Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Tonga

Number of mobile subscriptions in Tonga in 2022 — 64,838 subs. Ranked 195 in the world out of 209.

2022 64,838 subs +0.79% vs 2021
World rank 195of 209
Period maximum 107,938 subs2017
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Tonga, 1960–2022050,000100,000150,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 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: 300 subs1996: 302 subs1997: 120 subs1998: 130 subs1999: 140 subs2000: 180 subs2001: 236 subs2002: 3,354 subs2003: 11,200 subs2004: 16,400 subs2005: 29,872 subs2006: 30,051 subs2007: 46,525 subs2008: 50,472 subs2009: 53,000 subs2010: 54,300 subs2011: 55,000 subs2012: 56,000 subs2013: 57,500 subs2014: 68,000 subs2015: 73,493 subs2016: 80,000 subs2017: 107,938 subs2018: 107,938 subs2019: 62,104 subs2020: 62,000 subs2021: 64,328 subs2022: 64,838 subs
Change over the period: +64,838

Comparison, 2022

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

Tonga 64,838 subs
World 8.65B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.08B subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.3B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Tonga, by year Tonga All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2022 64,838 +510 +0.79%
2021 64,328 +2,328 +3.75%
2020 62,000 −104 −0.17%
2019 62,104 −45,834 −42.46%
2018 107,938 +0 +0%
2017 107,938 +27,938 +34.92%
2016 80,000 +6,507 +8.85%
2015 73,493 +5,493 +8.08%
2014 68,000 +10,500 +18.26%
2013 57,500 +1,500 +2.68%
2012 56,000 +1,000 +1.82%
2011 55,000 +700 +1.29%
2010 54,300 +1,300 +2.45%
2009 53,000 +2,528 +5.01%
2008 50,472 +3,947 +8.48%
2007 46,525 +16,474 +54.82%
2006 30,051 +179 +0.6%
2005 29,872 +13,472 +82.15%
2004 16,400 +5,200 +46.43%
2003 11,200 +7,846 +233.93%
2002 3,354 +3,118 +1,321.19%
2001 236 +56 +31.11%
2000 180 +40 +28.57%
1999 140 +10 +7.69%
1998 130 +10 +8.33%
1997 120 −182 −60.26%
1996 302 +2 +0.67%
1995 300 +300
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.