List of countries by number of mobile phones in use
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This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phones in use. Note that it is not the number of phone devices that are being given here, but the number of phone numbers in a country. While this difference may not affect the figures of the developed countries given below, many people in many developing countries have dual-SIM mobile phones with 2 SIM cards installed: For example, in the table below, India is shown as #1 based on the number of phone numbers there. The actual number of phones (devices) in India is probably about 60% of this figure.
| Rankings | Country or regions | Number of mobile phones | Population | Connections/100 citizens | Date of evaluation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 7,000,000,000+ | 7,324,782,000 | 96 | 2015[1][2] | |
| 1 | 1,321,930,000 | 1,371,220,000 | 96.40 | December 2016[3][4] | |
| 2 | 1,170,178,305 | 1,311,050,530 | 91.08 | March 2017[4][5] | |
| 3 | 327,577,529 | 317,874,628 | 103.1 | April 2014[6][7] | |
| 4 | 284,200,000 | 201,032,714 | 141.3 | May 2015[8][9] | |
| 5 | 256,116,000 | 142,905,200 | 155.5 | July 2013[8][10] | |
| 6 | 236,800,000 | 237,556,363 | 99.68 | Ministry of Communication and Informatics of Indonesia September 2013[8] | |
| 7 | 167,371,945 | 177,155,754 | 94.5 | Feb 2014[11] | |
| 8 | 146,649,600 | 127,300,000 | 115.2 | 2013[12] | |
| 9 | 133,283,043 | 180,854,781 | 77 | Nov 2015[13][14][15][16] | |
| 10 | 131,376,000 | 157,497,000 | 84.95 | June 2016[17][18][19][20] | |
| 11 | 107,000,000 | 81,882,342 | 130.1 | 2013[21] | |
| 12 | 106,987,098 | 94,013,200 | 113.8 | October 2013[22] | |
| 13 | 101,339,000 | 112,322,757 | 90.2 | Jul. 2013[23] | |
| 14 | 96,165,000 | 73,973,650 | 130 | February 2013[24] | |
| 15 | 93,670,000 | 87,120,000 | 107.17 | Egypt Ministry of Communications & IT, December 2015[25] | |
| 16 | 88,580,000 | 60,790,400 | 147.4 | Dec. 2013[26] | |
| 17 | 83,100,000 | 64,100,000 | 129.6 | Q4 2013[27] | |
| 18 | 72,300,000 | 90,549,390 | 79 | October 2013[28] | |
| 19 | 72,200,000 | 79,463,663 | 92.5 | 2015[29][30] | |
| 20 | 72,180,000 | 63,573,842 | 114.2 | Dec. 2013[31] | |
| 21 | 69,000,000 | 67,480,000 | 105 | 2015[32] | |
| 22 | 59,474,500 | 50,586,757 | 117.6 | 2013 GSM African Mobile Observatory report [33] | |
| 23 | 57,505,555 | 45,579,904 | 126.0 | Dec. 2013[34] | |
| 24 | 57,327,472 | 48,202,617 | 118.9 | 2015[35][36] | |
| 25 | 56,725,200 | 40,134,425 | 141.34 | 2013[37] | |
| 26 | 56,004,887 | 50,219,669 | 111.5 | 2014[38] | |
| 27 | 55,740,000 | 47,265,321 | 118.0 | Feb. 2013[39] | |
| 28 | 47,153,200 | 38,186,860 | 123.48 | 2013[40][41] | |
| 29 | 46,000,000 | 27,137,000 | 169.5 | Jun 2013[42] | |
| 30 | 44,450,000 | 33,818,662 | 131 | 2015[43] | |
| 31 | 34,235,000 | 31,179,417 | 109.8 | 2015[44] | |
| 32 | 33,000,000 | 35,000,000 | 94.2 | 2013[45] | |
| 33 | 32,019,086 | 30,163,157 | 106.15 | 2014[46] | |
| 34 | 30,379,000 | 28,250,000 | 143.8 | Apr 2014[47] | |
| 35 | 29,051,673 | 26,620,020 | 109.65 | Apr. 2016[48] | |
| 36 | 28,610,000 | 23,197,947 | 123.33 | September 2013[49] | |
| 37 | 28,250,000 | 35,675,834 | 79.1 | Q3 2014[50] | |
| 38 | 28,080,000 | 42,000,000 | 71.3 | 2013[51] | |
| 39 | 26,000,000 | 21,438,000 | 123.45 | December 16, 2010 [52] | |
| 40 | 22,123,000 | 20,771,000 | 107 | Dec. 2014[53] | |
| 41 | 21,000,000 | 17,094,270 | 122.9 | Dec. 2013[54] | |
| 42 | 20,570,000 | 23,490,700 | 87.6 | c. November 2014[55][56] | |
| 43 | 20,000,000 | 16,515,057 | 121.1 | Nov. 2013[57] | |
| 44 | 18,000,000 | 85,000,020 | 21.8 | Dec. 2013[58] | |
| 45 | 17,571,895 | 14,713,763 | 119.4 | Jun. 2013[59] | |
| 46 | 17,445,581 | 7,264,100 | 240.2 | March 2015[60][61] | |
| 47 | 17,132,724 | 8,410,763 | 203.7 | Nov 2014[62] | |
| 48 | 15,900,000 | 14,300,000 | 111.18 | Jan. 2013[63] | |
| 49 | 13,518,887 | 13,060,000 | 103.5 | January 2014 [64] | |
| 50 | 13,400,000 | 10,562,178 | 126.87 | November 2013 | |
| 51 | 12,000,000 | 9,851,017 | 121.8 | 1H2015[65] | |
| 52 | 11,822,000 | 10,414,000 | 113.6 | 2013[citation needed] | |
| 53 | 11,561,890 | 9,908,798 | 116.7 | Nov. 2013[66] | |
| 54 | 10,454,400 | 7,200,000 | 145.2 | 2013[12] | |
| 56 | 9,701,200 | 7,900,000 | 122.8 | 2013[12] | |
| 56 | 9,470,000 | 5,487,308 | 172.6 | 2H 2015[67] | |
| 57 | 8,106,700 | 5,399,000 | 150.1 | Jan 2015[68] | |
| 58 | 7,000,000 | 5,543,819 | 126.2 | February 2008[69] | |
| 59 | 7,000,000 | 5,700,000 | 78.7 | November 2009 | |
| 60 | 6,900,000 | 3,405,813 | 202.5 | July 2013[70] | |
| 61 | 6,010,000 | 5,950,000 | 101.0 | March 2010[71] | |
| 62 | 5,770,638 | 4,581,269 | 125.9 | Q1 2015 [72] | |
| 63 | 4,940,000 | 2,955,986 | 167.1 | End of Q2 2013 (Tentative)[73] [74] | |
| 64 | 4,761,000 | 4,500,000 | 111.1 | 2013[12] | |
| 65 | 3,500,000 | 2,980,000 | 117.4 | 2013[75] | |
| 66 | 2,720,000 | 4,224,000 | 64.4 | Oct 2010[76] | |
| 67 | 2,579,000 | 1,986,705 | 129.8 | July 2015 (est)[77] | |
| 68 | 3,000,000 | 24,451,285 | 12.3 | 2015[78] | |
| 69 | 1,904,000 | 1,265,420 | 150.5 | Jul 2015 (est)[79] | |
| 70 | 1,300,000 | 11,200,000 | 11.6 | December 2011[80] | |
| 71 | 1,117,500 | 620,029 | 180.23 | September 2015[81] | |
| 72 | 554,651 | 452,515 | 122.57 | June 2013[82] |
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See also[edit]
- List of countries by smartphone penetration
- List of countries by number of telephone lines in use
- List of mobile network operators
- List of countries by number of Internet users
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External links[edit]
- World Map and Chart of Number of Mobile cellular subscriptions per country by Lebanese-economy-forum, World Bank data