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New Zealand: Mobile cellular subscriptions

130.09per 100 people · 2024+15.4% since 2014

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services. Annual figures for New Zealand from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024130.093
2023126.855
2022115.984
2021114.455
2020123.001
2019120.475
2018128.937
2017132.98
2016129.381
2015121.369
2014112.757
2013107.009
2012111.568
2011109.978
2010108.331
2009109.193
2008108.404
2007100.662
200690.922
200585.369
200474.12
200364.61
200261.982
200158.791
200039.973
199936.39
199820.735
199714.995
199613.217
19959.935
19946.606
19934.024
19922.836
19912.077
19901.592
19890.867
19880.302
19870.073
19860
19850
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19700
19650
19600

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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