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This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phones in use.

List

Rank Country or region Number of mobile phones Population % of population Last updated
—  World Over 5 billion 6,909,500,000[1] 2010[2]
1  China 906,800,000 1,341,000,000[3] 67.1 June 2011[4]
2  India 851,695,668 1,210,193,422[5] 71.59 July 2011[6]
3  United States 302,947,098 310,866,000[7] 96 Dec 2010[8]
4 Russia Russia 220,550,000 142,905,200[9] 151.9 February 2011[10]
5 Brazil Brazil 217,300,000 190,732,694‎[11] 111.6 June 2011[12]
6 Indonesia Indonesia 168,264,000 237,556,363 73.1 May 2009[13]
7 Japan Japan 107,490,000 127,370,000 84.1 Mar. 2009[14]
8 Pakistan Pakistan 108,894,518 171,901,000 65.4 Jun 2011[15]
9 Germany Germany 107,000,000 81,882,342 130.1 2009[16]
10 Nigeria Nigeria 90,583,306 140,000,000 64.7 Feb. 2011[17]
11 Mexico Mexico 88,797,186 112,322,757 79.8 Sep.2010[18]
12 Italy Italy 88,580,000 60,090,400 147.4 Dec.2008[19]
13 Philippines Philippines 78,000,000 92,226,600 73.6 January 2010[20]
14 United Kingdom United Kingdom 75,750,000 61,612,300 122.9 Dec. 2008[21]
15 Bangladesh Bangladesh 74,190,000 150,093,000 48.6 Mar. 2011[22]
16 Turkey Turkey 66,000,000 71,517,100 92.2 2009[23]
17 France France 58,730,000 65,073,842 90.2 Dec. 2008[24]
18 Thailand Thailand 516,170,90 65,001,021 81.0 2009[citation needed]
19 Ukraine Ukraine 54,377,000 46,143,700 117.9 April. 2009[25]
20 Iran Iran 52,000,000 75,078,000 69.3 2010[26][27]
21 Spain Spain 50,890,000 45,828,172 111.0 Dec. 2008[28]
22 Argentina Argentina 50,409,800 40,134,425 125.6 2010[29]
23 Poland Poland 47,153,200 38,186,860[30] 123.48 2010[31]
24 South Korea South Korea 47,000,000 48,333,000 97.2 2009[32]
25 South Africa South Africa 42,300,000 47,850,700 82.9 2007[citation needed]
26 Colombia Colombia 40,300,000 45,393,050 88.7 2009[citation needed]
27 Vietnam Vietnam 34,500,000 89,375,000 38.8 October 2010[33]
28 Egypt Egypt 71,460,000 78,300,000 91.3 Egypt Ministry of Communications & IT, February 2011[34]
29 Algeria Algeria 33,000,000 35,000,000 94.2 2011[35]
30 Venezuela Venezuela 27,400,000 28,200,000 98.0 2008[citation needed]
31 Peru Peru 27,100,000 29,000,000 95.5 Dec. 2010[36]
32 Taiwan Taiwan 25,412,000 22,974,347 110.6 2008[citation needed]
33 Romania Romania 22,800,000 21,438,000 108.5 March 2008[citation needed]
34 Canada Canada 24,037,372 34,238,035 70.2 Q3 2010[37]
35 Morocco Morocco 27,050,000 32,993,000 81.9 Q1 2010[38]
36 Netherlands Netherlands 20,000,000 16,515,057 121.1 Nov. 2009[39]
37 Australia Australia 21,260,000 21,179,211 100.4 Jun 2007[40]
38 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 46,000,000 27,137,000 169.5 Jun 2010[41]
39 Malaysia Malaysia 30,379,000 28,250,000 106 2010[42]
40  Chile 21,000,000 17,094,270 122.9 Dec. 2010[43]
41 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 17,359,312 21,000,000 80.95 Dec. 2010[44]
42  Portugal 14,500,000 10,632,000 137.0 2008[citation needed]
43  Hong Kong 13,264,896 7,008,900[45] 187.9 Nov. 2010[46]
44 Belgium Belgium 11,822,000 10,414,000 113.6 2009[citation needed]
45  Hungary 11,833,000 10,020,000 118.3 Sept. 2010[citation needed]
46 Bulgaria Bulgaria 10,655,000 7,600,000 140.2 2008[47]
47 Nepal Nepal 10,001,670 28,500,000 35.09 Nov 2010[47]
48 Israel Israel 9,319,000 7,310,000 127.5 2008[47]
49 Denmark Denmark 7,000,000 5,543,819 126.2 February 2008[48]
50 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 7,000,000 8,900,000 78.7 November 2009[49]
51 Jordan Jordan 6,010,000 5,950,000 101.0 March 2010[50]
52 Singapore Singapore 4,770,000 6,400,000 74.5 November 2009[citation needed]
53  New Zealand 4,620,000 4,252,277 108.6 2008[51]
54 Estonia Estonia 1,982,000 1,340,602 147.8 April 2009[citation needed]
55 Lebanon Lebanon 2,720,000 4,224,000 64.4 Oct 2010[52]
56 Lithuania Lithuania 4,960,000 3,341,966 148.4 February 2010[53]
57 Montenegro Montenegro 1,294,167 672,180 192.53 Dec 2009[54]

See also

Notes

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  34. ^ http://www.slideshare.net/ArabCrunch/egypt-ict-sector-in-brief-feb-2011
  35. ^ http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/news/6179.html
  36. ^ http://alertaeconomica.com/06-12-2010#at
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  38. ^ http://www.telecompaper.com/news/morocco-adds-174-million-mobile-phone-users-in-q1
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  51. ^ CIA World Factbook – New Zealand
  52. ^ http://www.iloubnan.info/en/actualite/id/50832
  53. ^ {{[2]}}
  54. ^ Na kraju 2009. više od 1,29 miliona korisnika mobilne telefonije

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