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Media > Mobile phone subscribers: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 China 393.43 million 2005
2 United States 201.65 million 2005
3 Russia 120 million 2005
4 Japan 94.75 million 2005
5 India 90 million 2005
6 Brazil 86.21 million 2005
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 82.56 million 2005
7 Germany 79.2 million 2005
8 Italy 72.2 million 2005
9 United Kingdom 65.5 million 2005
Non-religious countries average (profile) 52.28 million 2005
10 France 48.06 million 2005
11 Mexico 47.46 million 2005
12 Indonesia 46.91 million 2005
Emerging markets average (profile) 45.18 million 2005
13 Turkey 43.61 million 2005
14 Spain 41.33 million 2005
15 South Korea 38.34 million 2005
16 Philippines 34.78 million 2005
17 South Africa 33.96 million 2005
18 Poland 29.17 million 2005
19 Thailand 27.38 million 2004
High income OECD countries average (profile) 27.02 million 2005
Cold countries average (profile) 26.91 million 2005
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) 23.94 million 2004
South Asia average (profile) 22.6 million 2005
20 Argentina 22.1 million 2005
21 Colombia 21.85 million 2005
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 21.08 million 2005
NATO countries average (profile) 19.67 million 2005
22 Malaysia 19.55 million 2005
23 Nigeria 18.59 million 2005
24 Australia 18.42 million 2005
Eurozone average (profile) 17.59 million 2005
25 Ukraine 17.21 million 2005
European Union average (profile) 16.9 million 2005
26 Canada 16.6 million 2005
Religious countries average (profile) 16.54 million 2005
Europe average (profile) 16.11 million 2005
27 Netherlands 15.83 million 2005
Catholic countries average (profile) 14.37 million 2005
28 Algeria 13.66 million 2005
29 Egypt 13.63 million 2005
30 Romania 13.35 million 2005
31 Saudi Arabia 13.3 million 2005
32 Pakistan 12.77 million 2005
33 Venezuela 12.5 million 2005
34 Morocco 12.39 million 2005
35 Czech Republic 11.78 million 2005
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 11.47 million 2005
36 Portugal 11.45 million 2005
Former British colonies average (profile) 10.97 million 2005
37 Chile 10.57 million 2005
South and Central Asia average (profile) 10.27 million 2005
38 Greece 10.04 million 2005
39 Vietnam 9.59 million 2005
Eastern Europe average (profile) 9.54 million 2004
40 Belgium 9.46 million 2005
41 Hungary 9.32 million 2005
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 9.11 million 2005
42 Bangladesh 9 million 2005
43 Hong Kong 8.69 million 2005
44 Sweden 8.44 million 2005
Christian countries average (profile) 8.4 million 2004
OPEC countries average (profile) 8.22 million 2005
45 Austria 8.16 million 2005
46 Israel 7.76 million 2005
47 Iran 7.22 million 2005
48 Switzerland 6.85 million 2005
49 Ecuador 6.25 million 2005
50 Bulgaria 6.24 million 2005
Muslim countries average (profile) 6.24 million 2005
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 5.95 million 2005
51 Tunisia 5.68 million 2005
52 Peru 5.58 million 2005
53 Denmark 5.47 million 2005
54 Finland 5.23 million 2005
55 Kazakhstan 4.96 million 2005
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 4.82 million 2004
56 Norway 4.75 million 2005
57 Serbia and Montenegro 4.73 million 2004
58 Kenya 4.61 million 2005
59 Slovakia 4.54 million 2005
60 United Arab Emirates 4.53 million 2005
61 Guatemala 4.51 million 2005
62 Singapore 4.38 million 2005
63 Lithuania 4.35 million 2005
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) 4.21 million 2004
64 Ireland 4.21 million 2005
65 Belarus 4.1 million 2005
Tourist destinations average (profile) 4.04 million 2004
Hot countries average (profile) 3.92 million 2004
66 Dominican Republic 3.62 million 2005
67 New Zealand 3.53 million 2005
68 Sri Lanka 3.36 million 2005
failed states average (profile) 3.31 million 2005
69 Croatia 2.98 million 2005
70 Syria 2.95 million 2005
71 Ghana 2.84 million 2005
72 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.75 million 2005
73 Jamaica 2.7 million 2005
74 Puerto Rico 2.68 million 2004
Former French colonies average (profile) 2.49 million 2005
75 Bolivia 2.42 million 2005
76 El Salvador 2.41 million 2005
77 Kuwait 2.38 million 2005
78 Cameroon 2.26 million 2005
79 Azerbaijan 2.24 million 2005
80 Cote d'Ivoire 2.19 million 2005
81 Yemen 2 million 2005
82 Tanzania 1.94 million 2004
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 1.93 million 2005
83 Paraguay 1.89 million 2005
84 Latvia 1.87 million 2005
Landlocked countries average (profile) 1.85 million 2005
85 Sudan 1.83 million 2005
86 Slovenia 1.76 million 2005
87 Senegal 1.73 million 2005
88 Jordan 1.62 million 2004
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.59 million 2005
90 Uganda 1.53 million 2005
91 Georgia 1.46 million 2005
92 Estonia 1.45 million 2005
93 Panama 1.35 million 2005
94 Oman 1.33 million 2005
95 Honduras 1.28 million 2005
96 Albania 1.26 million 2004
97 Mozambique 1.22 million 2005
98 Afghanistan 1.2 million 2005
99 Uruguay 1.15 million 2005
100 Nicaragua 1.12 million 2005
101 Costa Rica 1.1 million 2005
102 Angola 1.09 million 2005
103 Moldova 1.09 million 2005
104 Cambodia 1.06 million 2005
105 Lebanon 990,000 2005
106 Zambia 946,558 2005
107 Mali 869,576 2005
108 Botswana 823,070 2005
109 Trinidad and Tobago 800,000 2005
110 Benin 750,000 2005
111 Bahrain 748,703 2005
112 Mauritania 745,615 2005
113 Uzbekistan 720,000 2005
114 Luxembourg 719,950 2005
115 Cyprus 718,842 2005
116 Qatar 716,763 2005
117 Mauritius 713,300 2005
118 Zimbabwe 699,000 2005
119 Gabon 649,807 2005
120 Laos 638,202 2005
121 Iraq 574,000 2004
122 Burkina Faso 572,200 2005
123 Mongolia 557,207 2005
124 Kyrgyzstan 541,652 2005
125 Macau 532,758 2005
126 Madagascar 504,660 2005
127 Somalia 500,000 2005
128 Namibia 495,000 2005
129 Congo, Republic of the 490,000 2005
130 Togo 443,635 2005
131 Malawi 429,305 2005
132 Ethiopia 410,630 2005
133 Haiti 400,000 2004
134 Malta 323,980 2005
135 Armenia 320,000 2005
136 Iceland 304,001 2005
137 Niger 299,899 2005
138 Rwanda 290,000 2005
139 Guyana 281,368 2005
140 Tajikistan 265,000 2005
141 Nepal 248,820 2005
142 The Gambia 247,478 2005
143 Lesotho 245,052 2005
144 Libya 234,800 2004
145 Brunei 232,900 2005
146 Suriname 232,785 2005
147 Chad 210,000 2005
148 Barbados 206,190 2005
=149 Swaziland 200,000 2005
=149 Netherlands Antilles 200,000 2004
151 Fiji 193,733 2005
152 Guinea 189,000 2005
153 The Bahamas 186,007 2004
154 Burma 183,434 2005
155 Liberia 160,000 2005
156 Maldives 153,393 2005
157 Burundi 153,000 2005
158 Cuba 134,480 2005
159 New Caledonia 134,265 2005
160 Sierra Leone 113,214 2003
161 Central African Republic 100,000 2005
162 Aruba 98,389 2004
163 Guam 98,000 2004
164 Equatorial Guinea 96,900 2005
165 Belize 93,089 2005
166 Saint Lucia 93,000 2004
167 French Polynesia 87,000 2005
168 Cape Verde 81,721 2005
169 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70,620 2005
170 Guinea-Bissau 67,000 2005
171 Andorra 64,560 2005
172 Virgin Islands 64,200 2004
173 Seychelles 57,003 2005
174 Antigua and Barbuda 54,000 2004
175 Turkmenistan 50,100 2004
176 Bermuda 49,000 2004
177 Mayotte 48,100 2004
178 Djibouti 44,053 2005
179 Grenada 43,313 2004
180 Dominica 41,838 2004
181 Eritrea 40,438 2005
182 Faroe Islands 38,640 2003
183 Bhutan 37,842 2005
184 Cayman Islands 33,800 2004
185 Greenland 32,200 2004
186 Liechtenstein 27,503 2005
187 Papua New Guinea 26,000 2005
188 Samoa 24,000 2005
189 San Marino 17,085 2004
190 Tonga 16,400 2004
191 Comoros 16,065 2005
192 Federated States of Micronesia 14,094 2005
193 Vanuatu 12,692 2005
194 Sao Tome and Principe 12,000 2005
195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10,000 2004
196 Solomon Islands 6,000 2005
197 Northern Mariana Islands 3,000 2000
198 American Samoa 2,250 2004
199 Marshall Islands 644 2004
200 Kiribati 615 2004

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Interesting observations about Media > Mobile phone subscribers

  • India ranked first for mobile phone subscribers amongst Hot countries in 2005.
  • United States ranked first for mobile phone subscribers amongst Christian countries in 2005.
  • China ranked first for mobile phone subscribers globally in 2005.
  • Indonesia ranked first for mobile phone subscribers amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
  • Russia ranked first for mobile phone subscribers amongst Europe in 2005.
  • Germany ranked first for mobile phone subscribers amongst European Union in 2005.
  • Brazil ranked first for mobile phone subscribers amongst Catholic countries in 2005.
  • South Africa ranked first for mobile phone subscribers amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005.
  • Czech Republic ranked first for mobile phone subscribers amongst Landlocked countries in 2005.
  • Mexico ranked first for mobile phone subscribers amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2005.
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