Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Melanesia

Number of mobile subscriptions in Melanesia in 2023 — 7,161,315 subs.

2023 7.16M subs +1.58% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 7.16M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Melanesia, 1960–202302M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 1,308 subs1995: 3,376 subs1996: 8,536 subs1997: 15,120 subs1998: 27,520 subs1999: 57,282 subs2000: 115,081 subs2001: 160,867 subs2002: 190,799 subs2003: 233,355 subs2004: 320,448 subs2005: 432,957 subs2006: 561,661 subs2007: 1,043,298 subs2008: 1,736,474 subs2009: 2,448,823 subs2010: 3,113,244 subs2011: 3,766,138 subs2012: 4,247,040 subs2013: 4,621,255 subs2014: 5,010,923 subs2015: 5,385,757 subs2016: 5,461,860 subs2017: 5,745,262 subs2018: 6,048,457 subs2019: 6,568,335 subs2020: 6,789,732 subs2021: 6,793,368 subs2022: 7,050,021 subs2023: 7,161,315 subs
Change over the period: +7.16M

Comparison, 2023

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

Melanesia 7.16M subs
World 8.88B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 7.16M +111,294 +1.58%
2022 7.05M +256,653 +3.78%
2021 6.79M +3,636 +0.05%
2020 6.79M +221,397 +3.37%
2019 6.57M +519,878 +8.6%
2018 6.05M +303,195 +5.28%
2017 5.75M +283,402 +5.19%
2016 5.46M +76,103 +1.41%
2015 5.39M +374,834 +7.48%
2014 5.01M +389,668 +8.43%
2013 4.62M +374,215 +8.81%
2012 4.25M +480,902 +12.77%
2011 3.77M +652,894 +20.97%
2010 3.11M +664,421 +27.13%
2009 2.45M +712,349 +41.02%
2008 1.74M +693,176 +66.44%
2007 1.04M +481,637 +85.75%
2006 561,661 +128,704 +29.73%
2005 432,957 +112,509 +35.11%
2004 320,448 +87,093 +37.32%
2003 233,355 +42,556 +22.3%
2002 190,799 +29,932 +18.61%
2001 160,867 +45,786 +39.79%
2000 115,081 +57,799 +100.9%
1999 57,282 +29,762 +108.15%
1998 27,520 +12,400 +82.01%
1997 15,120 +6,584 +77.13%
1996 8,536 +5,160 +152.84%
1995 3,376 +2,068 +158.1%
1994 1,308 +1,308
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

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.