Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Australia and New Zealand

Number of mobile subscriptions in Australia and New Zealand in 2024 — 36,857,000 subs.

2024 36.86M subs +1.47% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 36.86M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Australia and New Zealand, 1960–2024010M20M30M40M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 6,823 subs1988: 41,622 subs1989: 123,429 subs1990: 239,043 subs1991: 363,759 subs1992: 597,200 subs1993: 833,800 subs1994: 1,459,200 subs1995: 2,607,000 subs1996: 4,482,800 subs1997: 5,144,200 subs1998: 5,708,000 subs1999: 7,710,000 subs2000: 10,104,000 subs2001: 13,420,000 subs2002: 15,119,000 subs2003: 16,946,000 subs2004: 19,507,000 subs2005: 21,950,000 subs2006: 23,562,290 subs2007: 25,511,207 subs2008: 26,740,000 subs2009: 26,900,000 subs2010: 27,210,000 subs2011: 28,609,000 subs2012: 29,260,000 subs2013: 29,706,000 subs2014: 30,160,000 subs2015: 31,370,000 subs2016: 32,651,000 subs2017: 33,060,000 subs2018: 33,959,000 subs2019: 33,979,000 subs2020: 33,249,000 subs2021: 33,131,000 subs2022: 34,634,000 subs2023: 36,323,000 subs2024: 36,857,000 subs
Change over the period: +36.86M

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 36.86M subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 36.86M +534,000 +1.47%
2023 36.32M +1.69M +4.88%
2022 34.63M +1.5M +4.54%
2021 33.13M −118,000 −0.35%
2020 33.25M −730,000 −2.15%
2019 33.98M +20,000 +0.06%
2018 33.96M +899,000 +2.72%
2017 33.06M +409,000 +1.25%
2016 32.65M +1.28M +4.08%
2015 31.37M +1.21M +4.01%
2014 30.16M +454,000 +1.53%
2013 29.71M +446,000 +1.52%
2012 29.26M +651,000 +2.28%
2011 28.61M +1.4M +5.14%
2010 27.21M +310,000 +1.15%
2009 26.9M +160,000 +0.6%
2008 26.74M +1.23M +4.82%
2007 25.51M +1.95M +8.27%
2006 23.56M +1.61M +7.35%
2005 21.95M +2.44M +12.52%
2004 19.51M +2.56M +15.11%
2003 16.95M +1.83M +12.08%
2002 15.12M +1.7M +12.66%
2001 13.42M +3.32M +32.82%
2000 10.1M +2.39M +31.05%
1999 7.71M +2M +35.07%
1998 5.71M +563,800 +10.96%
1997 5.14M +661,400 +14.75%
1996 4.48M +1.88M +71.95%
1995 2.61M +1.15M +78.66%
1994 1.46M +625,400 +75.01%
1993 833,800 +236,600 +39.62%
1992 597,200 +233,441 +64.17%
1991 363,759 +124,716 +52.17%
1990 239,043 +115,614 +93.67%
1989 123,429 +81,807 +196.55%
1988 41,622 +34,799 +510.02%
1987 6,823 +6,823
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.