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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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