Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Samoa

Number of mobile subscriptions in Samoa in 2022 — 134,320 subs. Ranked 186 in the world out of 209.

2022 134,320 subs +94.67% vs 2021
World rank 186of 209
Period maximum 151,008 subs2016
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Samoa, 1960–2022050,000100,000150,000200,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 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: 0 subs1997: 766 subs1998: 1,480 subs1999: 2,432 subs2000: 2,500 subs2001: 2,500 subs2002: 2,700 subs2003: 10,500 subs2004: 16,000 subs2005: 24,000 subs2006: 45,500 subs2007: 86,000 subs2010: 90,000 subs2012: 100,302 subs2013: 99,887 subs2014: 106,524 subs2015: 120,517 subs2016: 151,008 subs2017: 124,211 subs2018: 100,000 subs2019: 84,000 subs2020: 69,000 subs2021: 69,000 subs2022: 134,320 subs
Change over the period: +134,320

Comparison, 2022

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

Samoa 134,320 subs
World 8.65B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.08B subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3.05B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2022 134,320 +65,320 +94.67%
2021 69,000 +0 +0%
2020 69,000 −15,000 −17.86%
2019 84,000 −16,000 −16%
2018 100,000 −24,211 −19.49%
2017 124,211 −26,797 −17.75%
2016 151,008 +30,491 +25.3%
2015 120,517 +13,993 +13.14%
2014 106,524 +6,637 +6.64%
2013 99,887 −415 −0.41%
2012 100,302
2010 90,000
2007 86,000 +40,500 +89.01%
2006 45,500 +21,500 +89.58%
2005 24,000 +8,000 +50%
2004 16,000 +5,500 +52.38%
2003 10,500 +7,800 +288.89%
2002 2,700 +200 +8%
2001 2,500 +0 +0%
2000 2,500 +68 +2.8%
1999 2,432 +952 +64.32%
1998 1,480 +714 +93.21%
1997 766 +766
1996 0 +0
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

Polynesia, 2022

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

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.