Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 148 countries was 124.54 subscribers per 100 people. The highest value was in Fiji: 574.15 subscribers per 100 people and the lowest value was in Papua New Guinea: 38.77 subscribers per 100 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: subscribers per 100 people; Source: The International Telecommunication Union
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people, 2024 Global rank Available data
Fiji 574.15 1 1960 - 2024
Hong Kong 364.85 2 1960 - 2024
Montenegro 221.69 3 2004 - 2024
UA Emirates 203.21 4 1982 - 2024
Macao 201.14 5 1960 - 2024
Russia 186.1 6 1960 - 2024
Ivory Coast 183.88 7 1960 - 2024
South Africa 179.34 8 1960 - 2024
Israel 177.39 9 1990 - 2024
El Salvador 176.52 10 1960 - 2024
Colombia 174.09 11 1960 - 2024
Iran 174.07 12 1960 - 2024
Mauritius 172.68 13 1960 - 2024
South Korea 172.52 14 1960 - 2024
Singapore 170.78 15 1960 - 2024
Botswana 164 16 1960 - 2024
Georgia 161.2 17 1960 - 2024
Thailand 160.64 18 1960 - 2024
Bahrain 159.54 19 1960 - 2024
Saudi Arabia 159.54 20 1990 - 2024
Cyprus 156.22 21 1960 - 2024
Andorra 155.69 22 1960 - 2024
Qatar 153.61 23 1960 - 2024
Morocco 153.06 24 1960 - 2024
Estonia 151.13 25 1960 - 2024
Maldives 148.14 26 1960 - 2024
G.-Bissau 147.2 27 1960 - 2024
Uruguay 145.5 28 1960 - 2024
Suriname 142.12 29 1960 - 2024
Malta 142.07 30 1960 - 2024
Sweden 140.69 31 1960 - 2024
Mongolia 140.67 32 1960 - 2024
Argentina 140.23 33 1960 - 2024
Slovakia 139.97 34 1960 - 2024
Swaziland 139.83 35 1960 - 2024
Malaysia 139.66 36 1960 - 2024
Lithuania 138.73 37 1960 - 2024
Poland 138.02 38 1960 - 2024
Costa Rica 136.02 39 1960 - 2024
Armenia 134.89 40 1960 - 2024
Chile 132.66 41 1960 - 2024
Italy 132.58 42 1960 - 2024
Sri Lanka 132.55 43 1960 - 2024
China 131.75 44 1960 - 2024
Belarus 131.12 45 1960 - 2024
Slovenia 130.86 46 1960 - 2024
Spain 130.26 47 1960 - 2024
New Zealand 130.09 48 1960 - 2024
Switzerland 129.47 49 1960 - 2024
Germany 129.15 50 1960 - 2024
Liechtenstein 128.9 51 1990 - 2024
Netherlands 128.54 52 1960 - 2024
Vietnam 127.61 53 1960 - 2024
Kazakhstan 127.09 54 1960 - 2024
Denmark 126.69 55 1960 - 2024
Czechia 126.6 56 1960 - 2024
Tanzania 126.56 57 1960 - 2024
Kenya 126.48 58 1960 - 2024
Puerto Rico 126.43 59 1960 - 2024
Gambia 126.24 60 1960 - 2024
Benin 125.94 61 1960 - 2024
Finland 125.86 62 1960 - 2024
Seychelles 125.62 63 1960 - 2024
Gabon 125.34 64 1960 - 2024
Peru 124.62 65 1960 - 2024
Austria 124.46 66 1960 - 2024
Portugal 124.13 67 1960 - 2024
Senegal 123.89 68 1960 - 2024
Serbia 123.82 69 2004 - 2024
Indonesia 122.51 70 1960 - 2024
Croatia 121.73 71 1960 - 2024
UK 121.64 72 1960 - 2024
Latvia 121.26 73 1960 - 2024
Bosnia & Herz. 121.23 74 1960 - 2024
Iceland 120.93 75 1960 - 2024
Oman 120.61 76 1960 - 2024
Moldova 120.08 77 1960 - 2024
Romania 119.8 78 1960 - 2024
Tr.&Tobago 118.79 79 1960 - 2024
Brunei 118.13 80 1960 - 2024
Bulgaria 118.07 81 1960 - 2024
Jamaica 117.69 82 1960 - 2024
Tunisia 117.61 83 1960 - 2024
Burkina Faso 116.59 84 1960 - 2024
Mexico 116.49 85 1960 - 2024
Cambodia 116.09 86 1960 - 2024
Algeria 115.46 87 1960 - 2024
Philippines 115.3 88 1960 - 2024
Burma 114.33 89 1960 - 2024
Ghana 113.65 90 1960 - 2024
Greece 113.6 91 1960 - 2024
USA 113.19 92 1960 - 2024
Ireland 112.64 93 1960 - 2024
Australia 112.58 94 1960 - 2024
Guatemala 112.52 95 1960 - 2024
Cape Verde 111.84 96 1960 - 2024
Uzbekistan 110.49 97 1960 - 2024
Azerbaijan 109.54 98 1960 - 2024
Norway 109.35 99 1960 - 2024
Zambia 108.7 100 1960 - 2024
North Macedonia 108.39 101 1960 - 2024
St. Vincent & ... 108.35 102 1960 - 2024
Cameroon 108.21 103 1960 - 2024
Bangladesh 108.08 104 1960 - 2024
Turkey 107.83 105 1960 - 2024
Kyrgyzstan 107.49 106 1960 - 2024
Monaco 107.4 107 1960 - 2024
Nicaragua 105.96 108 1960 - 2024
Hungary 104.58 109 1960 - 2024
Belgium 103.9 110 1960 - 2024
Brazil 101.93 111 1960 - 2024
Ecuador 101.6 112 1960 - 2024
Iraq 100.08 113 1960 - 2024
Nepal 99.85 114 1960 - 2024
Bhutan 99.76 115 1960 - 2024
Bolivia 98.03 116 1960 - 2024
Egypt 97.13 117 1960 - 2024
Bahamas 96.68 118 1960 - 2024
Bermuda 96.68 119 1960 - 2024
R. of Congo 95.53 120 1960 - 2024
Zimbabwe 94.25 121 1960 - 2024
Canada 94.11 122 1960 - 2024
Domin. Rep. 93.71 123 1960 - 2024
Rwanda 93.2 124 1960 - 2024
Mauritania 92.07 125 1960 - 2024
Albania 89.13 126 1960 - 2024
Namibia 85.16 127 1960 - 2024
Uganda 83.17 128 1960 - 2024
Togo 80.8 129 1960 - 2024
India 79.35 130 1960 - 2024
Pakistan 76.85 131 1960 - 2024
Chad 72.93 132 1960 - 2024
Syria 71.22 133 1960 - 2024
Venezuela 71.01 134 1960 - 2024
Honduras 70.94 135 1960 - 2024
Nigeria 70.76 136 1960 - 2024
Lesotho 70.33 137 1960 - 2024
Angola 69.7 138 1960 - 2024
Jordan 69.64 139 1960 - 2024
Malawi 69.26 140 1960 - 2024
Ethiopia 65.08 141 1960 - 2024
S.T.&Principe 62.44 142 1960 - 2024
Niger 60.59 143 1960 - 2024
Afghanistan 60.1 144 1960 - 2024
DR Congo 58.53 145 1960 - 2024
Kiribati 53.52 146 1960 - 2024
Mozambique 49.5 147 1960 - 2024
Papua N.G. 38.77 148 1960 - 2024


New - World map: Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people




Definition: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

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1. Fiji
2. Hong Kong
3. Montenegro
4. UA Emirates
5. Macao
6. Russia
7. Ivory Coast
8. South Africa
9. Israel
10. El Salvador
11. Colombia
12. Iran
13. Mauritius
14. South Korea
15. Singapore
16. Botswana
17. Georgia
18. Thailand
19. Bahrain
20. Saudi Arabia
21. Cyprus
22. Andorra
23. Qatar
24. Morocco
25. Estonia
26. Maldives
27. G.-Bissau
28. Uruguay
29. Suriname
30. Malta
31. Sweden
32. Mongolia
33. Argentina
34. Slovakia
35. Swaziland
36. Malaysia
37. Lithuania
38. Poland
39. Costa Rica
40. Armenia
41. Chile
42. Italy
43. Sri Lanka
44. China
45. Belarus
46. Slovenia
47. Spain
48. New Zealand
49. Switzerland
50. Germany
51. Liechtenstein
52. Netherlands
53. Vietnam
54. Kazakhstan
55. Denmark
56. Czechia
57. Tanzania
58. Kenya
59. Puerto Rico
60. Gambia
61. Benin
62. Finland
63. Seychelles
64. Gabon
65. Peru
66. Austria
67. Portugal
68. Senegal
69. Serbia
70. Indonesia
71. Croatia
72. UK
73. Latvia
74. Bosnia & Herz.
75. Iceland
76. Oman
77. Moldova
78. Romania
79. Tr.&Tobago
80. Brunei
81. Bulgaria
82. Jamaica
83. Tunisia
84. Burkina Faso
85. Mexico
86. Cambodia
87. Algeria
88. Philippines
89. Burma
90. Ghana
91. Greece
92. USA
93. Ireland
94. Australia
95. Guatemala
96. Cape Verde
97. Uzbekistan
98. Azerbaijan
99. Norway
100. Zambia
101. North Macedonia
102. St. Vincent & ...
103. Cameroon
104. Bangladesh
105. Turkey
106. Kyrgyzstan
107. Monaco
108. Nicaragua
109. Hungary
110. Belgium
111. Brazil
112. Ecuador
113. Iraq
114. Nepal
115. Bhutan
116. Bolivia
117. Egypt
118. Bahamas
119. Bermuda
120. R. of Congo
121. Zimbabwe
122. Canada
123. Domin. Rep.
124. Rwanda
125. Mauritania
126. Albania
127. Namibia
128. Uganda
129. Togo
130. India
131. Pakistan
132. Chad
133. Syria
134. Venezuela
135. Honduras
136. Nigeria
137. Lesotho
138. Angola
139. Jordan
140. Malawi
141. Ethiopia
142. S.T.&Principe
143. Niger
144. Afghanistan
145. DR Congo
146. Kiribati
147. Mozambique
148. Papua N.G.
574.15
364.85
221.69
203.21
201.14
186.10
183.88
179.34
177.39
176.52
174.09
174.07
172.68
172.52
170.78
164.00
161.20
160.64
159.54
159.54
156.22
155.69
153.61
153.06
151.13
148.14
147.20
145.50
142.12
142.07
140.69
140.67
140.23
139.97
139.83
139.66
138.73
138.02
136.02
134.89
132.66
132.58
132.55
131.75
131.12
130.86
130.26
130.09
129.47
129.15
128.90
128.54
127.61
127.09
126.69
126.60
126.56
126.48
126.43
126.24
125.94
125.86
125.62
125.34
124.62
124.46
124.13
123.89
123.82
122.51
121.73
121.64
121.26
121.23
120.93
120.61
120.08
119.80
118.79
118.13
118.07
117.69
117.61
116.59
116.49
116.09
115.46
115.30
114.33
113.65
113.60
113.19
112.64
112.58
112.52
111.84
110.49
109.54
109.35
108.70
108.39
108.35
108.21
108.08
107.83
107.49
107.40
105.96
104.58
103.90
101.93
101.60
100.08
99.85
99.76
98.03
97.13
96.68
96.68
95.53
94.25
94.11
93.71
93.20
92.07
89.13
85.16
83.17
80.80
79.35
76.85
72.93
71.22
71.01
70.94
70.76
70.33
69.70
69.64
69.26
65.08
62.44
60.59
60.10
58.53
53.52
49.50
38.77
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143.5
287.1
430.6
574.15


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