Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Northern Europe

Number of mobile subscriptions in Northern Europe in 2024 — 134,452,623 subs.

2024 134M subs +0.1% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 134M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Northern Europe, 1960–2024050M100M150M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 23,482 subs1981: 50,310 subs1982: 79,375 subs1983: 118,093 subs1984: 179,574 subs1985: 300,114 subs1986: 476,707 subs1987: 774,804 subs1988: 1,207,651 subs1989: 1,826,946 subs1990: 2,213,130 subs1991: 2,604,591 subs1992: 3,107,934 subs1993: 4,353,484 subs1994: 7,227,962 subs1995: 10,840,223 subs1996: 14,312,160 subs1997: 18,301,540 subs1998: 27,583,856 subs1999: 43,744,258 subs2000: 64,330,730 subs2001: 70,774,286 subs2002: 76,720,387 subs2003: 84,851,719 subs2004: 93,226,579 subs2005: 102,361,293 subs2006: 109,708,532 subs2007: 115,605,032 subs2008: 117,994,570 subs2009: 120,799,600 subs2010: 122,141,544 subs2011: 124,875,911 subs2012: 127,699,917 subs2013: 125,229,356 subs2014: 125,224,903 subs2015: 126,157,698 subs2016: 125,493,380 subs2017: 125,787,755 subs2018: 124,864,313 subs2019: 127,183,480 subs2020: 125,426,806 subs2021: 127,028,166 subs2022: 131,437,093 subs2023: 134,314,579 subs2024: 134,452,623 subs
Change over the period: +134M

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern Europe 134M subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 134M +138,044 +0.1%
2023 134M +2.88M +2.19%
2022 131M +4.41M +3.47%
2021 127M +1.6M +1.28%
2020 125M −1.76M −1.38%
2019 127M +2.32M +1.86%
2018 125M −923,442 −0.73%
2017 126M +294,375 +0.23%
2016 125M −664,318 −0.53%
2015 126M +932,795 +0.74%
2014 125M −4,453 −0%
2013 125M −2.47M −1.93%
2012 128M +2.82M +2.26%
2011 125M +2.73M +2.24%
2010 122M +1.34M +1.11%
2009 121M +2.81M +2.38%
2008 118M +2.39M +2.07%
2007 116M +5.9M +5.37%
2006 110M +7.35M +7.18%
2005 102M +9.13M +9.8%
2004 93.23M +8.37M +9.87%
2003 84.85M +8.13M +10.6%
2002 76.72M +5.95M +8.4%
2001 70.77M +6.44M +10.02%
2000 64.33M +20.59M +47.06%
1999 43.74M +16.16M +58.59%
1998 27.58M +9.28M +50.72%
1997 18.3M +3.99M +27.87%
1996 14.31M +3.47M +32.03%
1995 10.84M +3.61M +49.98%
1994 7.23M +2.87M +66.03%
1993 4.35M +1.25M +40.08%
1992 3.11M +503,343 +19.33%
1991 2.6M +391,461 +17.69%
1990 2.21M +386,184 +21.14%
1989 1.83M +619,295 +51.28%
1988 1.21M +432,847 +55.87%
1987 774,804 +298,097 +62.53%
1986 476,707 +176,593 +58.84%
1985 300,114 +120,540 +67.13%
1984 179,574 +61,481 +52.06%
1983 118,093 +38,718 +48.78%
1982 79,375 +29,065 +57.77%
1981 50,310 +26,828 +114.25%
1980 23,482 +23,482
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.