Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — North Macedonia

Number of mobile subscriptions in North Macedonia in 2024 — 1,975,907 subs. Ranked 127 in the world out of 151.

2024 1.98M subs +1.32% vs 2023
World rank 127of 151
Period maximum 2.24M subs2013
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — North Macedonia, 1960–202401M2M3M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0 subs1996: 1,058 subs1997: 12,362 subs1998: 30,087 subs1999: 48,733 subs2000: 115,748 subs2001: 223,275 subs2002: 365,346 subs2003: 776,000 subs2004: 985,600 subs2005: 1,131,006 subs2006: 1,263,841 subs2007: 1,794,433 subs2008: 1,967,531 subs2009: 1,943,216 subs2010: 2,153,425 subs2011: 2,213,223 subs2012: 2,235,460 subs2013: 2,237,250 subs2014: 2,224,439 subs2015: 2,083,583 subs2016: 2,050,494 subs2017: 2,008,008 subs2018: 1,969,109 subs2019: 1,921,013 subs2020: 1,862,138 subs2021: 1,941,352 subs2022: 2,048,236 subs2023: 1,950,114 subs2024: 1,975,907 subs
Change over the period: +1.98M

Comparison, 2024

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

North Macedonia 1.98M subs
World 9.01B subs
Southern Europe computed 192M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 1.98M +25,793 +1.32%
2023 1.95M −98,122 −4.79%
2022 2.05M +106,884 +5.51%
2021 1.94M +79,214 +4.25%
2020 1.86M −58,875 −3.06%
2019 1.92M −48,096 −2.44%
2018 1.97M −38,899 −1.94%
2017 2.01M −42,486 −2.07%
2016 2.05M −33,089 −1.59%
2015 2.08M −140,856 −6.33%
2014 2.22M −12,811 −0.57%
2013 2.24M +1,790 +0.08%
2012 2.24M +22,237 +1%
2011 2.21M +59,798 +2.78%
2010 2.15M +210,209 +10.82%
2009 1.94M −24,315 −1.24%
2008 1.97M +173,098 +9.65%
2007 1.79M +530,592 +41.98%
2006 1.26M +132,835 +11.74%
2005 1.13M +145,406 +14.75%
2004 985,600 +209,600 +27.01%
2003 776,000 +410,654 +112.4%
2002 365,346 +142,071 +63.63%
2001 223,275 +107,527 +92.9%
2000 115,748 +67,015 +137.51%
1999 48,733 +18,646 +61.97%
1998 30,087 +17,725 +143.38%
1997 12,362 +11,304 +1,068.43%
1996 1,058 +1,058
1995 0 +0
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.