%
1991 72,300 +18,200 +33.64%
1990 54,100 +25,200 +87.2%
1989 28,900 +18,900 +189%
1988 10,000 +7,600 +316.67%
1987 2,400 +2,400
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

Australia and New Zealand, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AU Australia 30.07M NZ New Zealand 6.78M

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.