Map of World Mobile Cellular Subscriptions (Per 100 People)

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts. The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

Countries with Most Mobile Phone Users in the World (Per 100 People)

Country Name	Country Code	2000	2010	2015
Afghanistan	AFG	0.00	35.97	61.58
Albania	ALB	0.90	85.47	106.38
Algeria	DZA	0.27	88.44	113.03
American Samoa	ASM	3.46
Andorra	AND	36.00	84.07	88.12
Angola	AGO	0.19	48.10	60.84
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	28.33	192.55	137.22
Arab World	ARB	3.18	87.63	110.11
Argentina	ARG	17.58	141.38	143.91
Armenia	ARM	0.57	130.43	115.15
Aruba	ABW	16.51	129.73	135.72
Australia	AUS	44.46	100.43	132.80
Austria	AUT	76.27	145.69	157.41
Azerbaijan	AZE	5.18	100.06	111.28
Bahamas, The	BHS	10.59	118.83	80.29
Bahrain	BHR	30.79	125.21	185.26
Bangladesh	BGD	0.21	44.95	83.36
Barbados	BRB	10.65	124.85	116.46
Belarus	BLR	0.49	108.87	123.64
Belgium	BEL	54.82	111.08	115.69
Belize	BLZ	7.05	62.93	48.91
Benin	BEN	0.80	74.40	85.64
Bermuda	BMU	20.69	135.79	57.95
Bhutan	BTN	0.00	55.00	87.12
Bolivia	BOL	6.86	70.69	92.18
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	2.44	80.87	90.15
Botswana	BWA	12.66	120.01	169.00
Brazil	BRA	13.29	100.88	126.59
British Virgin Islands	VGB		174.57	145.83
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	28.63	108.62	108.13
Bulgaria	BGR	9.22	138.04	129.27
Burkina Faso	BFA	0.22	36.73	80.64
Burundi	BDI	0.24	18.17	46.22
Cabo Verde	CPV	4.46	76.27	127.15
Cambodia	KHM	1.07	56.74	133.00
Cameroon	CMR	0.65	41.88	71.85
Canada	CAN	28.43	75.68	81.93
Cayman Islands	CYM	25.67	181.17	155.49
Chad	TCD	0.07	24.53	40.17
Channel Islands	CHI
Chile	CHL	22.01	115.75	129.47
China	CHN	6.66	63.17	93.16
Colombia	COL	5.66	95.76	115.74
Comoros	COM	0.00	24.20	54.80
Congo, Dem. Rep.	COD	0.03	19.01	52.99
Congo, Rep.	COG	2.24	90.44	111.66
Costa Rica	CRI	5.39	66.99	150.66
Cote d'Ivoire	CIV	2.93	82.20	119.31
Croatia	HRV	23.08	113.61	103.77
Cuba	CUB	0.06	8.89	29.65
Curacao	CUW		138.27	114.15
Cyprus	CYP	23.15	93.69	95.40
Czech Republic	CZE	42.40	122.56	129.21
Denmark	DNK	63.01	115.67	128.34
Djibouti	DJI	0.03	19.86	34.68
Dominica	DMA	1.72	148.34	106.29
Dominican Republic	DOM	8.14	88.78	82.59
Ecuador	ECU	3.85	98.53	79.43
Egypt, Arab Rep.	EGY	2.06	90.50	110.99
El Salvador	SLV	12.48	123.84	145.26
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	0.96	57.36	66.72
Eritrea	ERI	0.00	3.23	7.05
Estonia	EST	40.77	127.28	148.69
Ethiopia	ETH	0.03	7.87	42.76
Euro area	EMU	59.11	116.38	120.62
Faroe Islands	FRO	36.50	119.90	127.28
Fiji	FJI	6.78	81.10	108.20
Finland	FIN	72.03	156.31	135.50
France	FRA	49.06	91.39	102.61
French Polynesia	PYF	16.82	80.54	94.90
Gabon	GAB	9.79	103.46	168.92
Gambia, The	GMB	0.46	87.96	131.26
Georgia	GEO	4.11	90.65	128.95
Germany	DEU	57.72	106.48	116.71
Ghana	GHA	0.69	71.87	129.74
Gibraltar	GIB	20.32	102.55
Greece	GRC	54.00	110.65	113.98
Greenland	GRL	26.91	101.42	106.50
Grenada	GRD	4.23	116.50	112.25
Guam	GUM	17.51
Guatemala	GTM	7.65	125.98	111.48
Guinea	GIN	0.48	36.78	87.17
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	0.00	42.69	69.27
Guyana	GUY	5.35	71.29	67.19
Haiti	HTI	0.64	40.42	69.90
High income	HIC	49.22	108.84	124.49
Honduras	HND	2.49	124.72	95.54
Hong Kong SAR, China	HKG	79.69	195.67	228.83
Hungary	HUN	30.09	119.94	118.91
Iceland	ISL	76.42	107.24	114.01
India	IND	0.34	62.39	78.84
Indonesia	IDN	1.76	87.79	132.35
Iran, Islamic Rep.	IRN	1.46	72.59	93.38
Iraq	IRQ	0.00	75.14	93.83
Ireland	IRL	64.70	105.24	103.71
Isle of Man	IMN
Israel	ISR	73.17	122.78	133.47
Italy	ITA	74.13	154.80	151.32
Jamaica	JAM	14.21	116.07	111.51
Japan	JPN	53.12	96.81	125.05
Jordan	JOR	8.16	102.56	179.43
Kazakhstan	KAZ	1.35	121.87	187.17
Kenya	KEN	0.41	61.03	80.68
Kiribati	KIR	0.36	10.84	38.84
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	PRK	0.00	1.76	12.88
Korea, Rep.	KOR	58.33	104.77	118.46
Kosovo	KSV		32.41
Kuwait	KWT	24.97	133.01	231.76
Kyrgyz Republic	KGZ	0.18	98.90	132.80
Lao PDR	LAO	0.24	62.59	53.10
Latvia	LVA	16.92	110.31	126.97
Lebanon	LBN	22.96	65.97	87.07
Lesotho	LSO	1.16	49.15	105.52
Liberia	LBR	0.05	39.70	81.09
Libya	LBY	0.77	180.45	157.00
Liechtenstein	LIE	30.22	98.28	108.81
Lithuania	LTU	14.98	159.40	139.52
Low income	LIC	0.33	28.68	59.96
Luxembourg	LUX	69.54	143.14	148.51
Macao SAR, China	MAC	32.66	209.92	324.44
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	5.64	102.44	105.38
Madagascar	MDG	0.40	36.58	46.02
Malawi	MWI	0.43	20.76	35.34
Malaysia	MYS	21.87	119.74	143.91
Maldives	MDV	2.80	151.78	206.66
Mali	MLI	0.10	53.20	139.61
Malta	MLT	28.08	107.26	129.30
Marshall Islands	MHL	0.86		29.25
Mauritania	MRT	0.56	76.91	89.32
Mauritius	MUS	15.19	96.77	140.57
Mexico	MEX	13.55	77.52	85.30
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	FSM	0.00	26.56
Moldova	MDA	3.38	71.38	108.04
Monaco	MCO	43.41	63.55	88.78
Mongolia	MNG	6.45	92.54	104.96
Montenegro	MNE		188.69	162.16
Morocco	MAR	8.16	101.07	126.87
Mozambique	MOZ	0.28	30.14	74.24
Myanmar	MMR	0.03	1.14	76.67
Namibia	NAM	4.32	89.50	102.10
Nauru	NRU	11.95	61.85
Nepal	NPL	0.04	34.25	96.75
Netherlands	NLD	67.81	115.43	123.54
New Caledonia	NCL	23.78	89.62	93.48
New Zealand	NZL	39.97	107.83	121.83
Nicaragua	NIC	1.77	68.05	116.11
Niger	NER	0.02	23.08	46.50
Nigeria	NGA	0.02	54.66	82.19
Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	4.38
Norway	NOR	71.78	114.48	113.58
OECD members	OED	45.24	101.36	115.98
Oman	OMN	7.39	164.34	159.86
Pakistan	PAK	0.21	57.28	66.92
Palau	PLW		70.89	111.52
Panama	PAN	13.43	180.70	174.19
Papua New Guinea	PNG	0.16	27.83	46.65
Paraguay	PRY	15.34	91.66	105.39
Peru	PER	4.90	99.50	109.87
Philippines	PHL	8.31	88.98	118.13
Poland	POL	17.59	122.92	148.71
Portugal	PRT	64.67	115.30	110.41
Puerto Rico	PRI	34.71	79.09	87.09
Qatar	QAT	20.36	124.96	153.59
Romania	ROU	11.16	111.43	107.14
Russian Federation	RUS	2.22	165.50	159.95
Rwanda	RWA	0.46	32.75	70.48
Samoa	WSM	1.43	48.38	58.52
San Marino	SMR	53.78	99.11	115.16
Sao Tome and Principe	STP	0.00	57.64	65.09
Saudi Arabia	SAU	6.83	189.17	176.59
Senegal	SEN	2.54	64.43	99.95
Serbia	SRB		125.30	120.52
Seychelles	SYC	32.54	128.92	158.12
Sierra Leone	SLE	0.29	34.77	89.53
Singapore	SGP	70.12	145.40	146.14
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	SXM
Slovak Republic	SVK	23.08	109.05	122.31
Slovenia	SVN	61.10	103.30	113.22
Small states	SST	10.98	91.04	118.00
Solomon Islands	SLB	0.28	21.94	72.66
Somalia	SOM	1.08	6.73	52.47
South Africa	ZAF	18.59	97.90	159.27
South Sudan	SSD		14.45	23.86
Spain	ESP	60.24	111.28	107.90
Sri Lanka	LKA	2.28	83.62	112.83
St. Kitts and Nevis	KNA	2.63	152.81	131.84
St. Lucia	LCA	1.59	111.73	101.52
St. Martin (French part)	MAF
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT	2.19	120.56	103.65
Sudan	SDN	0.07	41.54	70.53
Suriname	SUR	8.80	99.28	180.69
Eswatini(Swaziland)	SWZ	3.10	60.83	73.20
Sweden	SWE	71.82	117.16	130.38
Switzerland	CHE	64.73	123.16	142.01
Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	0.18	54.32	62.45
Tajikistan	TJK	0.02	77.89	98.59
Tanzania	TZA	0.32	46.66	75.86
Thailand	THA	4.90	108.02	125.81
Timor-Leste	TLS		43.82	117.40
Togo	TGO	1.03	41.27	64.95
Tonga	TON	0.18	52.16	65.61
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	12.77	142.63	157.67
Tunisia	TUN	1.25	104.54	129.93
Turkey	TUR	25.54	85.63	96.02
Turkmenistan	TKM	0.17	63.42	145.94
Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA
Tuvalu	TUV	0.00	16.28	40.34
Uganda	UGA	0.52	37.74	50.37
Ukraine	UKR	1.67	117.11	144.02
United Arab Emirates	ARE	47.19	129.43	187.35
United Kingdom	GBR	73.71	123.63	125.75
United States	USA	38.47	91.31	117.59
Uruguay	URY	12.37	131.59	160.21
Uzbekistan	UZB	0.21	75.45	73.32
Vanuatu	VUT	0.20	71.92	66.25
Venezuela, RB	VEN	22.32	96.00	92.97
Vietnam	VNM	0.97	125.29	130.64
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	VIR	32.25
West Bank and Gaza	PSE	0.22	64.88	77.62
World	WLD	12.08	76.51	98.62
Yemen, Rep.	YEM	0.18	48.70	67.98
Zambia	ZMB	0.98	41.21	74.47
Zimbabwe	ZWE	2.13	58.88	84.79

Last Updated on : November 11, 2016