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This entry gives the total number of mobile cellular telephone subscribers.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	Telephones - mobile cellular


Afghanistan	12 million (2009)


Albania	4.162 million (2009)


Algeria	32.73 million (2009)


American Samoa	2,200 (2004)


Andorra	64,500 (2009)


Angola	8.109 million (2009)


Anguilla	27,000 (2009)


Antigua and Barbuda	134,900 (2009)


Argentina	51.891 million (2009)


Armenia	2.62 million (2009)


Aruba	128,000 (2009)


Australia	24.22 million (2009)


Austria	11.773 million (2009)


Azerbaijan	7.757 million (2009)


Bahamas, The	358,800 (2009)


Bahrain	1.578 million (2009)


Bangladesh	50.4 million (2009)


Barbados	337,100 (2009)


Belarus	9.686 million (2009)


Belgium	12.419 million (2009)


Belize	161,800 (2009)


Benin	5.033 million (2009)


Bermuda	85,000 (2009)


Bhutan	327,100 (2009)


Bolivia	7.148 million (2009)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.257 million (2009)


Botswana	1.874 million (2009)


Brazil	173.959 million (2009)


British Virgin Islands	24,000 (2009)


Brunei	425,000 (2009)


Bulgaria	10.617 million (2009)


Burkina Faso	3.299 million (2009)


Burma	448,000 (2009)


Burundi	838,400 (2009)


Cambodia	5.593 million (2009)


Cameroon	7.397 million (2009)


Canada	23.081 million (2009)


Cape Verde	392,000 (2009)


Cayman Islands	33,800 (2004)


Central African Republic	168,000 (2009)


Chad	2.686 million (2009)


Chile	16.45 million (2009)


China	747 million (2009)


Colombia	42.16 million (2009)


Comoros	100,000 (2009)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10.163 million (2009)


Congo, Republic of the	2.171 million (2009)


Cook Islands	7,000 (2009)


Costa Rica	1.95 million (2009)


Cote d'Ivoire	13.346 million (2009)


Croatia	6.035 million (2009)


Cuba	443,000 (2009)


Cyprus	area under government control: 977,500 (2009); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 147,522 (2002)


Czech Republic	14.258 million (2009)


Denmark	7.406 million (2009)


Djibouti	128,800 (2009)


Dominica	106,000 (2009)


Dominican Republic	8.63 million (2009)


Ecuador	13.635 million (2009)


Egypt	55.352 million (2009)


El Salvador	7.566 million (2009)


Equatorial Guinea	445,000 (2009)


Eritrea	141,100 (2009)


Estonia	2.72 million (2009)


Ethiopia	4.052 million (2009)


European Union	466 million (2005)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	3,300 (2009)


Faroe Islands	57,000 (2009)


Fiji	640,000 (2009)


Finland	7.7 million (2009)


France	60.95 million; 59.543 million (metropolitan France) (2009)


French Polynesia	208,300 (2009)


Gabon	1.373 million (2009)


Gambia, The	1.433 million (2009)


Gaza Strip	2.405 million (includes West Bank) (2010)


Georgia	2.837 million (2009)


Germany	105 million (2009)


Ghana	15.109 million (2009)


Gibraltar	28,600 (2009)


Greece	13.295 million (2009)


Greenland	53,500 (2009)


Grenada	64,000 (2009)


Guam	98,000 (2004)


Guatemala	17.308 million (2009)


Guernsey	43,800 (2004)


Guinea	5.607 million (2009)


Guinea-Bissau	560,300 (2009)


Guyana	281,400 (2005)


Haiti	3.2 million (2008)


Honduras	6.211 million (2008)


Hong Kong	11.374 million (2008)


Hungary	12.224 million (2008)


Iceland	342,000 (2008)


India	545 million (2010)


Indonesia	140.578 million (2008)


Iran	43 million (2008)


Iraq	20 million (2009)


Ireland	5.048 million (2008)


Israel	9.5 million (2009)


Italy	88.58 million (2008)


Jamaica	2.723 million (2008)


Japan	110.395 million (2008)


Jersey	83,900 (2004)


Jordan	5.9 million (2010)


Kazakhstan	14.911 million (2008)


Kenya	16.304 million (2008)


Kiribati	1,000 (2008)


Korea, South	45.607 million (2008)


Kosovo	562,000 (2007)


Kuwait	2.907 million (2008)


Kyrgyzstan	3.394 million (2008)


Laos	2.022 million (2008)


Latvia	2.234 million (2008)


Lebanon	1.43 million (2008)


Lesotho	581,000 (2008)


Liberia	732,000 (2008)


Libya	4.828 million (2008)


Liechtenstein	34,000 (2008)


Lithuania	5.023 million (2008)


Luxembourg	707,000 (2008)


Macau	1.037 million (2009)


Macedonia	2.502 million (2008)


Madagascar	4.835 million (2008)


Malawi	1.781 million (2008)


Malaysia	27.125 million (2008)


Maldives	450,500 (2009)


Mali	3.439 million (2008)


Malta	385,600 (2008)


Marshall Islands	1,000 (2008)


Mauritania	2.092 million (2008)


Mauritius	1.033 million (2008)


Mayotte	48,100 (2005)


Mexico	79.4 million (2009)


Micronesia, Federated States of	34,000 (2008)


Moldova	2.423 million (2008)


Monaco	22,000 (2008)


Mongolia	1.796 million (2008)


Montenegro	735,000 (2008)


Montserrat	3,000 (2008)


Morocco	22.816 million (2008)


Mozambique	4.405 million (2008)


Namibia	1.052 million (2008)


Nauru	1,500 (2002)


Nepal	4.2 million (2008)


Netherlands	19.927 million (2008)


Netherlands Antilles	200,000 (2004)


New Caledonia	196,500 (2008)


New Zealand	4.62 million (2008)


Nicaragua	3.108 million (2008)


Niger	1.677 million (2008)


Nigeria	62.988 million (2008)


Niue	600 (2004)


Norfolk Island	0 (2002)


Northern Mariana Islands	20,500 (2004)


Norway	5.287 million (2008)


Oman	3.219 million (2008)


Pakistan	91.44 million (2009)


Palau	12,000 (2008)


Panama	3.915 million (2008)


Papua New Guinea	600,000 (2008)


Paraguay	5.954 million (2008)


Peru	20.952 million (2008)


Philippines	68.102 million (2008)


Poland	44.004 million (2008)


Portugal	14.91 million (2008)


Puerto Rico	3.354 million (2005)


Qatar	1.683 million (2008)


Romania	24.467 million (2008)


Russia	187.5 million (2008)


Rwanda	1.323 million (2008)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	80,000 (2008)


Saint Lucia	169,600 (2008)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	130,100 (2008)


Samoa	124,000 (2008)


San Marino	17,700 (2008)


Sao Tome and Principe	49,000 (2008)


Saudi Arabia	36 million (2008)


Senegal	5.389 million (2008)


Serbia	9.619 million (2008)


Seychelles	85,300 (2008)


Sierra Leone	1.009 million (2008)


Singapore	6.375 million (2008)


Slovakia	5.52 million (2008)


Slovenia	2.055 million (2008)


Solomon Islands	30,000 (2008)


Somalia	627,000 (2008)


South Africa	45 million (2008)


Spain	49.682 million (2008)


Sri Lanka	11.082 million (2008)


Sudan	11.186 million (2008)


Suriname	416,000 (2008)


Swaziland	457,000 (2008)


Sweden	10.988 million (2008)


Switzerland	8.78 million (2008)


Syria	7.056 million (2008)


Taiwan	25.412 million (2008)


Tajikistan	3.5 million (2009)


Tanzania	14.723 million (2009)


Thailand	62 million (2008)


Timor-Leste	101,000 (2008)


Togo	1.547 million (2008)


Tonga	50,500 (2008)


Trinidad and Tobago	1.505 million (2008)


Tunisia	8.569 million (2008)


Turkey	65.824 million (2008)


Turkmenistan	1.135 million (2008)


Turks and Caicos Islands	25,100 (2004)


Tuvalu	2,000 (2008)


Uganda	8.555 million (2008)


Ukraine	55.695 million (2008)


United Arab Emirates	9.358 million (2008)


United Kingdom	75.565 million (2008)


United States	270 million (2008)


Uruguay	3.508 million (2008)


Uzbekistan	12.734 million (2008)


Vanuatu	36,000 (2008)


Venezuela	27.084 million (2008)


Vietnam	70 million (2008)


Virgin Islands	80,300 (2005)


Wallis and Futuna	NA


West Bank	2.405 million (includes Gaza Strip) (2010)


Western Sahara	0 (1999)


World	4.017 billion (2008)


Yemen	3.7 million (2008)


Zambia	3.539 million (2008)


Zimbabwe	1.655 million (2008)

The online Factbook is updated bi-weekly. ISSN 1553-8133
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