| Rank | Country | Telephones - mobile cellular | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 986,253,000 |  |
| 2 | India | 752,000,000 | |
| 3 | United States | 279,000,000 | |
| 4 | Brazil | 242,232,000 | |
| 5 | Russia | 238,000,000 | |
| 6 | Indonesia | 220,000,000 | |
| 7 | Vietnam | 154,000,000 | |
| 8 | Japan | 121,000,000 | |
| 9 | Pakistan | 111,000,000 | |
| 10 | Germany | 105,000,000 | |
| 11 | Mexico | 91,363,000 | |
| 12 | Nigeria | 87,298,000 | |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 85,000,000 | |
| 14 | Italy | 82,000,000 | |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 80,799,000 | |
| 16 | Philippines | 79,896,000 | |
| 17 | Egypt | 70,661,000 | |
| 18 | Thailand | 69,683,000 | |
| 19 | Iran | 67,500,000 | |
| 20 | France | 64,000,000 | |
| 21 | Turkey | 61,770,000 | |
| 22 | Argentina | 55,000,000 | |
| 23 | Ukraine | 53,929,000 | |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 51,564,000 | |
| 25 | Spain | 51,493,000 | |
| 26 | Korea, South | 50,767,000 | |
| 27 | South Africa | 50,372,000 | |
| 28 | Colombia | 46,200,000 | |
| 29 | Poland | 46,000,000 | |
| 30 | Algeria | 35,406,000 | |
| 31 | Malaysia | 34,456,000 | |
| 32 | Morocco | 31,928,000 | |
| 33 | Peru | 29,115,000 | |
| 34 | Venezuela | 27,880,000 | |
| 35 | Taiwan | 27,840,000 | |
| 36 | Canada | 25,858,000 | |
| 37 | Kenya | 24,969,000 | |
| 38 | Romania | 24,640,000 | |
| 39 | Australia | 24,490,000 | |
| 40 | Iraq | 24,000,000 | |
| 41 | Chile | 22,400,000 | |
| 42 | Tanzania | 20,984,000 | |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 20,952,000 | |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 19,768,000 | |
| 45 | Netherlands | 19,310,000 | |
| 46 | Guatemala | 18,068,000 | |
| 47 | Sudan | 17,654,000 | |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 17,558,000 | |
| 49 | Ghana | 17,436,000 | |
| 50 | Cote d'Ivoire | 17,416,000 | |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 17,359,000 | |
| 52 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 15,673,000 | |
| 53 | Ecuador | 15,333,000 | |
| 54 | Portugal | 15,195,000 | |
| 55 | Hong Kong | 13,416,000 | |
| 56 | Austria | 13,023,000 | |
| 57 | Uganda | 12,828,000 | |
| 58 | Czech Republic | 12,810,000 | |
| 59 | Belgium | 12,541,000 | |
| 60 | Greece | 12,293,000 | |
| 61 | Hungary | 12,012,000 | |
| 62 | Syria | 11,696,000 | |
| 63 | Tunisia | 11,114,000 | |
| 64 | Yemen | 11,085,000 | |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 10,926,000 | |
| 66 | Libya | 10,900,000 | |
| 67 | Belarus | 10,695,000 | |
| 68 | Sweden | 10,650,000 | |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 10,475,000 | |
| 70 | Cameroon | 10,475,000 | |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 10,120,000 | |
| 72 | Cambodia | 10,000,000 | |
| 73 | Serbia | 9,915,000 | |
| 74 | Israel | 9,875,000 | |
| 75 | Switzerland | 9,527,000 | |
| 76 | Honduras | 9,505,000 | |
| 77 | Angola | 9,491,000 | |
| 78 | Nepal | 9,196,000 | |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 8,771,000 | |
| 80 | Finland | 8,390,000 | |
| 81 | Bolivia | 8,353,000 | |
| 82 | Senegal | 8,344,000 | |
| 83 | Madagascar | 8,242,000 | |
| 84 | Benin | 7,765,000 | |
| 85 | El Salvador | 7,700,000 | |
| 86 | Burkina Faso | 7,682,000 | |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 7,500,000 | |
| 88 | Mali | 7,326,000 | |
| 89 | Singapore | 7,307,000 | |
| 90 | Mozambique | 7,224,000 | |
| 91 | Denmark | 7,047,000 | |
| 92 | Jordan | 6,620,000 | |
| 93 | Ethiopia | 6,517,000 | |
| 94 | Panama | 6,496,000 | |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 5,941,000 | |
| 96 | Slovakia | 5,925,000 | |
| 97 | Paraguay | 5,915,000 | |
| 98 | Norway | 5,525,000 | |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,275,000 | |
| 100 | Croatia | 5,115,000 | |
| 101 | New Zealand | 5,020,000 | |
| 102 | Zambia | 4,947,000 | |
| 103 | Lithuania | 4,891,000 | |
| 104 | Ireland | 4,702,000 | |
| 105 | Oman | 4,606,000 | |
| 106 | Uruguay | 4,437,000 | |
| 107 | Kuwait | 4,400,000 | |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 4,358,000 | |
| 109 | Laos | 4,003,000 | |
| 110 | Guinea | 4,000,000 | |
| 111 | Haiti | 4,000,000 | |
| 112 | Congo, Republic of the | 3,885,000 | |
| 113 | Niger | 3,806,000 | |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 3,771,000 | |
| 115 | Chad | 3,666,000 | |
| 116 | Rwanda | 3,549,000 | |
| 117 | Armenia | 3,211,000 | |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 3,198,000 | |
| 119 | Georgia | 3,193,000 | |
| 120 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,171,000 | |
| 121 | Moldova | 3,165,000 | |
| 122 | Jamaica | 3,103,000 | |
| 123 | Albania | 3,100,000 | |
| 124 | Malawi | 3,038,000 | |
| 125 | Puerto Rico | 2,934,000 | |
| 126 | Botswana | 2,900,000 | |
| 127 | Lebanon | 2,875,000 | |
| 128 | Mauritania | 2,745,000 | |
| 129 | Mongolia | 2,510,000 | |
| 130 | Togo | 2,452,000 | |
| 131 | West Bank | 2,405,000 | |
| 132 | Gaza Strip | 2,405,000 | |
| 133 | Qatar | 2,329,000 | |
| 134 | Latvia | 2,306,000 | |
| 135 | Macedonia | 2,153,000 | |
| 136 | Slovenia | 2,122,000 | |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 2,000,000 | |
| 138 | Burundi | 1,980,000 | |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 1,909,000 | |
| 140 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,894,000 | |
| 141 | Bahrain | 1,694,000 | |
| 142 | Estonia | 1,653,000 | |
| 143 | Gabon | 1,610,000 | |
| 144 | Liberia | 1,571,000 | |
| 145 | Namibia | 1,535,000 | |
| 146 | Gambia, The | 1,478,000 | |
| 147 | Cuba | 1,315,000 | |
| 148 | Burma | 1,244,000 | |
| 149 | Mauritius | 1,191,000 | |
| 150 | Montenegro | 1,170,000 | |
| 151 | Central African Republic | 1,124,000 | |
| 152 | Macau | 1,122,000 | |
| 153 | Fiji | 1,000,000 | |
| 154 | Suriname | 890,000 | |
| 155 | Swaziland | 732,700 | |
| 156 | Luxembourg | 727,000 | |
| 157 | Lesotho | 698,800 | |
| 158 | Somalia | 648,200 | |
| 159 | East Timor | 600,600 | |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 594,100 | |
| 161 | Kosovo | 562,000 | |
| 162 | Guyana | 555,400 | |
| 163 | Maldives | 494,400 | |
| 164 | Bhutan | 484,200 | |
| 165 | Malta | 455,400 | |
| 166 | Brunei | 443,200 | |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 399,300 | |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 396,400 | |
| 169 | Iceland | 348,100 | |
| 170 | Barbados | 347,900 | |
| 171 | Bahamas, The | 298,800 | |
| 172 | Vanuatu | 285,300 | |
| 173 | New Caledonia | 220,800 | |
| 174 | Comoros | 216,400 | |
| 175 | French Polynesia | 215,900 | |
| 176 | Belize | 203,000 | |
| 177 | Djibouti | 193,000 | |
| 178 | Eritrea | 185,300 | |
| 179 | Saint Lucia | 179,300 | |
| 180 | Samoa | 167,400 | |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 162,800 | |
| 182 | Aruba | 131,800 | |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 131,800 | |
| 184 | Grenada | 121,900 | |
| 185 | Seychelles | 117,600 | |
| 186 | Dominica | 111,000 | |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 102,500 | |
| 188 | Guam | 98,000 | |
| 189 | Cayman Islands | 95,100 | |
| 190 | Bermuda | 88,200 | |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 84,600 | |
| 192 | Jersey | 83,900 | |
| 193 | Virgin Islands | 80,300 | |
| 194 | Andorra | 65,000 | |
| 195 | Faroe Islands | 59,400 | |
| 196 | Greenland | 57,300 | |
| 197 | Tonga | 54,300 | |
| 198 | British Virgin Islands | 46,800 | |
| 199 | Guernsey | 43,800 | |
| 200 | Liechtenstein | 35,500 | |
| 201 | Gibraltar | 30,000 |  |
| 202 | Solomon Islands | 30,000 | |
| 203 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 27,500 | |
| 204 | Monaco | 26,300 | |
| 205 | Anguilla | 26,000 | |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 25,100 | |
| 207 | San Marino | 24,000 | |
| 208 | Northern Mariana Islands | 20,500 | |
| 209 | Palau | 14,500 | |
| 210 | Kiribati | 10,000 | |
| 211 | Cook Islands | 7,800 | |
| 212 | Nauru | 6,200 | |
| 213 | Montserrat | 4,200 | |
| 214 | Marshall Islands | 3,800 | |
| 215 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3,300 | |
| 216 | Tuvalu | 2,500 | |
| 217 | American Samoa | 2,200 | |
| 218 | Niue | 600 | |
Definition: This entry gives the total number of mobile cellular telephone subscribers.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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