List of countries by number of mobile phones in use information
This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phone numbers 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.
In some countries, one person might have two mobile phones. Also, some mobile phone numbers may be used by machines as a modem (examples: intrusion detection systems, home automation, leak detection).
Rankings
Country or regions
# of phone numbers
Population
Connections/100 citizens
Date of evaluation
World
7,950,000,000+
7,621,018,958
104.32
2019/12[1][2]
1
China
1,610,360,000
1,420,050,000
113.38
2020/10[3][4]
2
India
1,515,971,713
1,375,245,994
110.18
2020/10[3][5]
3
Indonesia
385,573,398
237,556,363
162.28
2016/07[6]
4
United States
380,577,528
327,874,628
116.27
2020/10[7][8]
5
Brazil
284,200,000
201,032,714
141.3
2015/05[6][9]
6
Russia
256,116,000
142,905,200
155.5
2013/07[6][10]
7
Pakistan
194,580,369
219,922,083
88.34
2022/06[11][12]
8
Nigeria
190,475,494
190,551,754
99.5
2020/04[13]
9
Bangladesh
180,780,000
162,951,560
111.11
2022/03[14]
10
Japan
146,649,600
127,300,000
115.2
2013[15]
11
Germany
107,000,000
81,882,342
130.1
2013[16]
12
Philippines
106,987,098
94,013,200
113.8
2013/10[17]
13
Mexico
101,339,000
112,322,757
90.2
2013/07[18]
14
Iran
96,165,000
86,330,703
130
2013/02[19]
15
Egypt
95,340,000
99,958,000
95.38
2019/12[20]
16
Italy
88,580,000
60,790,400
147.4
2013/12[21]
17
United Kingdom
83,100,000
64,100,000
129.6
2013[22]
18
Vietnam
72,300,000
90,549,390
79
2013/10[23]
19
Turkey
72,200,000
79,463,663
92.5
2015[24][25]
20
France
72,180,000
63,573,842
114.2
2013/12[26]
21
Thailand
69,000,000
67,480,000
105
2015[27]
22
South Africa
59,474,500
50,586,757
117.6
2013[28]
23
Colombia
57,900,472
49,375,617
118.9
2017[29][30][31]
24
Ukraine
57,505,555
45,579,904
126.0
2013/12[32]
25
Argentina
56,725,200
40,134,425
141.34
2013[33]
26
Tanzania
56,313,438
48,715,877
86.5
2020/03[34]
27
South Korea
56,004,887
50,219,669
111.5
2014[35]
28
Spain
55,740,000
47,265,321
118.0
2013/12[36]
29
Poland
47,153,200
38,186,860
123.48
2013[37][38]
30
Saudi Arabia
46,000,000
27,137,000
169.5
2013/12[39]
31
Morocco
44,450,000
33,818,662
131
2015[40]
32
Sri Lanka
38,849,812
21,671,000
179.3
2018/12[41]
33
Peru
34,235,000
31,179,417
109.8
2015[42]
34
Nepal
34,172,058
26,620,020
134.41
2018: NTA_MIS_128,2018[43]
35
Algeria
33,000,000
35,000,000
94.2
2013[44]
36
Venezuela
32,019,086
30,163,157
106.15
2014[45]
37
Canada
31,210,628
36,885,049
84.6
2018[46]
38
Taiwan
28,610,000
23,197,947
123.33
2013/12[47]
39
Malaysia
30,379,000
28,250,000
143.8
2014/04[48]
40
Kenya
28,080,000
42,000,000
71.3
2013[49]
41
Romania
26,000,000
21,438,000
123.45
2010/12/16 [50]
42
Chile
21,000,000
17,094,270
122.9
2013/12[51]
43
Australia
20,570,000
23,490,700
87.6
2014/11[52][53]
44
Netherlands
20,000,000
16,515,057
121.1
2013/11[54]
45
Hong Kong
19,207,578
7,482,500
256.7
2018/09[55][56]
46
Ethiopia
18,000,000
85,000,020
21.8
2013/12[57]
47
Guatemala
17,571,895
14,713,763
119.4
2013/06[58]
48
United Arab Emirates
17,132,724
8,410,763
203.7
2014/11[59]
49
Ecuador
15,900,000
14,300,000
111.18
2013/01[60]
50
Sweden
14,500,000
9,906,331
146.4
2016/06[61]
51
Zimbabwe
13,518,887
13,060,000
103.5
2014/01 [62]
52
Portugal
13,400,000
10,562,178
126.87
2013/11
53
Belgium
11,822,000
10,414,000
113.6
2013[citation needed]
54
Hungary
11,561,890
9,908,798
116.7
2013/11[63]
55
Bulgaria
10,454,400
7,200,000
145.2
2013[15]
56
Israel
9,701,200
7,900,000
122.8
2013[15]
57
Finland
9,470,000
5,487,308
172.6
2015[64]
58
Costa Rica
8,300,000[65]
4,872,000
156[66]
2017/06[65]
59
Singapore
8,106,700
5,399,000
150.1
2015/01[67]
60
Azerbaijan
7,000,000
5,543,819
126.2
2008/02[68]
61
Denmark
7,000,000
5,700,000
127.5
2013[15]
62
Panama
6,900,000
3,405,813
202.5
2013/07[69]
63
Jordan
6,010,000
5,950,000
101.0
2010/03[70]
64
Ireland
5,770,638
4,581,269
125.9
2015 [71]
65
Lithuania
4,940,000
2,955,986
167.1
2013 Q2 [72][73]
66
New Zealand
4,761,000
4,500,000
111.1
2013[15]
67
Mongolia
3,500,000
2,980,000
117.4
2013[74]
68
Lebanon
2,720,000
4,224,000
64.4
2010/10[75]
69
Latvia
2,579,000
1,986,705
129.8
2015/07[76]
70
North Korea
3,000,000
24,451,285
12.3
2015[77]
71
Trinidad and Tobago
2,060,000
1,363,985
151.6
2019 Q2[78]
72
Estonia
1,904,000
1,269,420
150.5
2015/07[79]
73
Cuba
1,300,000
11,200,000
11.6
2011/12[80]
74
Montenegro
1,117,500
620,029
180.23
2015/09[81]
75
Malta
554,651
452,515
122.57
2013/06[82]
76
Maldives
776,716
417,492
245.92
2017/07[83]
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