The cell phone penetration rate in Brazil as of 2007 was 63.6%, according to the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency. With a population of almost 200 million people, Brazil is one of the World’s largest markets for mobile phone manufacturers. The chart below shows mobile phone penetration in Brazil from 2002 thru 2007.
Source: National Telecommunications Agency of Brazil
See also: Mobile phone penetration in China and in India
According to the Department of Telecommunications of India, there were 346.9 million wireless telephones in India as of December 2008. Using a total population of 1,147,995,904 (July 2008 estimate), the penetration rate of cell phones was 30.2%. For comparison purposes, the penetration rate as of December 2007 was only 20.7%. In other words, the number of mobile phones in India increased by 113 million in 12 months, an astounding 48.5% growth rate.
You may also want to compare India’s mobile phone penetration to China’s mobile phone penetration.
Cell phone penetration in China as of 2006 was only 35.3 handsets per 100 people. Considering that the population of China is over 1.3 billion, we can estimate that there are at least 463 million mobile handsets in operation. More interestingly, given that mobile phone penetration rates in more advanced countries are over 75%, as China continues to develop the market for cell phones will more than double in size.
The chart below shows mobile phone adoption in China from 2002-2006.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
A complete list of mobile network operators in Pakistan has been uploaded to the Pakistan section of the site.
A complete list of mobile network operators in China has been uploaded to the China section of the site.
A complete list of mobile network operators in India has been uploaded to the India section of the site.
