Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 195 countries was 110.59 subscribers per 100 people. The highest value was in Macao: 406.78 subscribers per 100 people and the lowest value was in Micronesia: 19.45 subscribers per 100 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2021. 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, 2021 Global rank Available data
Macao 406.78 1 1960 - 2021
Hong Kong 319.43 2 1960 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 197.38 3 1960 - 2021
UA Emirates 194.73 4 1982 - 2021
Montenegro 178.4 5 2004 - 2021
El Salvador 175.34 6 1960 - 2021
Seychelles 172.67 7 1960 - 2021
Russia 168.98 8 1960 - 2021
South Africa 168.92 9 1960 - 2021
Thailand 168.78 10 1960 - 2021
Japan 163.17 11 1960 - 2021
Kuwait 162.78 12 1960 - 2021
Ivory Coast 162.17 13 1960 - 2021
Botswana 160.74 14 1960 - 2021
Iran 154.55 15 1960 - 2021
Costa Rica 152.01 16 1960 - 2021
Mauritius 151.77 17 1960 - 2021
Estonia 149.08 18 1960 - 2021
Cyprus 148.74 19 1960 - 2021
Suriname 147.83 20 1960 - 2021
Georgia 147.75 21 1960 - 2021
Singapore 147.48 22 1960 - 2021
Colombia 145.69 23 1960 - 2021
Qatar 144.2 24 1960 - 2021
Philippines 143.44 25 1960 - 2021
Sri Lanka 141.29 26 1960 - 2021
Mauritania 141.11 27 1960 - 2021
Malaysia 140.59 28 1960 - 2021
South Korea 140.57 29 1960 - 2021
Israel 140.45 30 1990 - 2021
Mongolia 140.01 31 1960 - 2021
Vietnam 138.87 32 1960 - 2021
Panama 137.97 33 1960 - 2021
Morocco 137.46 34 1960 - 2021
Luxembourg 137.08 35 1960 - 2021
Uruguay 136.92 36 1960 - 2021
Chile 136.31 37 1960 - 2021
Brunei 135.5 38 1960 - 2021
Maldives 135.4 39 1960 - 2021
Slovakia 135.15 40 1960 - 2021
Oman 135.08 41 1960 - 2021
Ukraine 135.03 42 1960 - 2021
Gabon 134.32 43 1960 - 2021
Lithuania 133.73 44 1960 - 2021
Indonesia 133.65 45 1960 - 2021
Palau 133.16 46 2002 - 2021
Aruba 132.35 47 1960 - 2021
Poland 132.06 48 1960 - 2021
Italy 131.86 49 1960 - 2021
Bahrain 131.45 50 1960 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 130.88 51 1960 - 2021
Argentina 130.46 52 1960 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 130.38 53 1960 - 2021
Finland 129.15 54 1960 - 2021
Armenia 128.96 55 1960 - 2021
Peru 127.92 56 1960 - 2021
Tunisia 127.58 57 1960 - 2021
Germany 127.56 58 1960 - 2021
Kazakhstan 127.48 59 1960 - 2021
Moldova 127.39 60 1960 - 2021
Nepal 127.23 61 1960 - 2021
Czechia 126.41 62 1960 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 126.36 63 1990 - 2021
Burma 126.27 64 1960 - 2021
Liechtenstein 126.09 65 1990 - 2021
Denmark 125.78 66 1960 - 2021
Guatemala 125.65 67 1960 - 2021
Netherlands 125.06 68 1960 - 2021
Sweden 124.35 69 1960 - 2021
Serbia 123.72 70 2004 - 2021
Malta 123.38 71 1960 - 2021
Ghana 123.21 72 1960 - 2021
Slovenia 123.02 73 1960 - 2021
Kenya 122.79 74 1960 - 2021
Belarus 122.78 75 1960 - 2021
Austria 121.97 76 1960 - 2021
Switzerland 121.8 77 1960 - 2021
China 121.54 78 1960 - 2021
Portugal 120.94 79 1960 - 2021
Swaziland 120.05 80 1960 - 2021
Cambodia 119.96 81 1960 - 2021
Spain 119.82 82 1960 - 2021
Paraguay 118.96 83 1960 - 2021
Tajikistan 118.81 84 1960 - 2021
Romania 118.63 85 1960 - 2021
UK 118.57 86 1960 - 2021
San Marino 118.53 87 1990 - 2021
Iceland 118.07 88 1960 - 2021
Senegal 117.68 89 1960 - 2021
Latvia 115.36 90 1960 - 2021
Namibia 115.22 91 1960 - 2021
Bulgaria 114.77 92 1960 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 114 93 1960 - 2021
New Zealand 113.96 94 1960 - 2021
France 112.74 95 1960 - 2021
Barbados 112.6 96 1960 - 2021
Puerto Rico 112.44 97 1960 - 2021
Andorra 112.35 98 1960 - 2021
Faroe Isl. 111.96 99 1960 - 2021
Burkina Faso 111.66 100 1960 - 2021
Mali 111.09 101 1960 - 2021
Greece 110.04 102 1960 - 2021
Bangladesh 108.91 103 1960 - 2021
G.-Bissau 108.53 104 1960 - 2021
Croatia 108.43 105 1960 - 2021
Norway 107.82 106 1960 - 2021
Ireland 107.77 107 1960 - 2021
USA 107.32 108 1960 - 2021
Fiji 107.23 109 1960 - 2021
Hungary 106.93 110 1960 - 2021
Algeria 106.42 111 1960 - 2021
Guyana 106.39 112 1960 - 2021
Bermuda 105.94 113 1960 - 2021
Australia 105.26 114 1960 - 2021
Azerbaijan 104.89 115 1960 - 2021
Gibraltar 104.53 116 1960 - 2021
Zambia 103.97 117 1960 - 2021
Comoros 103.87 118 1960 - 2021
Uzbekistan 102.9 119 1960 - 2021
Jamaica 102.75 120 1960 - 2021
Brazil 102.49 121 1960 - 2021
Guinea 101.94 122 1960 - 2021
Turkey 101.79 123 1960 - 2021
Gambia 101.44 124 1960 - 2021
Belgium 101.11 125 1960 - 2021
Cape Verde 100.38 126 1960 - 2021
Bhutan 100.07 127 1960 - 2021
Bolivia 99.62 128 1960 - 2021
Mexico 99.31 129 1960 - 2021
Monaco 98.83 130 1960 - 2021
Turkmenistan 98.63 131 1960 - 2021
Benin 97.96 132 1960 - 2021
Sierra Leone 97.7 133 1960 - 2021
Nicaragua 97.11 134 1960 - 2021
R. of Congo 96.79 135 1960 - 2021
Saint Lucia 95.63 136 1960 - 2021
Egypt 94.68 137 1960 - 2021
Ecuador 94.34 138 1960 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 94.15 139 1960 - 2021
Iraq 93.6 140 1960 - 2021
Albania 92.32 141 1960 - 2021
North Macedonia 92.3 142 1960 - 2021
Nigeria 91.44 143 1960 - 2021
N. Caledonia 90.34 144 1960 - 2021
Zimbabwe 89.15 145 1960 - 2021
Canada 88.09 146 1960 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 87.56 147 1960 - 2021
Dominica 85.86 148 1960 - 2021
Tanzania 84.99 149 1960 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 84.82 150 1960 - 2021
India 81.99 151 1960 - 2021
Pakistan 81.55 152 1960 - 2021
Grenada 81.07 153 1960 - 2021
Rwanda 80.99 154 1960 - 2021
Tuvalu 80.33 155 1960 - 2021
Cameroon 79.97 156 1960 - 2021
Lesotho 79.83 157 1960 - 2021
Syria 79.68 158 1960 - 2021
Vanuatu 78.3 159 1960 - 2021
Palestine 77.6 160 1990 - 2021
Lebanon 76.68 161 1960 - 2021
Sudan 75.56 162 1960 - 2021
Honduras 73.56 163 1960 - 2021
Togo 72.35 164 1960 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 66.96 165 1960 - 2021
Belize 65.99 166 1960 - 2021
Uganda 65.7 167 1960 - 2021
Jordan 65.26 168 1960 - 2021
Laos 64.96 169 1960 - 2021
Haiti 63.93 170 1960 - 2021
Burundi 61.67 171 1960 - 2021
Tonga 60.68 172 1960 - 2021
Venezuela 60.32 173 1960 - 2021
Chad 60.22 174 1960 - 2021
Malawi 60.03 175 1960 - 2021
Afghanistan 56.55 176 1960 - 2021
Niger 56.39 177 1960 - 2021
Madagascar 56.3 178 1960 - 2021
Ethiopia 53.62 179 1960 - 2021
Somalia 51.82 180 1960 - 2021
Eritrea 49.75 181 1960 - 2021
DR Congo 48.89 182 1960 - 2021
Papua N.G. 48.42 183 1960 - 2021
Yemen 46.02 184 1960 - 2021
Angola 44.42 185 1960 - 2021
Djibouti 44.26 186 1960 - 2021
Libya 43.38 187 1960 - 2021
Mozambique 42.67 188 1960 - 2021
Kiribati 40.84 189 1960 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 39.46 190 1960 - 2021
C.A. Republic 33.55 191 1960 - 2021
Liberia 31.83 192 1960 - 2021
Samoa 31.54 193 1960 - 2021
North Korea 23.1 194 1960 - 2021
Micronesia 19.45 195 1960 - 2021


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.
1. Macao
2. Hong Kong
3. Ant.& Barb.
4. UA Emirates
5. Montenegro
6. El Salvador
7. Seychelles
8. Russia
9. South Africa
10. Thailand
11. Japan
12. Kuwait
13. Ivory Coast
14. Botswana
15. Iran
16. Costa Rica
17. Mauritius
18. Estonia
19. Cyprus
20. Suriname
21. Georgia
22. Singapore
23. Colombia
24. Qatar
25. Philippines
26. Sri Lanka
27. Mauritania
28. Malaysia
29. South Korea
30. Israel
31. Mongolia
32. Vietnam
33. Panama
34. Morocco
35. Luxembourg
36. Uruguay
37. Chile
38. Brunei
39. Maldives
40. Slovakia
41. Oman
42. Ukraine
43. Gabon
44. Lithuania
45. Indonesia
46. Palau
47. Aruba
48. Poland
49. Italy
50. Bahrain
51. Tr.&Tobago
52. Argentina
53. Kyrgyzstan
54. Finland
55. Armenia
56. Peru
57. Tunisia
58. Germany
59. Kazakhstan
60. Moldova
61. Nepal
62. Czechia
63. Saudi Arabia
64. Burma
65. Liechtenstein
66. Denmark
67. Guatemala
68. Netherlands
69. Sweden
70. Serbia
71. Malta
72. Ghana
73. Slovenia
74. Kenya
75. Belarus
76. Austria
77. Switzerland
78. China
79. Portugal
80. Swaziland
81. Cambodia
82. Spain
83. Paraguay
84. Tajikistan
85. Romania
86. UK
87. San Marino
88. Iceland
89. Senegal
90. Latvia
91. Namibia
92. Bulgaria
93. Bosnia & Herz.
94. New Zealand
95. France
96. Barbados
97. Puerto Rico
98. Andorra
99. Faroe Isl.
100. Burkina Faso
101. Mali
102. Greece
103. Bangladesh
104. G.-Bissau
105. Croatia
106. Norway
107. Ireland
108. USA
109. Fiji
110. Hungary
111. Algeria
112. Guyana
113. Bermuda
114. Australia
115. Azerbaijan
116. Gibraltar
117. Zambia
118. Comoros
119. Uzbekistan
120. Jamaica
121. Brazil
122. Guinea
123. Turkey
124. Gambia
125. Belgium
126. Cape Verde
127. Bhutan
128. Bolivia
129. Mexico
130. Monaco
131. Turkmenistan
132. Benin
133. Sierra Leone
134. Nicaragua
135. R. of Congo
136. Saint Lucia
137. Egypt
138. Ecuador
139. St. Vincent & ...
140. Iraq
141. Albania
142. North Macedonia
143. Nigeria
144. N. Caledonia
145. Zimbabwe
146. Canada
147. Domin. Rep.
148. Dominica
149. Tanzania
150. S.T.&Principe
151. India
152. Pakistan
153. Grenada
154. Rwanda
155. Tuvalu
156. Cameroon
157. Lesotho
158. Syria
159. Vanuatu
160. Palestine
161. Lebanon
162. Sudan
163. Honduras
164. Togo
165. Solomon Isl.
166. Belize
167. Uganda
168. Jordan
169. Laos
170. Haiti
171. Burundi
172. Tonga
173. Venezuela
174. Chad
175. Malawi
176. Afghanistan
177. Niger
178. Madagascar
179. Ethiopia
180. Somalia
181. Eritrea
182. DR Congo
183. Papua N.G.
184. Yemen
185. Angola
186. Djibouti
187. Libya
188. Mozambique
189. Kiribati
190. Eq. Guinea
191. C.A. Republic
192. Liberia
193. Samoa
194. North Korea
195. Micronesia
406.78
319.43
197.38
194.73
178.40
175.34
172.67
168.98
168.92
168.78
163.17
162.78
162.17
160.74
154.55
152.01
151.77
149.08
148.74
147.83
147.75
147.48
145.69
144.20
143.44
141.29
141.11
140.59
140.57
140.45
140.01
138.87
137.97
137.46
137.08
136.92
136.31
135.50
135.40
135.15
135.08
135.03
134.32
133.73
133.65
133.16
132.35
132.06
131.86
131.45
130.88
130.46
130.38
129.15
128.96
127.92
127.58
127.56
127.48
127.39
127.23
126.41
126.36
126.27
126.09
125.78
125.65
125.06
124.35
123.72
123.38
123.21
123.02
122.79
122.78
121.97
121.80
121.54
120.94
120.05
119.96
119.82
118.96
118.81
118.63
118.57
118.53
118.07
117.68
115.36
115.22
114.77
114.00
113.96
112.74
112.60
112.44
112.35
111.96
111.66
111.09
110.04
108.91
108.53
108.43
107.82
107.77
107.32
107.23
106.93
106.42
106.39
105.94
105.26
104.89
104.53
103.97
103.87
102.90
102.75
102.49
101.94
101.79
101.44
101.11
100.38
100.07
99.62
99.31
98.83
98.63
97.96
97.70
97.11
96.79
95.63
94.68
94.34
94.15
93.60
92.32
92.30
91.44
90.34
89.15
88.09
87.56
85.86
84.99
84.82
81.99
81.55
81.07
80.99
80.33
79.97
79.83
79.68
78.30
77.60
76.68
75.56
73.56
72.35
66.96
65.99
65.70
65.26
64.96
63.93
61.67
60.68
60.32
60.22
60.03
56.55
56.39
56.30
53.62
51.82
49.75
48.89
48.42
46.02
44.42
44.26
43.38
42.67
40.84
39.46
33.55
31.83
31.54
23.10
19.45
0
101.7
203.4
305.1
406.78
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