Country
|
Telephones - mobile cellular
|
Afghanistan
|
NA
|
Albania
|
250,000 (2001)
|
Algeria
|
33,500 (1999)
|
American Samoa
|
2,550 (1997)
|
Andorra
|
14,117 (December 1998)
|
Angola
|
25,800 (2000)
|
Anguilla
|
1,629 (2000)
|
Antarctica
|
NA; Iridium system in use
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
1,300 (1996)
|
Argentina
|
3 million (December 1999)
|
Armenia
|
50,000 (2002)
|
Aruba
|
3,402 (1997)
|
Australia
|
8.6 million (2000)
|
Austria
|
6 million (2001)
|
Azerbaijan
|
800,000 (2002)
|
Bahamas, The
|
6,152 (1997)
|
Bahrain
|
58,543 (1997)
|
Bangladesh
|
283,000 (2000)
|
Barbados
|
8,013 (1997)
|
Belarus
|
8,167 (1997)
|
Belgium
|
974,494 (1997)
|
Belize
|
3,023 (1997)
|
Benin
|
55,500 (2000)
|
Bermuda
|
7,980 (1996)
|
Bhutan
|
NA
|
Bolivia
|
116,000 (1997)
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
9,000 (1997)
|
Botswana
|
270,000 (September 2001)
|
Brazil
|
4.4 million (1997)
|
British Virgin Islands
|
NA
|
Brunei
|
43,524 (1996)
|
Bulgaria
|
1.054 million (2001)
|
Burkina Faso
|
25,200 (2000)
|
Burma
|
8,492 (1997)
|
Burundi
|
30,000 (2002)
|
Cambodia
|
80,000 (2000)
|
Cameroon
|
300,000 (2002)
|
Canada
|
8,751,300 (1997)
|
Cape Verde
|
28,119 (2002)
|
Cayman Islands
|
2,534 (1995)
|
Central African Republic
|
710 (1998)
|
Chad
|
5,500 (2000)
|
Chile
|
944,225 (1998)
|
China
|
65 million (January 2001)
|
Christmas Island
|
NA
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
NA
|
Colombia
|
1,800,229 (December 1998)
|
Comoros
|
NA
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
15,000 (2000)
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
3,300 (1998)
|
Cook Islands
|
0 (1994)
|
Costa Rica
|
143,000 (2000)
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
450,000 (2000)
|
Croatia
|
1.3 million (2001)
|
Cuba
|
2,994 (1997)
|
Cyprus
|
Greek Cypriot area: 68,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 70,000 (1999)
|
Czech Republic
|
4.346 million (2000)
|
Denmark
|
1,444,016 (1997)
|
Djibouti
|
5,000 (2002)
|
Dominica
|
461 (1996)
|
Dominican Republic
|
130,149 (1997)
|
East Timor
|
NA
|
Ecuador
|
384,000 (1999)
|
Egypt
|
380,000 (1999)
|
El Salvador
|
40,163 (1997)
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
300 (1998)
|
Eritrea
|
NA; note - mobile cellular service was introduced in May 2001
|
Estonia
|
711,000 (yearend 2001)
|
Ethiopia
|
17,800 (2000)
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
NA
|
Faroe Islands
|
10,761 (1999)
|
Fiji
|
5,200 (1997)
|
Finland
|
3,728,600 (2001)
|
France
|
11.078 million (yearend 1998)
|
French Guiana
|
NA
|
French Polynesia
|
5,427 (1997)
|
Gabon
|
120,000 (2000)
|
Gambia, The
|
5,624 (2000)
|
Gaza Strip
|
NA
|
Georgia
|
185,500 (2000)
|
Germany
|
55.3 million (June 2001)
|
Ghana
|
150,000 (2001)
|
Gibraltar
|
1,620 (1997)
|
Greece
|
937,700 (1997)
|
Greenland
|
12,676 (yearend 1999)
|
Grenada
|
976 (1997)
|
Guadeloupe
|
NA
|
Guam
|
55,000 (1998)
|
Guatemala
|
663,296 (September 2000)
|
Guernsey
|
12,000 (1997)
|
Guinea
|
21,567 (1998)
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
0 (2001)
|
Guyana
|
6,100 (2000)
|
Haiti
|
0 (1995)
|
Holy See (Vatican City)
|
NA
|
Honduras
|
14,427 (1997)
|
Hong Kong
|
3.7 million (December 1999)
|
Hungary
|
1.269 million (July 1999)
|
Iceland
|
248,131 (221,231 GSM, 26,900 NMT) (2001)
|
India
|
2.93 million (November 2000)
|
Indonesia
|
1.07 million (1998)
|
Iran
|
265,000 (August 1998)
|
Iraq
|
NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001)
|
Ireland
|
3 million (2002)
|
Israel
|
2.5 million (1999)
|
Italy
|
20.5 million (1999)
|
Jamaica
|
54,640 (1996)
|
Japan
|
63.88 million (2000)
|
Jersey
|
4,400 (1997)
|
Jordan
|
11,500 (1995)
|
Kazakhstan
|
400,000 (2001)
|
Kenya
|
540,000 (2001)
|
Kiribati
|
NA
|
Korea, North
|
NA
|
Korea, South
|
28 million (September 2000)
|
Kuwait
|
210,000 (1997)
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
NA
|
Laos
|
4,915 (1997)
|
Latvia
|
401,263 (2000)
|
Lebanon
|
580,000 (1999)
|
Lesotho
|
21,600 (2000)
|
Liberia
|
0 (1998)
|
Libya
|
20,000 (1998)
|
Liechtenstein
|
NA
|
Lithuania
|
500,000 (2001)
|
Luxembourg
|
215,741 (2000)
|
Macau
|
158,251 (November 2001)
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
|
12,362 (1997)
|
Madagascar
|
63,100 (2000)
|
Malawi
|
49,000 (2000)
|
Malaysia
|
5 million (2000)
|
Maldives
|
1,290 (1997)
|
Mali
|
40,000 (2001)
|
Malta
|
17,691 (1997)
|
Man, Isle of
|
NA
|
Marshall Islands
|
489 (2001)
|
Martinique
|
15,000 (1997)
|
Mauritania
|
35,000 (2001)
|
Mauritius
|
180,000 (2000)
|
Mayotte
|
0 (2000)
|
Mexico
|
2.02 million (1998)
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
newly installed in Pohnpei and Yap
|
Moldova
|
2,200 (1997)
|
Monaco
|
NA
|
Mongolia
|
110,000 (2001)
|
Montserrat
|
70 (1994)
|
Morocco
|
116,645 (1998)
|
Mozambique
|
287,000 (2002)
|
Namibia
|
82,000 (2000 est.)
|
Nauru
|
450 (1994)
|
Nepal
|
NA
|
Netherlands
|
4,081,891 (April 1999)
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
13,977 (1996)
|
New Caledonia
|
13,040 (1998)
|
New Zealand
|
2.2 million (2000)
|
Nicaragua
|
7,911 (1997)
|
Niger
|
6,700 (2002)
|
Nigeria
|
200,000 (2001)
|
Niue
|
0 (1991)
|
Norfolk Island
|
0 (1983)
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
1,200 (1995)
|
Norway
|
2,080,408 (1998)
|
Oman
|
59,822 (1997)
|
Pakistan
|
158,000 (1998)
|
Palau
|
1,000 (2002)
|
Panama
|
17,000 (1997)
|
Papua New Guinea
|
3,053 (1996)
|
Paraguay
|
510,000 (2001)
|
Peru
|
504,995 (1998)
|
Philippines
|
11.35 million (2001)
|
Poland
|
13 million (2002)
|
Portugal
|
3,074,194 (1999)
|
Puerto Rico
|
169,265 (1996)
|
Qatar
|
43,476 (1997)
|
Reunion
|
197,000 (September 2000)
|
Romania
|
645,500 (1999)
|
Russia
|
19 million (January 2003)
|
Rwanda
|
81,000 (2001)
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several prefecture capitals (2002)
|
Saint Helena
|
0 (1997)
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
205 (1997)
|
Saint Lucia
|
1,600 (1997)
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
0 (1994)
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
NA
|
Samoa
|
1,545 (February 1998)
|
San Marino
|
3,010 (1998)
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
6,942 (1997)
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2.9 million (2002 est.)
|
Senegal
|
373,965 (2001)
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
87,000 (1997)
|
Seychelles
|
16,316 (1999)
|
Sierra Leone
|
30,000 (2001)
|
Singapore
|
2.74 million (2000)
|
Slovakia
|
736,662 (April 1999)
|
Slovenia
|
1 million (2000)
|
Solomon Islands
|
658 (1997)
|
Somalia
|
NA
|
South Africa
|
7.06 million (2001)
|
Spain
|
8.394 million (1999)
|
Sri Lanka
|
228,604 (1999)
|
Sudan
|
20,000 (2000)
|
Suriname
|
4,090 (1997)
|
Svalbard
|
NA
|
Swaziland
|
45,000 (2001)
|
Sweden
|
3.835 million (October 1998)
|
Switzerland
|
1.967 million (1999)
|
Syria
|
NA
|
Taiwan
|
16 million (September 2000)
|
Tajikistan
|
2,500 (1997)
|
Tanzania
|
30,000 (1999)
|
Thailand
|
3.1 million (2002)
|
Togo
|
2,995 (1997)
|
Tokelau
|
0 (2001)
|
Tonga
|
302 (1996)
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
17,411 (1997)
|
Tunisia
|
50,000 (1998)
|
Turkey
|
17.1 million (2001)
|
Turkmenistan
|
4,300 (1998)
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
0 (1994)
|
Tuvalu
|
0 (1994)
|
Uganda
|
9,000 (1998)
|
Ukraine
|
236,000 (1998)
|
United Arab Emirates
|
1 million (1999)
|
United Kingdom
|
43.5 million (yearend 1998)
|
United States
|
69.209 million (1998)
|
Uruguay
|
350,000 (2001)
|
Uzbekistan
|
130,000 (2003)
|
Vanuatu
|
310 (2000)
|
Venezuela
|
2 million (1998)
|
Vietnam
|
730,155 (2000)
|
Virgin Islands
|
2,000 (1992)
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
0 (1994)
|
West Bank
|
NA
|
Western Sahara
|
0 (1999)
|
World
|
NA
|
Yemen
|
32,042 (2000)
|
Zambia
|
90,000 (2002)
|
Zimbabwe
|
111,000 (2001)
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