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Media > Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 China 1.1 billion 2012
2 India 864.72 million 2012
3 European Union 634.36 million 2011
4 United States 310 million 2012
5 Indonesia 281.96 million 2012
6 Russia 261.89 million 2012
7 Brazil 248.32 million 2012
South Asia average (profile) 220.12 million 2012
Emerging markets average (profile) 147.95 million 2012
8 Japan 138.36 million 2012
9 Vietnam 134.07 million 2012
Non-religious countries average (profile) 125.95 million 2012
10 Pakistan 120.15 million 2012
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 117.7 million 2012
11 Nigeria 112.78 million 2012
12 Germany 107.66 million 2012
13 Philippines 103 million 2012
14 Mexico 100.79 million 2012
15 Italy 97.23 million 2012
16 Bangladesh 97.18 million 2012
17 Egypt 96.8 million 2012
South and Central Asia average (profile) 92.63 million 2012
18 Thailand 84.08 million 2012
19 United Kingdom 82.11 million 2012
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) 74.63 million 2012
Religious countries average (profile) 73.58 million 2012
20 South Africa 68.39 million 2012
21 Turkey 67.68 million 2012
22 France 62.28 million 2012
23 Ukraine 59.34 million 2012
24 Argentina 58.6 million 2012
25 Iran 58.16 million 2012
26 South Korea 53.62 million 2012
Cold countries average (profile) 53.62 million 2012
27 Saudi Arabia 53.01 million 2012
28 Poland 50.84 million 2012
29 Spain 50.66 million 2012
30 Colombia 49.07 million 2012
31 Malaysia 41.32 million 2012
32 Morocco 39.02 million 2012
Former British colonies average (profile) 38.52 million 2012
High income OECD countries average (profile) 38.28 million 2012
33 Algeria 37.69 million 2012
OPEC countries average (profile) 32.75 million 2012
34 Kenya 30.73 million 2012
35 Venezuela 30.52 million 2012
Hot countries average (profile) 29.88 million 2012
36 Peru 29.39 million 2012
37 Kazakhstan 28.73 million 2012
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 28.65 million 2012
Muslim countries average (profile) 28.48 million 2012
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 28.21 million 2012
38 Sudan 27.66 million 2012
39 Tanzania 27.22 million 2012
40 Iraq 26.76 million 2012
Catholic countries average (profile) 26.28 million 2012
41 Canada 26.26 million 2012
Eastern Europe average (profile) 25.97 million 2012
NATO countries average (profile) 25.95 million 2012
42 Ghana 25.62 million 2012
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 24.98 million 2012
failed states average (profile) 24.44 million 2012
43 Australia 24.34 million 2012
44 Chile 24.13 million 2012
Eurozone average (profile) 23.28 million 2012
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 22.9 million 2012
Europe average (profile) 22.83 million 2012
European Union average (profile) 22.79 million 2012
45 Romania 22.7 million 2012
46 Guatemala 20.79 million 2012
47 Ethiopia 20.52 million 2012
48 Sri Lanka 20.32 million 2012
49 Uzbekistan 20.27 million 2012
50 Cote d'Ivoire 19.83 million 2012
51 Netherlands 19.64 million 2012
52 Democratic Republic of the Congo 19.49 million 2012
Christian countries average (profile) 19.32 million 2012
53 Cambodia 19.11 million 2012
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 18.29 million 2012
54 Afghanistan 18 million 2012
55 Ecuador 16.46 million 2012
56 Hong Kong 16.4 million 2012
57 Nepal 16.38 million 2012
58 Uganda 16.36 million 2012
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) 16.31 million 2012
Former French colonies average (profile) 15.26 million 2012
59 Mali 14.61 million 2012
60 Yemen 13.9 million 2012
61 United Arab Emirates 13.78 million 2012
62 Austria 13.59 million 2012
63 Greece 13.35 million 2012
64 Cameroon 13.11 million 2012
65 Czech Republic 12.97 million 2012
66 Syria 12.93 million 2012
67 Belgium 12.88 million 2012
68 Tunisia 12.84 million 2012
69 Zimbabwe 12.61 million 2012
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) 12.48 million 2012
70 Portugal 12.31 million 2012
71 Sweden 11.64 million 2012
72 Hungary 11.58 million 2012
73 Senegal 11.47 million 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 11.01 million 2012
74 Bulgaria 10.78 million 2012
75 Belarus 10.68 million 2012
76 Zambia 10.52 million 2012
77 Switzerland 10.46 million 2012
78 Azerbaijan 10.13 million 2012
79 Burkina Faso 9.98 million 2012
80 Angola 9.8 million 2012
81 Libya 9.59 million 2012
82 Bolivia 9.49 million 2012
83 Finland 9.32 million 2012
84 Israel 9.22 million 2012
85 Serbia 9.14 million 2012
86 Dominican Republic 9.04 million 2012
87 Jordan 8.98 million 2012
88 El Salvador 8.65 million 2012
89 Madagascar 8.56 million 2012
90 Benin 8.41 million 2012
91 Mozambique 8.11 million 2012
92 Singapore 8.06 million 2012
Landlocked countries average (profile) 7.98 million 2012
93 Honduras 7.37 million 2012
94 Kyrgyzstan 6.8 million 2012
95 Paraguay 6.79 million 2012
96 Panama 6.77 million 2012
97 Denmark 6.6 million 2012
98 Tajikistan 6.53 million 2012
99 Laos 6.49 million 2012
100 Costa Rica 6.15 million 2012
101 Haiti 6.09 million 2012
102 Slovakia 6.09 million 2012
Tourist destinations average (profile) 6.01 million 2012
103 Norway 5.73 million 2012
104 Rwanda 5.69 million 2012
105 Kuwait 5.53 million 2012
106 Burma 5.44 million 2012
107 Niger 5.4 million 2012
108 Nicaragua 5.35 million 2012
109 Oman 5.28 million 2012
110 Lithuania 5 million 2012
111 Uruguay 5 million 2012
112 Croatia 4.97 million 2012
113 New Zealand 4.92 million 2012
114 Ireland 4.91 million 2012
115 Guinea 4.78 million 2012
116 Georgia 4.7 million 2012
117 Malawi 4.42 million 2012
118 Republic of the Congo 4.28 million 2012
119 Chad 4.2 million 2012
120 Moldova 4.08 million 2012
121 Mauritania 4.02 million 2012
122 Lebanon 4 million 2012
123 Turkmenistan 3.95 million 2012
124 Togo 3.52 million 2012
125 Albania 3.5 million 2012
126 Mongolia 3.38 million 2012
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.35 million 2012
128 Armenia 3.32 million 2012
129 Botswana 3.08 million 2012
130 Puerto Rico 3.06 million 2012
131 Gabon 2.93 million 2012
132 Papua New Guinea 2.71 million 2012
133 Jamaica 2.67 million 2012
134 Qatar 2.6 million 2012
135 Namibia 2.44 million 2012
136 Liberia 2.39 million 2012
137 Latvia 2.31 million 2012
138 Burundi 2.25 million 2012
139 Slovenia 2.25 million 2012
140 Republic of Macedonia 2.24 million 2012
141 Sierra Leone 2.21 million 2012
142 Bahrain 2.12 million 2012
143 Estonia 2.07 million 2012
144 South Sudan 2 million 2012
145 Trinidad and Tobago 1.88 million 2012
146 North Korea 1.7 million 2012
147 Cuba 1.68 million 2012
148 Macau 1.61 million 2012
149 The Gambia 1.53 million 2012
150 Mauritius 1.49 million 2012
151 Lesotho 1.31 million 2012
152 Montenegro 1.13 million 2012
153 Cyprus 1.11 million 2012
154 Guinea-Bissau 1.1 million 2012
155 Central African Republic 1.07 million 2012
156 Suriname 977,000 2012
157 Fiji 858,809 2012
158 Swaziland 805,000 2012
159 Luxembourg 761,314 2012
160 Somalia 658,000 2012
161 East Timor 621,000 2012
162 Bhutan 560,890 2012
163 Maldives 560,547 2012
164 Guyana 547,047 2012
165 Malta 539,452 2012
166 Equatorial Guinea 501,077 2012
167 Brunei 469,740 2012
168 Cape Verde 425,310 2012
169 Barbados 347,000 2012
170 Iceland 346,000 2012
171 Eritrea 305,283 2012
172 Solomon Islands 302,147 2012
173 The Bahamas 254,000 2012
174 Comoros 250,000 2012
175 New Caledonia 231,000 2012
176 Saint Lucia 227,000 2012
177 French Polynesia 226,000 2012
178 Djibouti 209,000 2012
179 Antigua and Barbuda 179,769 2012
180 Belize 164,151 2012
181 Seychelles 138,272 2012
182 Vanuatu 137,000 2012
183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 135,485 2012
184 Aruba 135,000 2012
185 Grenada 128,000 2012
186 Sao Tome and Principe 122,000 2012
187 Dominica 109,300 2012
188 Guam 98,000 2004
189 Cayman Islands 96,292 2012
190 Bermuda 91,000 2012
191 Samoa 86,000 2007
192 Saint Kitts and Nevis 84,000 2012
193 Andorra 65,000 2012
194 Faeroe Islands 61,000 2012
195 Greenland 59,455 2012
196 Tonga 56,000 2012
197 Liechtenstein 38,000 2012
198 San Marino 36,000 2012
199 Monaco 33,195 2012
200 Federated States of Micronesia 27,600 2012
201 Northern Mariana Islands 20,474 2004
202 Palau 17,151 2012
203 Kiribati 16,000 2012
204 Tuvalu 2,800 2012
205 American Samoa 2,250 2004
206 Marshall Islands 660 2005

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