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Field Listing :: Telephones - mobile cellular

This entry gives the total number of mobile cellular telephone subscribers.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	Telephones - mobile cellular


Afghanistan	12 million (2009)


Albania	4.162 million (2009)


Algeria	32.73 million (2009)


American Samoa	2,200 (2004)


Andorra	64,500 (2009)


Angola	8.109 million (2009)


Anguilla	27,000 (2009)


Antigua and Barbuda	134,900 (2009)


Argentina	51.891 million (2009)


Armenia	2.62 million (2009)


Aruba	128,000 (2009)


Australia	24.22 million (2009)


Austria	11.773 million (2009)


Azerbaijan	7.757 million (2009)


Bahamas, The	358,800 (2009)


Bahrain	1.578 million (2009)


Bangladesh	50.4 million (2009)


Barbados	337,100 (2009)


Belarus	9.686 million (2009)


Belgium	12.419 million (2009)


Belize	161,800 (2009)


Benin	5.033 million (2009)


Bermuda	85,000 (2009)


Bhutan	327,100 (2009)


Bolivia	7.148 million (2009)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.257 million (2009)


Botswana	1.874 million (2009)


Brazil	173.959 million (2009)


British Virgin Islands	24,000 (2009)


Brunei	425,000 (2009)


Bulgaria	10.617 million (2009)


Burkina Faso	3.299 million (2009)


Burma	502,000 (2009)


Burundi	838,400 (2009)


Cambodia	5.593 million (2009)


Cameroon	7.397 million (2009)


Canada	23.081 million (2009)


Cape Verde	392,000 (2009)


Cayman Islands	33,800 (2004)


Central African Republic	168,000 (2009)


Chad	2.686 million (2009)


Chile	16.45 million (2009)


China	747 million (2009)


Colombia	42.16 million (2009)


Comoros	100,000 (2009)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10.163 million (2009)


Congo, Republic of the	2.171 million (2009)


Cook Islands	7,000 (2009)


Costa Rica	1.95 million (2009)


Cote d'Ivoire	13.346 million (2009)


Croatia	6.035 million (2009)


Cuba	443,000 (2009)


Curacao	NA


Cyprus	area under government control: 977,500 (2009); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 147,522 (2002)


Czech Republic	14.258 million (2009)


Denmark	7.406 million (2009)


Djibouti	128,800 (2009)


Dominica	106,000 (2009)


Dominican Republic	8.63 million (2009)


Ecuador	13.635 million (2009)


Egypt	55.352 million (2009)


El Salvador	7.566 million (2009)


Equatorial Guinea	445,000 (2009)


Eritrea	141,100 (2009)


Estonia	2.72 million (2009)


Ethiopia	4.052 million (2009)


European Union	466 million (2005)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	3,300 (2009)


Faroe Islands	57,000 (2009)


Fiji	640,000 (2009)


Finland	7.7 million (2009)


France	60.95 million; 59.543 million (metropolitan France) (2009)


French Polynesia	208,300 (2009)


Gabon	1.373 million (2009)


Gambia, The	1.433 million (2009)


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


Georgia	2.837 million (2009)


Germany	105 million (2009)


Ghana	15.109 million (2009)


Gibraltar	28,600 (2009)


Greece	13.295 million (2009)


Greenland	53,500 (2009)


Grenada	64,000 (2009)


Guam	98,000 (2004)


Guatemala	17.308 million (2009)


Guernsey	43,800 (2004)


Guinea	5.607 million (2009)


Guinea-Bissau	560,300 (2009)


Guyana	281,400 (2005)


Haiti	3.648 million (2009)


Honduras	7.714 million (2009)


Hong Kong	12.207 million (2009)


Hungary	11.793 million (2009)


Iceland	349,000 (2009)


India	670 million (2010)


Indonesia	159.248 million (2009)


Iran	52.555 million (2009)


Iraq	19.722 million (2009)


Ireland	4.871 million (2009)


Israel	9.022 million (2009)


Italy	90.613 million (2009)


Jamaica	2.971 million (2009)


Japan	114.917 million (2009)


Jersey	83,900 (2004)


Jordan	6.014 million (2009)


Kazakhstan	14.995 million (2009)


Kenya	19.365 million (2009)


Kiribati	1,000 (2009)


Korea, South	47.944 million (2009)


Kosovo	562,000 (2007)


Kuwait	3.876 million (2009)


Kyrgyzstan	4.487 million (2009)


Laos	3.235 million (2009)


Latvia	2.243 million (2009)


Lebanon	1.526 million (2009)


Lesotho	661,000 (2009)


Liberia	842,000 (2009)


Libya	5.004 million (2009)


Liechtenstein	35,000 (2009)


Lithuania	4.962 million (2009)


Luxembourg	719,000 (2009)


Macau	1.109 million (2010)


Macedonia	1.943 million (2009)


Madagascar	5.997 million (2009)


Malawi	2.4 million (2009)


Malaysia	30.379 million (2009)


Maldives	461,149 (2009)


Mali	3.742 million (2009)


Malta	422,100 (2009)


Marshall Islands	1,000 (2009)


Mauritania	2.182 million (2009)


Mauritius	1.087 million (2009)


Mexico	83.528 million (2009)


Micronesia, Federated States of	38,000 (2009)


Moldova	2.785 million (2009)


Monaco	23,000 (2009)


Mongolia	2.249 million (2009)


Montenegro	752,000 (2009)


Montserrat	3,000 (2008)


Morocco	25.311 million (2009)


Mozambique	5.971 million (2009)


Namibia	1.217 million (2009)


Nauru	1,500 (2002)


Nepal	7.618 million (2009)


Netherlands	21.182 million (2009)


New Caledonia	208,000 (2009)


New Zealand	4.7 million (2009)


Nicaragua	3.204 million (2009)


Niger	2.599 million (2009)


Nigeria	73.099 million (2009)


Niue	600 (2004)


Norfolk Island	0 (2002)


Northern Mariana Islands	20,500 (2004)


Norway	5.336 million (2009)


Oman	3.971 million (2009)


Pakistan	103 million (2009)


Palau	13,200 (2009)


Panama	5.677 million (2009)


Papua New Guinea	900,000 (2009)


Paraguay	5.619 million (2009)


Peru	24.7 million (2009)


Philippines	92.227 million (2010)


Poland	44.553 million (2009)


Portugal	15.178 million (2009)


Puerto Rico	2.716 million (2009)


Qatar	2.472 million (2009)


Romania	25.377 million (2009)


Russia	230.5 million (2009)


Rwanda	2.429 million (2009)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	83,000 (2009)


Saint Lucia	176,000 (2009)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	121,100 (2009)


Samoa	151,000 (2009)


San Marino	24,000 (2009)


Sao Tome and Principe	64,000 (2009)


Saudi Arabia	44.864 million (2009)


Senegal	6.902 million (2009)


Serbia	9.912 million (2009)


Seychelles	92,300 (2009)


Sierra Leone	1.16 million (2009)


Singapore	6.652 million (2009)


Sint Maarten	NA


Slovakia	5.498 million (2009)


Slovenia	2.1 million (2009)


Solomon Islands	30,000 (2009)


Somalia	641,000 (2009)


South Africa	46.436 million (2009)


Spain	50.991 million (2009)


Sri Lanka	15.868 million (2010)


Sudan	15.34 million (2009)


Suriname	763,900 (2009)


Swaziland	656,000 (2009)


Sweden	11.426 million (2009)


Switzerland	9.255 million (2009)


Syria	9.697 million (2009)


Taiwan	26.959 million (2009)


Tajikistan	4.9 million (2009)


Tanzania	17.677 million (2010)


Thailand	83.057 million (2009)


Timor-Leste	116,000 (2009)


Togo	2.187 million (2009)


Tonga	53,000 (2009)


Trinidad and Tobago	1.97 million (2009)


Tunisia	9.754 million (2009)


Turkey	62.78 million (2009)


Turkmenistan	1.5 million (2009)


Turks and Caicos Islands	25,100 (2004)


Tuvalu	2,000 (2009)


Uganda	9.384 million (2009)


Ukraine	55.333 million (2009)


United Arab Emirates	10.672 million (2009)


United Kingdom	80.375 million (2009)


United States	286 million (2009)


Uruguay	4.112 million (2009)


Uzbekistan	16.418 million (2009)


Vanuatu	126,500 (2009)


Venezuela	28.124 million (2009)


Vietnam	98.224 million (2009)


Virgin Islands	80,300 (2005)


Wallis and Futuna	NA


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


Western Sahara	0 (1999)


World	5.3 billion (2010)


Yemen	8.313 million (2009)


Zambia	4.407 million (2009)


Zimbabwe	2.991 million (2009)

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