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Country Comparison :: Telephones - mobile cellular
This entry gives the total number of mobile cellular telephone subscribers.
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country Telephones - mobile cellular Date of Information
1 China
747,000,000
2009
2 India
545,000,000
2010
3 United States
270,000,000
2008
4 Russia
187,500,000
2008
5 Brazil
173,959,000
2009
6 Indonesia
140,578,000
2008
7 Japan
110,395,000
2008
8 Germany
105,000,000
2009
9 Pakistan
91,440,000
2009
10 Italy
88,580,000
2008
11 Mexico
79,400,000
2009
12 United Kingdom
75,565,000
2008
13 Vietnam
70,000,000
2008
14 Philippines
68,102,000
2008
15 Turkey
65,824,000
2008
16 Nigeria
62,988,000
2008
17 Thailand
62,000,000
2008
18 France
60,950,000
2009
19 Ukraine
55,695,000
2008
20 Egypt
55,352,000
2009
21 Argentina
51,891,000
2009
22 Bangladesh
50,400,000
2009
23 Spain
49,682,000
2008
24 Korea, South
45,607,000
2008
25 South Africa
45,000,000
2008
26 Poland
44,004,000
2008
27 Iran
43,000,000
2008
28 Colombia
42,160,000
2009
29 Saudi Arabia
36,000,000
2008
30 Algeria
32,730,000
2009
31 Malaysia
27,125,000
2008
32 Venezuela
27,084,000
2008
33 Taiwan
25,412,000
2008
34 Romania
24,467,000
2008
35 Australia
24,220,000
2009
36 Canada
23,081,000
2009
37 Morocco
22,816,000
2008
38 Peru
20,952,000
2008
39 Iraq
20,000,000
2009
40 Netherlands
19,927,000
2008
41 Guatemala
17,308,000
2009
42 Chile
16,450,000
2009
43 Kenya
16,304,000
2008
44 Ghana
15,109,000
2009
45 Kazakhstan
14,911,000
2008
46 Portugal
14,910,000
2008
47 Tanzania
14,723,000
2009
48 Czech Republic
14,258,000
2009
49 Ecuador
13,635,000
2009
50 Cote d'Ivoire
13,346,000
2009
51 Greece
13,295,000
2009
52 Uzbekistan
12,734,000
2008
53 Belgium
12,419,000
2009
54 Hungary
12,224,000
2008
55 Afghanistan
12,000,000
2009
56 Austria
11,773,000
2009
57 Hong Kong
11,374,000
2008
58 Sudan
11,186,000
2008
59 Sri Lanka
11,082,000
2008
60 Sweden
10,988,000
2008
61 Bulgaria
10,617,000
2009
62 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
10,163,000
2009
63 Belarus
9,686,000
2009
64 Serbia
9,619,000
2008
65 Israel
9,500,000
2009
66 United Arab Emirates
9,358,000
2008
67 Switzerland
8,780,000
2008
68 Dominican Republic
8,630,000
2009
69 Tunisia
8,569,000
2008
70 Uganda
8,555,000
2008
71 Angola
8,109,000
2009
72 Azerbaijan
7,757,000
2009
73 Finland
7,700,000
2009
74 El Salvador
7,566,000
2009
75 Denmark
7,406,000
2009
76 Cameroon
7,397,000
2009
77 Bolivia
7,148,000
2009
78 Syria
7,056,000
2008
79 Singapore
6,375,000
2008
80 Honduras
6,211,000
2008
81 Croatia
6,035,000
2009
82 Paraguay
5,954,000
2008
83 Jordan
5,900,000
2010
84 Guinea
5,607,000
2009
85 Cambodia
5,593,000
2009
86 Slovakia
5,520,000
2008
87 Senegal
5,389,000
2008
88 Norway
5,287,000
2008
89 Ireland
5,048,000
2008
90 Benin
5,033,000
2009
91 Lithuania
5,023,000
2008
92 Madagascar
4,835,000
2008
93 Libya
4,828,000
2008
94 New Zealand
4,620,000
2008
95 Mozambique
4,405,000
2008
96 Nepal
4,200,000
2008
97 Albania
4,162,000
2009
98 Ethiopia
4,052,000
2009
99 Panama
3,915,000
2008
100 Yemen
3,700,000
2008
101 Zambia
3,539,000
2008
102 Uruguay
3,508,000
2008
103 Tajikistan
3,500,000
2009
104 Mali
3,439,000
2008
105 Kyrgyzstan
3,394,000
2008
106 Puerto Rico
3,354,000
2005
107 Burkina Faso
3,299,000
2009
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina
3,257,000
2009
109 Oman
3,219,000
2008
110 Haiti
3,200,000
2008
111 Nicaragua
3,108,000
2008
112 Kuwait
2,907,000
2008
113 Georgia
2,837,000
2009
114 Jamaica
2,723,000
2008
115 Estonia
2,720,000
2009
116 Chad
2,686,000
2009
117 Armenia
2,620,000
2009
118 Macedonia
2,502,000
2008
119 Moldova
2,423,000
2008
120 Gaza Strip
2,405,000
2010
121 West Bank
2,405,000
2010
122 Latvia
2,234,000
2008
123 Congo, Republic of the
2,171,000
2009
124 Mauritania
2,092,000
2008
125 Slovenia
2,055,000
2008
126 Laos
2,022,000
2008
127 Costa Rica
1,950,000
2009
128 Botswana
1,874,000
2009
129 Mongolia
1,796,000
2008
130 Malawi
1,781,000
2008
131 Qatar
1,683,000
2008
132 Niger
1,677,000
2008
133 Zimbabwe
1,655,000
2008
134 Bahrain
1,578,000
2009
135 Togo
1,547,000
2008
136 Trinidad and Tobago
1,505,000
2008
137 Gambia, The
1,433,000
2009
138 Lebanon
1,430,000
2008
139 Gabon
1,373,000
2009
140 Rwanda
1,323,000
2008
141 Turkmenistan
1,135,000
2008
142 Namibia
1,052,000
2008
143 Macau
1,037,000
2009
144 Mauritius
1,033,000
2008
145 Sierra Leone
1,009,000
2008
146 Cyprus
977,500
NA
147 Burundi
838,400
2009
148 Montenegro
735,000
2008
149 Liberia
732,000
2008
150 Luxembourg
707,000
2008
151 Fiji
640,000
2009
152 Somalia
627,000
2008
153 Papua New Guinea
600,000
2008
154 Lesotho
581,000
2008
155 Kosovo
562,000
2007
156 Guinea-Bissau
560,300
2009
157 Swaziland
457,000
2008
158 Maldives
450,500
2009
159 Burma
448,000
2009
160 Equatorial Guinea
445,000
2009
161 Cuba
443,000
2009
162 Brunei
425,000
2009
163 Suriname
416,000
2008
164 Cape Verde
392,000
2009
165 Malta
385,600
2008
166 Bahamas, The
358,800
2009
167 Iceland
342,000
2008
168 Barbados
337,100
2009
169 Bhutan
327,100
2009
170 Guyana
281,400
2005
171 French Polynesia
208,300
2009
172 Netherlands Antilles
200,000
2004
173 New Caledonia
196,500
2008
174 Saint Lucia
169,600
2008
175 Central African Republic
168,000
2009
176 Belize
161,800
2009
177 Eritrea
141,100
2009
178 Antigua and Barbuda
134,900
2009
179 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
130,100
2008
180 Djibouti
128,800
2009
181 Aruba
128,000
2009
182 Samoa
124,000
2008
183 Dominica
106,000
2009
184 Timor-Leste
101,000
2008
185 Comoros
100,000
2009
186 Seychelles
85,300
2008
187 Bermuda
85,000
2009
188 Jersey
83,900
2004
189 Virgin Islands
80,300
2005
190 Saint Kitts and Nevis
80,000
2008
191 Andorra
64,500
2009
192 Grenada
64,000
2009
193 Faroe Islands
57,000
2009
194 Greenland
53,500
2009
195 Tonga
50,500
2008
196 Sao Tome and Principe
49,000
2008
197 Mayotte
48,100
2005
198 Guernsey
43,800
2004
199 Vanuatu
36,000
2008
200 Liechtenstein
34,000
2008
201 Micronesia, Federated States of
34,000
2008
202 Cayman Islands
33,800
2004
203 Solomon Islands
30,000
2008
204 Gibraltar
28,600
2009
205 Anguilla
27,000
2009
206 Turks and Caicos Islands
25,100
2004
207 British Virgin Islands
24,000
2009
208 Monaco
22,000
2008
209 Northern Mariana Islands
20,500
2004
210 San Marino
17,700
2008
211 Palau
12,000
2008
212 Cook Islands
7,000
2009
213 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
3,300
2009
214 Montserrat
3,000
2008
215 American Samoa
2,200
2004
216 Tuvalu
2,000
2008
217 Nauru
1,500
2002
218 Kiribati
1,000
2008
219 Marshall Islands
1,000
2008
220 Niue
600
2004
221 Norfolk Island
0
2002
222 Western Sahara
0
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