Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Oman

Number of mobile subscriptions in Oman in 2024 — 6,353,877 subs. Ranked 98 in the world out of 151.

2024 6.35M subs +0.58% vs 2023
World rank 98of 151
Period maximum 6.94M subs2017
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Oman, 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: 52 subs1986: 747 subs1987: 1,159 subs1988: 1,711 subs1989: 2,098 subs1990: 2,730 subs1991: 3,672 subs1992: 4,721 subs1993: 5,616 subs1994: 6,751 subs1995: 8,052 subs1996: 15,000 subs1997: 53,000 subs1998: 98,000 subs1999: 121,000 subs2000: 162,000 subs2001: 323,000 subs2002: 463,000 subs2003: 594,000 subs2004: 806,280 subs2005: 1,333,225 subs2006: 1,818,024 subs2007: 2,500,000 subs2008: 3,219,349 subs2009: 3,970,563 subs2010: 4,606,133 subs2011: 4,809,248 subs2012: 5,277,591 subs2013: 5,617,426 subs2014: 6,194,169 subs2015: 6,646,655 subs2016: 6,866,260 subs2017: 6,943,910 subs2018: 6,440,889 subs2019: 6,383,458 subs2020: 6,276,535 subs2021: 6,115,537 subs2022: 6,749,535 subs2023: 6,317,090 subs2024: 6,353,877 subs
Change over the period: +6.35M

Comparison, 2024

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

Oman 6.35M subs
World 9.01B subs
Western Asia computed 296M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Oman, by year Oman All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 6.35M +36,787 +0.58%
2023 6.32M −432,445 −6.41%
2022 6.75M +633,998 +10.37%
2021 6.12M −160,998 −2.57%
2020 6.28M −106,923 −1.68%
2019 6.38M −57,431 −0.89%
2018 6.44M −503,021 −7.24%
2017 6.94M +77,650 +1.13%
2016 6.87M +219,605 +3.3%
2015 6.65M +452,486 +7.31%
2014 6.19M +576,743 +10.27%
2013 5.62M +339,835 +6.44%
2012 5.28M +468,343 +9.74%
2011 4.81M +203,115 +4.41%
2010 4.61M +635,570 +16.01%
2009 3.97M +751,214 +23.33%
2008 3.22M +719,349 +28.77%
2007 2.5M +681,976 +37.51%
2006 1.82M +484,799 +36.36%
2005 1.33M +526,945 +65.36%
2004 806,280 +212,280 +35.74%
2003 594,000 +131,000 +28.29%
2002 463,000 +140,000 +43.34%
2001 323,000 +161,000 +99.38%
2000 162,000 +41,000 +33.88%
1999 121,000 +23,000 +23.47%
1998 98,000 +45,000 +84.91%
1997 53,000 +38,000 +253.33%
1996 15,000 +6,948 +86.29%
1995 8,052 +1,301 +19.27%
1994 6,751 +1,135 +20.21%
1993 5,616 +895 +18.96%
1992 4,721 +1,049 +28.57%
1991 3,672 +942 +34.51%
1990 2,730 +632 +30.12%
1989 2,098 +387 +22.62%
1988 1,711 +552 +47.63%
1987 1,159 +412 +55.15%
1986 747 +695 +1,336.54%
1985 52 +52
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.