Mobile cellular subscriptions in Montenegro

Montenegro: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 1.42 million in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.42 million
Change on year
up 7.8%
World rank
160th
of 213 countries
All-time high
1.42 million
in 2024
All-time low
483,766
in 2004
Years of data
21
2004–2024

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Montenegro, 2004–2024

400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M1.2M1.4M2004201420242004: 483.8k2005: 543.2k2006: 643.7k2007: 900.0k2008: 1.2M2009: 1.3M2010: 1.2M2011: 1.2M2012: 990.9k2013: 993.9k2014: 1.0M2015: 1.0M2016: 1.0M2017: 1.0M2018: 1.1M2019: 1.2M2020: 1.1M2021: 1.1M2022: 1.3M2023: 1.3M2024: 1.4M

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Analysis

The most recent figure for mobile cellular subscriptions in Montenegro is 1.42 million, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.

That represents a change of up 7.8% on the previous year and up 39.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Montenegro peaked at 1.42 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 483,766, in 2004.

Montenegro ranks 160th of 213 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 837,144 483,766 1.29 million 6
2010s 1.07 million 990,869 1.17 million 10
2020s 1.24 million 1.08 million 1.42 million 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Montenegro?
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Montenegro was 1.42 million in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Montenegro?
The highest recorded value was 1.42 million in 2024.
What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Montenegro?
The lowest recorded value was 483,766 in 2004.
How does Montenegro rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Montenegro ranks 160th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Montenegro?
Over the last ten years it is up 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Montenegro data come from?
The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Mobile cellular subscriptions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,039 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.