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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	2.153 million (2009)


Madagascar	8.16 million (2011)


Malawi	3.038 million (2009)


Malaysia	34.456 million (2009)


Maldives	494,400 (2009)


Mali	7.326 million (2009)


Malta	455,400 (2009)


Marshall Islands	3,800 (2009)


Mauritania	2.745 million (2009)


Mauritius	1.191 million (2009)


Mexico	91.363 million (2009)


Micronesia, Federated States of	27,500 (2009)


Moldova	3.165 million (2009)


Monaco	26,300 (2009)


Mongolia	2.51 million (2009)


Montenegro	1.17 million (2009)


Montserrat	4,200 (2008)


Morocco	31.928 million (2009)


Mozambique	7.224 million (2009)


Namibia	1.535 million (2009)


Nauru	6,200 (2002)


Nepal	9.196 million (2009)


Netherlands	19.31 million (2009)


New Caledonia	220,800 (2009)


New Zealand	5.02 million (2009)


Nicaragua	3.771 million (2009)


Niger	3.806 million (2009)


Nigeria	87.298 million (2009)


Niue	600 (2004)


Norfolk Island	NA (2002)


Northern Mariana Islands	20,500 (2004)


Norway	5.525 million (2009)


Oman	4.606 million (2009)


Pakistan	111 million (2009)


Palau	14,500 (2009)


Panama	6.496 million (2009)


Papua New Guinea	1.909 million (2009)


Paraguay	5.915 million (2009)


Peru	29.115 million (2009)


Philippines	79.896 million (2010)


Poland	46 million (2009)


Portugal	15.195 million (2009)


Puerto Rico	2.934 million (2009)


Qatar	2.329 million (2009)


Romania	24.64 million (2009)


Russia	238 million (2009)


Rwanda	3.549 million (2009)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	84,600 (2009)


Saint Lucia	179,300 (2009)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	131,800 (2009)


Samoa	167,400 (2009)


San Marino	24,000 (2009)


Sao Tome and Principe	102,500 (2009)


Saudi Arabia	51.564 million (2009)


Senegal	8.344 million (2009)


Serbia	9.915 million (2009)


Seychelles	117,600 (2009)


Sierra Leone	2 million (2009)


Singapore	7.307 million (2009)


Sint Maarten	NA


Slovakia	5.925 million (2009)


Slovenia	2.122 million (2009)


Solomon Islands	30,000 (2009)


Somalia	648,200 (2009)


South Africa	50.372 million (2009)


Spain	51.493 million (2009)


Sri Lanka	17.359 million (2010)


Sudan	17.654 million (2009)


Suriname	890,000 (2009)


Swaziland	732,700 (2009)


Sweden	10.65 million (2009)


Switzerland	9.527 million (2009)


Syria	11.696 million (2009)


Taiwan	27.84 million (2009)


Tajikistan	5.941 million (2009)


Tanzania	20.984 million (2010)


Thailand	69.683 million (2009)


Timor-Leste	600,600 (2009)


Togo	2.452 million (2009)


Tonga	54,300 (2009)


Trinidad and Tobago	1.894 million (2009)


Tunisia	11.114 million (2009)


Turkey	61.77 million (2009)


Turkmenistan	3.198 million (2009)


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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