Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Vanuatu

Number of mobile subscriptions in Vanuatu in 2023 — 286,107 subs. Ranked 161 in the world out of 172.

2023 286,107 subs +11.98% vs 2022
World rank 161of 172
Period maximum 286,107 subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Vanuatu, 1960–20230100,000200,000300,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 64 subs1995: 121 subs1996: 154 subs1997: 207 subs1998: 220 subs1999: 300 subs2000: 365 subs2001: 350 subs2002: 4,900 subs2003: 7,800 subs2004: 10,504 subs2005: 12,692 subs2006: 15,000 subs2007: 26,000 subs2008: 36,000 subs2009: 131,682 subs2010: 169,935 subs2011: 136,956 subs2012: 146,084 subs2013: 127,244 subs2014: 156,051 subs2015: 174,818 subs2016: 218,603 subs2017: 228,016 subs2018: 251,428 subs2019: 265,219 subs2020: 246,232 subs2021: 249,868 subs2022: 255,509 subs2023: 286,107 subs
Change over the period: +286,107

Comparison, 2023

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

Vanuatu 286,107 subs
World 8.88B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.14B subs
Melanesia computed 7.16M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3.05B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 286,107 +30,598 +11.98%
2022 255,509 +5,641 +2.26%
2021 249,868 +3,636 +1.48%
2020 246,232 −18,987 −7.16%
2019 265,219 +13,791 +5.49%
2018 251,428 +23,412 +10.27%
2017 228,016 +9,413 +4.31%
2016 218,603 +43,785 +25.05%
2015 174,818 +18,767 +12.03%
2014 156,051 +28,807 +22.64%
2013 127,244 −18,840 −12.9%
2012 146,084 +9,128 +6.66%
2011 136,956 −32,979 −19.41%
2010 169,935 +38,253 +29.05%
2009 131,682 +95,682 +265.78%
2008 36,000 +10,000 +38.46%
2007 26,000 +11,000 +73.33%
2006 15,000 +2,308 +18.18%
2005 12,692 +2,188 +20.83%
2004 10,504 +2,704 +34.67%
2003 7,800 +2,900 +59.18%
2002 4,900 +4,550 +1,300%
2001 350 −15 −4.11%
2000 365 +65 +21.67%
1999 300 +80 +36.36%
1998 220 +13 +6.28%
1997 207 +53 +34.42%
1996 154 +33 +27.27%
1995 121 +57 +89.06%
1994 64 +64
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

Melanesia, 2023

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.