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  Rank Order - Telephones - mobile cellular


Countries, for which no information is available, are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Telephones - mobile cellular
Date of Information
1
 United States 69,209,000 1998
2
 China 65,000,000 January 2001
3
 Japan 63,880,000 2000
4
 Germany 55,300,000 June 2001
5
 United Kingdom 43,500,000 yearend 1998
6
 Korea, South 28,000,000 September 2000
7
 Italy 20,500,000 1999
8
 Russia 19,000,000 January 2003
9
 Turkey 17,100,000 2001
10
 Taiwan 16,000,000 September 2000
11
 Poland 13,000,000 2002
12
 Philippines 11,350,000 2001
13
 France 11,078,000 yearend 1998
14
 Canada 8,751,300 1997
15
 Australia 8,600,000 2000
16
 Spain 8,394,000 1999
17
 South Africa 7,060,000 2001
18
 Austria 6,000,000 2001
19
 Malaysia 5,000,000 2000
20
 Brazil 4,400,000 1997
21
 Czech Republic 4,346,000 2000
22
 Netherlands 4,081,891 April 1999
23
 Sweden 3,835,000 October 1998
24
 Finland 3,728,600 2001
25
 Hong Kong 3,700,000 December 1999
26
 Thailand 3,100,000 2002
27
 Portugal 3,074,194 1999
28
 Argentina 3,000,000 December 1999
29
 Ireland 3,000,000 2002
30
 India 2,930,000 November 2000
31
 Saudi Arabia 2,900,000 2002 est.
32
 Singapore 2,740,000 2000
33
 Israel 2,500,000 1999
34
 New Zealand 2,200,000 2000
35
 Norway 2,080,408 1998
36
 Mexico 2,020,000 1998
37
 Venezuela 2,000,000 1998
38
 Switzerland 1,967,000 1999
39
 Colombia 1,800,229 December 1998
40
 Denmark 1,444,016 1997
41
 Croatia 1,300,000 2001
42
 Hungary 1,269,000 July 1999
43
 Indonesia 1,070,000 1998
44
 Bulgaria 1,054,000 2001
45
 Slovenia 1,000,000 2000
46
 United Arab Emirates 1,000,000 1999
47
 Belgium 974,494 1997
48
 Chile 944,225 1998
49
 Greece 937,700 1997
50
 Azerbaijan 800,000 2002
51
 Slovakia 736,662 April 1999
52
 Vietnam 730,155 2000
53
 Estonia 711,000 yearend 2001
54
 Guatemala 663,296 September 2000
55
 Romania 645,500 1999
56
 Lebanon 580,000 1999
57
 Kenya 540,000 2001
58
 Paraguay 510,000 2001
59
 Peru 504,995 1998
60
 Lithuania 500,000 2001
61
 Cote d'Ivoire 450,000 2000
62
 Latvia 401,263 2000
63
 Kazakhstan 400,000 2001
64
 Ecuador 384,000 1999
65
 Egypt 380,000 1999
66
 Senegal 373,965 2001
67
 Uruguay 350,000 2001
68
 Cameroon 300,000 2002
69
 Mozambique 287,000 2002
70
 Bangladesh 283,000 2000
71
 Botswana 270,000 September 2001
72
 Iran 265,000 August 1998
73
 Albania 250,000 2001
74
 Iceland 248,131 2001
75
 Ukraine 236,000 1998
76
 Sri Lanka 228,604 1999
77
 Luxembourg 215,741 2000
78
 Kuwait 210,000 1997
79
 Nigeria 200,000 2001
80
 Reunion 197,000 September 2000
81
 Georgia 185,500 2000
82
 Mauritius 180,000 2000
83
 Puerto Rico 169,265 1996
84
 Macau 158,251 November 2001
85
 Pakistan 158,000 1998
86
 Ghana 150,000 2001
87
 Costa Rica 143,000 2000
88
 Dominican Republic 130,149 1997
89
 Uzbekistan 130,000 2003
90
 Gabon 120,000 2000
91
 Morocco 116,645 1998
92
 Bolivia 116,000 1997
93
 Zimbabwe 111,000 2001
94
 Mongolia 110,000 2001
95
 Zambia 90,000 2002
96
 Serbia and Montenegro 87,000 1997
97
 Namibia 82,000 2000 est.
98
 Rwanda 81,000 2002
99
 Cambodia 80,000 2000
100
 Cyprus 70,000 NA
101
 Cyprus 68,000 NA
102
 Madagascar 63,100 2000
103
 Oman 59,822 1997
104
 Bahrain 58,543 1997
105
 Benin 55,500 2000
106
 Guam 55,000 1998
107
 Jamaica 54,640 1996
108
 Armenia 50,000 2002
109
 Tunisia 50,000 1998
110
 Malawi 49,000 2000
111
 Swaziland 45,000 2001
112
 Brunei 43,524 1996
113
 Qatar 43,476 1997
114
 El Salvador 40,163 1997
115
 Mali 40,000 2001
116
 Mauritania 35,000 2001
117
 Algeria 33,500 1999
118
 Yemen 32,042 2000
119
 Burundi 30,000 2002
120
 Sierra Leone 30,000 2001
121
 Tanzania 30,000 1999
122
 Cape Verde 28,119 2002
123
 Angola 25,800 2000
124
 Burkina Faso 25,200 2000
125
 Lesotho 21,600 2000
126
 Guinea 21,567 1998
127
 Libya 20,000 1998
128
 Sudan 20,000 2000
129
 Ethiopia 17,800 2000
130
 Malta 17,691 1997
131
 Trinidad and Tobago 17,411 1997
132
 Panama 17,000 1997
133
 Seychelles 16,316 1999
134
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000 2000
135
 Martinique 15,000 1997
136
 Honduras 14,427 1997
137
 Andorra 14,117 December 1998
138
 Netherlands Antilles 13,977 1996
139
 New Caledonia 13,040 1998
140
 Greenland 12,676 yearend 1999
141
 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 12,362 1997
142
 Guernsey 12,000 1997
143
 Jordan 11,500 1995
144
 Faroe Islands 10,761 1999
145
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,000 1997
146
 Uganda 9,000 1998
147
 Burma 8,492 1997
148
 Belarus 8,167 1997
149
 Barbados 8,013 1997
150
 Bermuda 7,980 1996
151
 Nicaragua 7,911 1997
152
 Sao Tome and Principe 6,942 1997
153
 Niger 6,700 2002
154
 Bahamas, The 6,152 1997
155
 Guyana 6,100 2000
156
 Gambia, The 5,624 2000
157
 Chad 5,500 2000
158
 French Polynesia 5,427 1997
159
 Fiji 5,200 1997
160
 Djibouti 5,000 2002
161
 Laos 4,915 1997
162
 Jersey 4,400 1997
163
 Turkmenistan 4,300 1998
164
 Suriname 4,090 1997
165
 Aruba 3,402 1997
166
 Congo, Republic of the 3,300 1998
167
 Papua New Guinea 3,053 1996
168
 Belize 3,023 1997
169
 San Marino 3,010 1998
170
 Togo 2,995 1997
171
 Cuba 2,994 1997
172
 American Samoa 2,550 1997
173
 Cayman Islands 2,534 1995
174
 Tajikistan 2,500 1997
175
 Moldova 2,200 1997
176
 Virgin Islands 2,000 1992
177
 Anguilla 1,629 2000
178
 Gibraltar 1,620 1997
179
 Saint Lucia 1,600 1997
180
 Samoa 1,545 February 1998
181
 Antigua and Barbuda 1,300 1996
182
 Maldives 1,290 1997
183
 Northern Mariana Islands 1,200 1995
184
 Palau 1,000 2002
185
 Grenada 976 1997
186
 Central African Republic 710 1998
187
 Solomon Islands 658 1997
188
 Marshall Islands 489 2001
189
 Dominica 461 1996
190
 Nauru 450 1994
191
 Vanuatu 310 2000
192
 Tonga 302 1996
193
 Equatorial Guinea 300 1998
194
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 205 1997
195
 Montserrat 70 1994
196
 Cook Islands 0 1994
197
 Western Sahara 0 1999
198
 Wallis and Futuna 0 1994
199
 Tuvalu 0 1994
200
 Tokelau 0 2001
201
 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 1994
202
 Saint Helena 0 1997
203
 Norfolk Island 0 1983
204
 Haiti 0 1995
205
 Mayotte 0 2000
206
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 1994
207
 Guinea-Bissau 0 2001
208
 Niue 0 1991
209
 Liberia 0 1998

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