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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	8.45 million (2008)


Albania	3.141 million (2008)


Algeria	31.871 million (2008)


American Samoa	2,200 (2004)


Andorra	64,200 (2008)


Angola	6.773 million (2008)


Anguilla	13,100 (2005)


Antigua and Barbuda	136,600 (2008)


Argentina	46.509 million (2008)


Armenia	2.336 million (2008)


Aruba	127,100 (2008)


Australia	22.12 million (2008)


Austria	10.816 million (2008)


Azerbaijan	6.548 million (2008)


Bahamas, The	358,000 (2008)


Bahrain	1.4 million (2008)


Bangladesh	45.75 million (2009)


Barbados	406,000 (2008)


Belarus	8.693 million (2008)


Belgium	11.822 million (2008)


Belize	160,000 (2008)


Benin	3.625 million (2008)


Bermuda	79,000 (2008)


Bhutan	251,000 (2008)


Bolivia	4.83 million (2008)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.179 million (2008)


Botswana	1.486 million (2008)


Brazil	150.641 million (2008)


British Virgin Islands	23,000 (2008)


Brunei	376,000 (2008)


Bulgaria	10.633 million (2008)


Burkina Faso	2.553 million (2008)


Burma	375,800 (2008)


Burundi	480,600 (2008)


Cambodia	4.237 million (2008)


Cameroon	6.161 million (2008)


Canada	21.455 million (2008)


Cape Verde	277,700 (2008)


Cayman Islands	33,800 (2004)


Central African Republic	154,000 (2008)


Chad	1.809 million (2008)


Chile	14.797 million (2008)


China	634 million (2008)


Colombia	41.365 million (2008)


Comoros	42,000 (2008)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	9.263 million (2008)


Congo, Republic of the	1.807 million (2008)


Cook Islands	6,700 (2008)


Costa Rica	1.887 million (2008)


Cote d'Ivoire	10.449 million (2008)


Croatia	5.924 million (2008)


Cuba	331,700 (2008)


Cyprus	area under government control: 1.017 million (2008); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 147,522 (2002)


Czech Republic	13.78 million (2008)


Denmark	6.551 million (2008)


Djibouti	44,100 (2005)


Dominica	100,000 (2008)


Dominican Republic	7.21 million (2008)


Ecuador	11.595 million (2008)


Egypt	55.35 million (2010)


El Salvador	6.951 million (2008)


Equatorial Guinea	346,000 (2008)


Eritrea	108,600 (2008)


Estonia	2.525 million (2008)


Ethiopia	3.168 million (2008)


European Union	466 million (2005)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	3,000 (2008)


Faroe Islands	54,900 (2008)


Fiji	600,000 (2008)


Finland	6.83 million (2008)


France	59.259 million; 57.972 million (metropolitan France) (2008)


French Polynesia	187,100 (2008)


Gabon	1.3 million (2008)


Gambia, The	1.166 million (2008)


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


Georgia	2.755 million (2008)


Germany	107.245 million (2008)


Ghana	11.57 million (2008)


Gibraltar	18,400 (2004)


Greece	13.799 million (2008)


Greenland	55,800 (2008)


Grenada	60,000 (2008)


Guam	98,000 (2004)


Guatemala	14.949 million (2008)


Guernsey	43,800 (2004)


Guinea	3.84 million (2008)


Guinea-Bissau	500,200 (2008)


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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