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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
634,000,000
2008
2 India
545,000,000
2010
3 United States
270,000,000
2008
4 Russia
187,500,000
2008
5 Brazil
150,641,000
2008
6 Indonesia
140,578,000
2008
7 Japan
110,395,000
2008
8 Germany
107,245,000
2008
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
59,259,000
2008
19 Ukraine
55,695,000
2008
20 Egypt
55,350,000
2010
21 Spain
49,682,000
2008
22 Argentina
46,509,000
2008
23 Bangladesh
45,750,000
2009
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
41,365,000
2008
29 Saudi Arabia
36,000,000
2008
30 Algeria
31,871,000
2008
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 Morocco
22,816,000
2008
36 Australia
22,120,000
2008
37 Canada
21,455,000
2008
38 Peru
20,952,000
2008
39 Iraq
20,000,000
2009
40 Netherlands
19,927,000
2008
41 Kenya
16,304,000
2008
42 Guatemala
14,949,000
2008
43 Kazakhstan
14,911,000
2008
44 Portugal
14,910,000
2008
45 Chile
14,797,000
2008
46 Tanzania
14,723,000
2009
47 Greece
13,799,000
2008
48 Czech Republic
13,780,000
2008
49 Uzbekistan
12,734,000
2008
50 Hungary
12,224,000
2008
51 Belgium
11,822,000
2008
52 Ecuador
11,595,000
2008
53 Ghana
11,570,000
2008
54 Hong Kong
11,374,000
2008
55 Sudan
11,186,000
2008
56 Sri Lanka
11,082,000
2008
57 Sweden
10,988,000
2008
58 Austria
10,816,000
2008
59 Bulgaria
10,633,000
2008
60 Cote d'Ivoire
10,449,000
2008
61 Serbia
9,619,000
2008
62 Israel
9,500,000
2009
63 United Arab Emirates
9,358,000
2008
64 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
9,263,000
2008
65 Switzerland
8,780,000
2008
66 Belarus
8,693,000
2008
67 Tunisia
8,569,000
2008
68 Uganda
8,555,000
2008
69 Afghanistan
8,450,000
2008
70 Dominican Republic
7,210,000
2008
71 Syria
7,056,000
2008
72 El Salvador
6,951,000
2008
73 Finland
6,830,000
2008
74 Angola
6,773,000
2008
75 Denmark
6,551,000
2008
76 Azerbaijan
6,548,000
2008
77 Singapore
6,375,000
2008
78 Honduras
6,211,000
2008
79 Cameroon
6,161,000
2008
80 Paraguay
5,954,000
2008
81 Croatia
5,924,000
2008
82 Jordan
5,900,000
2010
83 Slovakia
5,520,000
2008
84 Senegal
5,389,000
2008
85 Norway
5,287,000
2008
86 Ireland
5,048,000
2008
87 Lithuania
5,023,000
2008
88 Madagascar
4,835,000
2008
89 Bolivia
4,830,000
2008
90 Libya
4,828,000
2008
91 New Zealand
4,620,000
2008
92 Mozambique
4,405,000
2008
93 Cambodia
4,237,000
2008
94 Nepal
4,200,000
2008
95 Panama
3,915,000
2008
96 Guinea
3,840,000
2008
97 Yemen
3,700,000
2008
98 Benin
3,625,000
2008
99 Zambia
3,539,000
2008
100 Uruguay
3,508,000
2008
101 Tajikistan
3,500,000
2009
102 Mali
3,439,000
2008
103 Kyrgyzstan
3,394,000
2008
104 Puerto Rico
3,354,000
2005
105 Oman
3,219,000
2008
106 Haiti
3,200,000
2008
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina
3,179,000
2008
108 Ethiopia
3,168,000
2008
109 Albania
3,141,000
2008
110 Nicaragua
3,108,000
2008
111 Kuwait
2,907,000
2008
112 Georgia
2,755,000
2008
113 Jamaica
2,723,000
2008
114 Burkina Faso
2,553,000
2008
115 Estonia
2,525,000
2008
116 Macedonia
2,502,000
2008
117 Moldova
2,423,000
2008
118 Gaza Strip
2,405,000
2010
119 West Bank
2,405,000
2010
120 Armenia
2,336,000
2008
121 Latvia
2,234,000
2008
122 Mauritania
2,092,000
2008
123 Slovenia
2,055,000
2008
124 Laos
2,022,000
2008
125 Costa Rica
1,887,000
2008
126 Chad
1,809,000
2008
127 Congo, Republic of the
1,807,000
2008
128 Mongolia
1,796,000
2008
129 Malawi
1,781,000
2008
130 Qatar
1,683,000
2008
131 Niger
1,677,000
2008
132 Zimbabwe
1,655,000
2008
133 Togo
1,547,000
2008
134 Trinidad and Tobago
1,505,000
2008
135 Botswana
1,486,000
2008
136 Lebanon
1,430,000
2008
137 Bahrain
1,400,000
2008
138 Rwanda
1,323,000
2008
139 Gabon
1,300,000
2008
140 Gambia, The
1,166,000
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 Cyprus
1,017,000
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146 Sierra Leone
1,009,000
2008
147 Montenegro
735,000
2008
148 Liberia
732,000
2008
149 Luxembourg
707,000
2008
150 Somalia
627,000
2008
151 Fiji
600,000
2008
152 Papua New Guinea
600,000
2008
153 Lesotho
581,000
2008
154 Kosovo
562,000
2007
155 Guinea-Bissau
500,200
2008
156 Burundi
480,600
2008
157 Swaziland
457,000
2008
158 Maldives
450,500
2009
159 Suriname
416,000
2008
160 Barbados
406,000
2008
161 Malta
385,600
2008
162 Brunei
376,000
2008
163 Burma
375,800
2008
164 Bahamas, The
358,000
2008
165 Equatorial Guinea
346,000
2008
166 Iceland
342,000
2008
167 Cuba
331,700
2008
168 Guyana
281,400
2005
169 Cape Verde
277,700
2008
170 Bhutan
251,000
2008
171 Netherlands Antilles
200,000
2004
172 New Caledonia
196,500
2008
173 French Polynesia
187,100
2008
174 Saint Lucia
169,600
2008
175 Belize
160,000
2008
176 Central African Republic
154,000
2008
177 Antigua and Barbuda
136,600
2008
178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
130,100
2008
179 Aruba
127,100
2008
180 Samoa
124,000
2008
181 Eritrea
108,600
2008
182 Timor-Leste
101,000
2008
183 Dominica
100,000
2008
184 Seychelles
85,300
2008
185 Jersey
83,900
2004
186 Virgin Islands
80,300
2005
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis
80,000
2008
188 Bermuda
79,000
2008
189 Andorra
64,200
2008
190 Grenada
60,000
2008
191 Greenland
55,800
2008
192 Faroe Islands
54,900
2008
193 Tonga
50,500
2008
194 Sao Tome and Principe
49,000
2008
195 Mayotte
48,100
2005
196 Djibouti
44,100
2005
197 Guernsey
43,800
2004
198 Comoros
42,000
2008
199 Vanuatu
36,000
2008
200 Micronesia, Federated States of
34,000
2008
201 Liechtenstein
34,000
2008
202 Cayman Islands
33,800
2004
203 Solomon Islands
30,000
2008
204 Turks and Caicos Islands
25,100
2004
205 British Virgin Islands
23,000
2008
206 Monaco
22,000
2008
207 Northern Mariana Islands
20,500
2004
208 Gibraltar
18,400
2004
209 San Marino
17,700
2008
210 Anguilla
13,100
2005
211 Palau
12,000
2008
212 Cook Islands
6,700
2008
213 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
3,000
2008
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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