Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Norway

Number of mobile subscriptions in Norway in 2024 — 6,098,000 subs. Ranked 100 in the world out of 151.

2024 6.1M subs +0.76% vs 2023
World rank 100of 151
Period maximum 6.1M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Norway, 1960–202402M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 1,670 subs1982: 11,059 subs1983: 23,473 subs1984: 39,050 subs1985: 63,075 subs1986: 87,061 subs1987: 120,029 subs1988: 152,193 subs1989: 167,651 subs1990: 196,828 subs1991: 234,423 subs1992: 282,918 subs1993: 371,403 subs1994: 588,478 subs1995: 981,305 subs1996: 1,261,445 subs1997: 1,676,763 subs1998: 2,072,000 subs1999: 2,664,000 subs2000: 3,224,000 subs2001: 3,593,000 subs2002: 3,790,000 subs2003: 4,060,829 subs2004: 4,524,750 subs2005: 4,754,453 subs2006: 4,868,916 subs2007: 5,037,650 subs2008: 5,211,207 subs2009: 5,354,554 subs2010: 5,599,286 subs2011: 5,725,447 subs2012: 5,797,502 subs2013: 5,692,052 subs2014: 5,737,961 subs2015: 5,714,890 subs2016: 5,729,569 subs2017: 5,719,665 subs2018: 5,720,892 subs2019: 5,775,830 subs2020: 5,825,584 subs2021: 5,926,491 subs2022: 6,092,911 subs2023: 6,052,000 subs2024: 6,098,000 subs
Change over the period: +6.1M

Comparison, 2024

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

Norway 6.1M subs
World 9.01B subs
Northern Europe computed 134M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 6.1M +46,000 +0.76%
2023 6.05M −40,911 −0.67%
2022 6.09M +166,420 +2.81%
2021 5.93M +100,907 +1.73%
2020 5.83M +49,754 +0.86%
2019 5.78M +54,938 +0.96%
2018 5.72M +1,227 +0.02%
2017 5.72M −9,904 −0.17%
2016 5.73M +14,679 +0.26%
2015 5.71M −23,071 −0.4%
2014 5.74M +45,909 +0.81%
2013 5.69M −105,450 −1.82%
2012 5.8M +72,055 +1.26%
2011 5.73M +126,161 +2.25%
2010 5.6M +244,732 +4.57%
2009 5.35M +143,347 +2.75%
2008 5.21M +173,557 +3.45%
2007 5.04M +168,734 +3.47%
2006 4.87M +114,463 +2.41%
2005 4.75M +229,703 +5.08%
2004 4.52M +463,921 +11.42%
2003 4.06M +270,829 +7.15%
2002 3.79M +197,000 +5.48%
2001 3.59M +369,000 +11.45%
2000 3.22M +560,000 +21.02%
1999 2.66M +592,000 +28.57%
1998 2.07M +395,237 +23.57%
1997 1.68M +415,318 +32.92%
1996 1.26M +280,140 +28.55%
1995 981,305 +392,827 +66.75%
1994 588,478 +217,075 +58.45%
1993 371,403 +88,485 +31.28%
1992 282,918 +48,495 +20.69%
1991 234,423 +37,595 +19.1%
1990 196,828 +29,177 +17.4%
1989 167,651 +15,458 +10.16%
1988 152,193 +32,164 +26.8%
1987 120,029 +32,968 +37.87%
1986 87,061 +23,986 +38.03%
1985 63,075 +24,025 +61.52%
1984 39,050 +15,577 +66.36%
1983 23,473 +12,414 +112.25%
1982 11,059 +9,389 +562.22%
1981 1,670 +1,670
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.