Country Comparison > Telephones - mobile cellular

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

See also: Telephones - mobile cellular map

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