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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	17.558 million (2011)


Albania	3.1 million (2011)


Algeria	35.406 million (2011)


American Samoa	2,200 (2004)


Andorra	65,000 (2011)


Angola	9.491 million (2011)


Anguilla	26,000 (2011)


Antigua and Barbuda	162,800 (2011)


Argentina	55 million (2011)


Armenia	3.211 million (2011)


Aruba	131,800 (2010)


Australia	24.49 million (2011)


Austria	13.023 million (2011)


Azerbaijan	10.12 million (2011)


Bahamas, The	298,800 (2011)


Bahrain	1.694 million (2011)


Bangladesh	85 million (2011)


Barbados	347,900 (2011)


Belarus	10.695 million (2011)


Belgium	12.541 million (2011)


Belize	203,000 (2011)


Benin	7.765 million (2011)


Bermuda	88,200 (2010)


Bhutan	484,200 (2011)


Bolivia	8.353 million (2011)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.171 million (2011)


Botswana	2.9 million (2011)


Brazil	242.232 million (2011)


British Virgin Islands	46,800 (2010)


Brunei	443,200 (2011)


Bulgaria	10.475 million (2011)


Burkina Faso	7.682 million (2011)


Burma	1.244 million (2011)


Burundi	1.98 million (2011)


Cambodia	10 million (2011)


Cameroon	10.475 million (2011)


Canada	25.858 million (2011)


Cape Verde	396,400 (2011)


Cayman Islands	95,100 (2011)


Central African Republic	1.124 million (2011)


Chad	3.666 million (2011)


Chile	22.4 million (2011)


China	986.253 million (2011)


Colombia	46.2 million (2011)


Comoros	216,400 (2011)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	15.673 million (2011)


Congo, Republic of the	3.885 million (2011)


Cook Islands	7,800 (2009)


Costa Rica	4.358 million (2011)


Cote d'Ivoire	17.416 million (2011)


Croatia	5.115 million (2011)


Cuba	1.315 million (2011)


Curacao	NA


Cyprus	area under government control: 1.09 million (2011); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 147,522 (2002)


Czech Republic	12.81 million (2011)


Denmark	7.047 million (2011)


Djibouti	193,000 (2011)


Dominica	111,000 (2011)


Dominican Republic	8.771 million (2011)


Ecuador	15.333 million (2011)


Egypt	83.425 million (2011)


El Salvador	7.837 million (2011)


Equatorial Guinea	426,000 (2011)


Eritrea	241,900 (2011)


Estonia	1.863 million (2011)


Ethiopia	14.127 million (2011)


European Union	466 million (2005)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	3,300 (2011)


Faroe Islands	59,400 (2009)


Fiji	727,000 (2011)


Finland	8.39 million (2009)


France	65.631 million (2011)


French Polynesia	222,800 (2011)


Gabon	1.8 million (2011)


Gambia, The	1.581 million (2011)


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


Georgia	4.43 million (2011)


Germany	108.7 million (2011)


Ghana	21.166 million (2011)


Gibraltar	32,500 (2010)


Greece	12.128 million (2011)


Greenland	58,700 (2011)


Grenada	121,900 (2010)


Guam	98,000 (2004)


Guatemala	20.716 million (2011)


Guernsey	43,800 (2004)


Guinea	4.5 million (2011)


Guinea-Bissau	401,900 (2011)


Guyana	518,800 (2011)


Haiti	4.2 million (2011)


Honduras	8.062 million (2011)


Hong Kong	14.931 million (2011)


Hungary	11.69 million (2011)


Iceland	344,100 (2011)


India	893.862 million (2011)


Indonesia	236.8 million (2011)


Iran	56.043 million (2011)


Iraq	25.519 million (2011)


Ireland	4.906 million (2011)


Israel	9.2 million (2011)


Italy	92.3 million (2011)


Jamaica	2.975 million (2011)


Japan	129.868 million (2011)


Jersey	108,000 (2010)


Jordan	7.483 million (2011)


Kazakhstan	23.103 million (2011)


Kenya	29.981 million (2011)


Kiribati	13,800 (2011)


Korea, North	1 million (2011)


Korea, South	52.507 million (2011)


Kosovo	562,000 (2007)


Kuwait	4.4 million (2010)


Kyrgyzstan	5.653 million (2011)


Laos	5.481 million (2011)


Latvia	2.309 million (2011)


Lebanon	3.35 million (2011)


Lesotho	1.051 million (2011)


Liberia	2.03 million (2011)


Libya	10 million (2011)


Liechtenstein	37,000 (2011)


Lithuania	5.004 million (2011)


Luxembourg	765,000 (2011)


Macau	1.353 million (2011)


Macedonia	2.257 million (2011)


Madagascar	8.16 million (2011)


Malawi	3.856 million (2011)


Malaysia	36.661 million (2012)


Maldives	530,400 (2011)


Mali	10.822 million (2011)


Malta	521,700 (2011)


Marshall Islands	3,800 (2010)


Mauritania	3.283 million (2011)


Mauritius	1.294 million (2011)


Mexico	94.565 million (2011)


Micronesia, Federated States of	27,500 (2010)


Moldova	3.715 million (2011)


Monaco	30,400 (2011)


Mongolia	2.942 million (2011)


Montenegro	1.17 million (2010)


Montserrat	4,200 (2010)


Morocco	36.554 million (2011)


Mozambique	7.855 million (2011)


Namibia	2.439 million (2011)


Nauru	6,700 (2011)


Nepal	13.355 million (2011)


Netherlands	19.835 million (2011)


New Caledonia	227,300 (2011)


New Zealand	4.82 million (2011)


Nicaragua	4.822 million (2011)


Niger	4.34 million (2011)


Nigeria	95.167 million (2011)


Niue	600 (2004)


Norfolk Island	NA


Northern Mariana Islands	20,500 (2004)


Norway	5.75 million (2011)


Oman	4.809 million (2011)


Pakistan	111 million (2011)


Palau	15,400 (2011)


Panama	7.281 million (2011)


Papua New Guinea	2.4 million (2011)


Paraguay	6.529 million (2011)


Peru	32.461 million (2011)


Philippines	87.256 million (2011)


Poland	49.2 million (2011)


Portugal	12.285 million (2011)


Puerto Rico	3.108 million (2011)


Qatar	2.302 million (2011)


Romania	23.4 million (2011)


Russia	256.117 million (2011)


Rwanda	4.446 million (2011)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	84,600 (2010)


Saint Lucia	216,500 (2011)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	131,800 (2011)


Samoa	167,400 (2010)


San Marino	35,500 (2011)


Sao Tome and Principe	115,000 (2011)


Saudi Arabia	53.706 million (2011)


Senegal	9.353 million (2011)


Serbia	10.182 million (2011)


Seychelles	126,600 (2011)


Sierra Leone	2.137 million (2011)


Singapore	7.755 million (2011)


Sint Maarten	NA


Slovakia	5.983 million (2011)


Slovenia	2.168 million (2011)


Solomon Islands	274,900 (2011)


Somalia	655,000 (2011)


South Africa	64 million (2011)


Spain	53.067 million (2011)


Sri Lanka	18.319 million (2011)


Sudan	25.107 million (2011)


Suriname	947,000 (2011)


Swaziland	766,500 (2011)


Sweden	11.194 million (2011)


Switzerland	10.017 million (2011)


Syria	13.117 million (2011)


Taiwan	28.862 million (2011)


Tajikistan	6.324 million (2011)


Tanzania	25.666 million (2011)


Thailand	78.668 million (2011)


Timor-Leste	614,200 (2011)


Togo	3.105 million (2011)


Tonga	55,000 (2011)


Trinidad and Tobago	1.825 million (2011)


Tunisia	12.388 million (2011)


Turkey	65.322 million (2011)


Turkmenistan	3.511 million (2011)


Turks and Caicos Islands	25,100 (2004)


Tuvalu	2,500 (2009)


Uganda	12.828 million (2009)


Ukraine	53.929 million (2009)


United Arab Emirates	10.926 million (2009)


United Kingdom	80.799 million (2009)


United States	279 million (2009)


Uruguay	4.437 million (2009)


Uzbekistan	20.952 million (2009)


Vanuatu	285,300 (2009)


Venezuela	27.88 million (2009)


Vietnam	154 million (2009)


Virgin Islands	80,300 (2005)


Wallis and Futuna	NA


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


Western Sahara	NA (1999)


World	5.4 billion (2010)


Yemen	11.085 million (2009)


Zambia	4.947 million (2009)


Zimbabwe	7.5 million (2009)

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