Global Rankings
Total Number of Mobile Phone Subscribers
in millions
| Rank | Country | in millions | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  China | 1.9B |
2 | 2 |  India | 1.2B |
3 | 3 |  United States | 391.0M |
4 | 4 |  Indonesia | 347.3M |
5 | 5 |  Russia | 269.5M |
6 | 8 |  Japan | 221.9M |
7 | 7 |  Brazil | 216.1M |
8 | 10 |  Pakistan | 193.1M |
9 | 9 |  Bangladesh | 187.6M |
10 | 6 |  Nigeria | 164.6M |
11 | 11 |  Iran | 159.4M |
12 | 12 |  Mexico | 152.4M |
13 | 13 |  Philippines | 133.6M |
14 | 14 |  Vietnam | 128.9M |
15 | 15 |  Thailand | 115.1M |
16 | 16 |  South Africa | 114.8M |
17 | 17 |  Egypt | 113.2M |
18 | 18 |  Germany | 109.2M |
19 | 19 |  Turkey | 94.3M |
20 | 20 |  Colombia | 92.1M |
21 | 22 |  South Korea | 89.2M |
22 | 26 |  Tanzania | 86.8M |
23 | 24 |  Ethiopia | 85.9M |
24 | 21 |  United Kingdom | 84.1M |
25 | 23 |  Italy | 78.7M |
26 | 25 |  France | 77.5M |
27 | 27 |  Kenya | 71.4M |
28 | 29 |  Argentina | 64.1M |
29 | 31 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 64.0M |
30 | 30 |  Spain | 62.4M |
31 | 28 |  Burma (Myanmar) | 62.3M |
32 | 33 |  Ivory Coast | 58.7M |
33 | 32 |  Morocco | 58.3M |
34 | 34 |  Saudi Arabia | 54.2M |
35 | 36 |  Algeria | 54.1M |
36 | 35 |  Poland | 53.2M |
37 | 38 |  Ukraine | 50.3M |
38 | 37 |  Malaysia | 49.7M |
39 | 39 |  Iraq | 46.1M |
40 | 40 |  Peru | 42.6M |
41 | 42 |  Uganda | 41.6M |
42 | 41 |  Uzbekistan | 40.2M |
43 | 46 |  Ghana | 39.1M |
44 | 43 |  Canada | 37.4M |
45 | 45 |  Sudan | 34.7M |
46 | 49 |  Cameroon | 31.5M |
47 | 47 |  Sri Lanka | 30.6M |
48 | 48 |  Australia | 30.1M |
49 | 44 |  Nepal | 29.6M |
50 | 50 |  Burkina Faso | 27.5M |
51 | 55 |  Hong Kong | 27.1M |
52 | 53 |  Angola | 26.4M |
53 | 51 |  Chile | 26.2M |
54 | 52 |  Kazakhstan | 26.2M |
55 | 54 |  Mali | 25.9M |
56 | 57 |  Afghanistan | 25.6M |
57 | 65 |  Madagascar | 23.5M |
58 | 58 |  Netherlands | 23.4M |
59 | 61 |  Zambia | 23.2M |
60 | 59 |  Senegal | 22.9M |
61 | 56 |  Romania | 22.8M |
62 | 60 |  United Arab Emirates | 22.4M |
63 | 63 |  Guatemala | 20.7M |
64 | 62 |  Cambodia | 20.5M |
65 | 64 |  Venezuela | 20.2M |
66 | 67 |  Yemen | 20.0M |
67 | 66 |  Ecuador | 18.4M |
68 | 70 |  Benin | 18.2M |
69 | 69 |  Syria | 17.6M |
70 | 72 |  Mozambique | 17.1M |
71 | 75 |  Israel | 16.7M |
72 | 68 |  Niger | 16.4M |
73 | 73 |  Zimbabwe | 15.7M |
74 | 80 |  Malawi | 15.0M |
75 | 74 |  Sweden | 14.9M |
76 | 78 |  Chad | 14.8M |
77 | 71 |  Tunisia | 14.4M |
78 | 79 |  Guinea | 14.1M |
79 | 76 |  Libya | 13.9M |
80 | 77 |  Czech Republic | 13.6M |
81 | 82 |  Rwanda | 13.3M |
82 | 81 |  Portugal | 12.9M |
83 | 84 |  Belgium | 12.2M |
84 | 83 |  Bolivia | 12.2M |
85 | 85 |  Belarus | 11.9M |
86 | 86 |  Switzerland | 11.6M |
87 | 87 |  Greece | 11.4M |
88 | 89 |  Austria | 11.4M |
89 | 90 |  Azerbaijan | 11.3M |
90 | 88 |  El Salvador | 11.2M |
91 | 91 |  Dominican Republic | 10.7M |
92 | 92 |  Hungary | 10.1M |
93 | 93 |  Singapore | 10.0M |
94 | 94 |  Somalia | 9.9M |
95 | 97 |  Sierra Leone | 8.9M |
96 | 95 |  Paraguay | 8.7M |
97 | 106 |  Burundi | 8.6M |
98 | 96 |  Serbia | 8.2M |
99 | 101 |  Kuwait | 8.1M |
100 | 100 |  Jordan | 8.0M |
101 | 103 |  Cuba | 8.0M |
102 | 98 |  Bulgaria | 8.0M |
103 | 113 |  Tajikistan | 7.9M |
104 | 102 |  Kyrgyzstan | 7.7M |
105 | 104 |  Slovakia | 7.7M |
106 | 110 |  Togo | 7.7M |
107 | 99 |  Honduras | 7.7M |
108 | 105 |  Denmark | 7.6M |
109 | 107 |  Haiti | 7.5M |
110 | 108 |  Nicaragua | 7.3M |
111 | 109 |  Finland | 7.1M |
112 | 111 |  Panama | 7.0M |
113 | 112 |  New Zealand | 6.8M |
114 | 114 |  Oman | 6.4M |
115 | 117 |  North Korea | 6.4M |
116 | 115 |  Turkmenistan | 6.3M |
117 | 118 |  Georgia | 6.1M |
118 | 116 |  Norway | 6.1M |
119 | 119 |  Republic of the Congo | 6.1M |
120 | 120 |  Ireland | 5.9M |
121 | 135 |  Fiji | 5.3M |
122 | 123 |  Laos | 5.0M |
123 | 122 |  Uruguay | 4.9M |
124 | 121 |  Mongolia | 4.9M |
125 | 126 |  Mauritania | 4.8M |
126 | 125 |  Croatia | 4.7M |
127 | 124 |  Qatar | 4.7M |
128 | 128 |  Lebanon | 4.3M |
129 | 127 |  Botswana | 4.1M |
130 | 134 |  Papua New Guinea | 4.1M |
131 | 129 |  Puerto Rico | 4.1M |
132 | 131 |  Armenia | 4.0M |
133 | 132 |  Lithuania | 4.0M |
134 | 133 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.8M |
135 | 130 |  Moldova | 3.6M |
136 | 137 |  Gambia | 3.5M |
137 | 136 |  Jamaica | 3.3M |
138 | 139 |  Guinea-Bissau | 3.2M |
139 | 138 |  Gabon | 3.2M |
140 | 140 |  Slovenia | 2.8M |
141 | 142 |  Namibia | 2.6M |
142 | 143 |  Bahrain | 2.6M |
143 | 141 |  Albania | 2.5M |
144 | 144 |  Latvia | 2.3M |
145 | 145 |  Mauritius | 2.2M |
146 | 146 |  Estonia | 2.1M |
147 | 150 |  Eritrea | 2.0M |
148 | 149 |  Central African Republic | 2.0M |
149 | 148 |  Macedonia | 2.0M |
150 | 147 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1.8M |
151 | 153 |  Swaziland | 1.7M |
152 | 151 |  Liberia | 1.7M |
153 | 152 |  Lesotho | 1.6M |
154 | 154 |  Cyprus | 1.5M |
155 | 155 |  Macao | 1.4M |
156 | 156 |  Montenegro | 1.4M |
157 | 158 |  Luxembourg | 960.9K |
158 | 160 |  Comoros | 934.2K |
159 | 159 |  Guyana | 924.9K |
160 | 157 |  Suriname | 901.7K |
161 | 161 |  Equatorial Guinea | 893.4K |
162 | 162 |  Bhutan | 789.6K |
163 | 164 |  Maldives | 781.9K |
164 | 163 |  Malta | 766.6K |
165 | 165 |  Cape Verde | 587.0K |
166 | 167 |  Djibouti | 558.6K |
167 | 166 |  Brunei | 546.6K |
168 | 168 |  Solomon Islands | 484.8K |
169 | 169 |  Iceland | 475.7K |
170 | 170 |  Bahamas | 388.0K |
171 | 171 |  Barbados | 323.5K |
172 | 174 |  Vanuatu | 286.1K |
173 | 172 |  Belize | 270.5K |
174 | 173 |  New Caledonia | 263.2K |
175 | 175 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 186.2K |
176 | 176 |  Saint Lucia | 176.4K |
177 | 177 |  Seychelles | 163.8K |
178 | 178 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 147.1K |
179 | 179 |  Aruba | 140.8K |
180 | 183 |  Samoa | 134.3K |
181 | 180 |  Andorra | 127.6K |
182 | 182 |  Grenada | 112.0K |
183 | 181 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 109.0K |
184 | 185 |  Kiribati | 72.0K |
185 | 186 |  Tonga | 64.8K |
186 | 184 |  Bermuda | 62.5K |
187 | 188 |  Faroe Islands | 57.1K |
188 | 187 |  Dominica | 56.9K |
189 | 189 |  Liechtenstein | 51.4K |
190 | 190 |  Monaco | 41.5K |
191 | 191 |  San Marino | 41.0K |
192 | 192 |  Gibraltar | 36.7K |
193 | 193 |  Palau | 24.0K |
194 | 194 |  Micronesia | 22.4K |
195 | 195 |  Tuvalu | 9.9K |
196 | 196 |  Costa Rica | 7.51 |