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Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Northern Mariana Islands

Number of mobile subscriptions in the Northern Mariana Islands in 2004 — 20,474 subs. Ranked 189 in the world out of 207.

2004 20,474 subs +9.96% vs 2003
World rank 189of 207
Period maximum 20,474 subs2004
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2004 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Northern Mariana Islands, 1960–2004010,00020,00030,00019601965197019751980198519901995200020041960: 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 subs1993: 732 subs1994: 765 subs1995: 1,200 subs1999: 2,905 subs2000: 3,000 subs2001: 13,200 subs2002: 17,137 subs2003: 18,619 subs2004: 20,474 subs
Change over the period: +20,474

Comparison, 2004

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

Northern Mariana Islands 20,474 subs
World computed 1.74B subs
East Asia & Pacific 630M subs
Micronesia (subregion) computed 136,439 subs
High-income countries computed 905M subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Northern Mariana Islands, by year Northern Mariana Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2004 20,474 +1,855 +9.96%
2003 18,619 +1,482 +8.65%
2002 17,137 +3,937 +29.83%
2001 13,200 +10,200 +340%
2000 3,000 +95 +3.27%
1999 2,905 — —
1995 1,200 +435 +56.86%
1994 765 +33 +4.51%
1993 732 — —
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 — —

Micronesia, 2004

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

GU Guam 98,000 MP Northern Mariana Islands 20,474 FM Micronesia 12,782 PW Palau 3,924 MH Marshall Islands 644 KI Kiribati 615
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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.

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