Global Rankings
Total Number of Mobile Phone Subscribers
in millions
| Rank | Country | in millions | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  China | 1.8B |
2 | 2 |  India | 1.2B |
3 | 3 |  United States | 386.1M |
4 | 4 |  Indonesia | 352.2M |
5 | 5 |  Russia | 263.0M |
6 | 6 |  Nigeria | 224.4M |
7 | 8 |  Japan | 221.9M |
8 | 7 |  Brazil | 213.3M |
9 | 10 |  Bangladesh | 196.1M |
10 | 9 |  Pakistan | 189.4M |
11 | 12 |  Iran | 150.7M |
12 | 14 |  Mexico | 144.7M |
13 | 11 |  Philippines | 134.7M |
14 | 13 |  Vietnam | 131.5M |
15 | 15 |  Thailand | 120.9M |
16 | 18 |  South Africa | 108.4M |
17 | 17 |  Egypt | 106.3M |
18 | 16 |  Germany | 105.4M |
19 | 19 |  Turkey | 92.2M |
20 | 21 |  Colombia | 87.4M |
21 | 20 |  United Kingdom | 84.3M |
22 | 23 |  South Korea | 83.9M |
23 | 22 |  Italy | 78.5M |
24 | 24 |  France | 77.5M |
25 | 26 |  Ethiopia | 71.4M |
26 | 27 |  Tanzania | 70.2M |
27 | 25 |  Kenya | 66.7M |
28 | 30 |  Burma (Myanmar) | 65.5M |
29 | 28 |  Argentina | 62.7M |
30 | 29 |  Spain | 61.2M |
31 | 33 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 56.3M |
32 | 31 |  Morocco | 55.9M |
33 | 36 |  Ivory Coast | 53.6M |
34 | 37 |  Saudi Arabia | 52.5M |
35 | 32 |  Poland | 52.4M |
36 | 35 |  Algeria | 51.5M |
37 | 34 |  Ukraine | 50.3M |
38 | 38 |  Malaysia | 50.1M |
39 | 39 |  Iraq | 45.7M |
40 | 40 |  Peru | 41.3M |
41 | 42 |  Nepal | 39.6M |
42 | 43 |  Uzbekistan | 38.1M |
43 | 47 |  Uganda | 37.1M |
44 | 44 |  Canada | 37.0M |
45 | 46 |  Sudan | 34.7M |
46 | 41 |  Ghana | 33.4M |
47 | 45 |  Sri Lanka | 32.7M |
48 | 48 |  Australia | 29.8M |
49 | 51 |  Cameroon | 27.4M |
50 | 52 |  Burkina Faso | 26.9M |
51 | 49 |  Chile | 26.7M |
52 | 53 |  Mali | 25.9M |
53 | 50 |  Kazakhstan | 25.8M |
54 | 54 |  Angola | 25.7M |
55 | 57 |  Hong Kong | 23.8M |
56 | 55 |  Romania | 23.6M |
57 | 63 |  Madagascar | 23.5M |
58 | 56 |  Afghanistan | 23.0M |
59 | 58 |  Senegal | 22.4M |
60 | 59 |  Netherlands | 21.2M |
61 | 61 |  United Arab Emirates | 21.2M |
62 | 62 |  Zambia | 21.2M |
63 | 64 |  Cambodia | 21.0M |
64 | 60 |  Guatemala | 20.6M |
65 | 66 |  Yemen | 20.0M |
66 | 65 |  Venezuela | 19.9M |
67 | 68 |  Ecuador | 18.2M |
68 | 69 |  Niger | 17.2M |
69 | 67 |  Syria | 17.1M |
70 | 72 |  Benin | 16.4M |
71 | 70 |  Tunisia | 16.4M |
72 | 75 |  Guinea | 15.3M |
73 | 73 |  Zimbabwe | 15.0M |
74 | 77 |  Mozambique | 15.0M |
75 | 71 |  Sweden | 14.8M |
76 | 76 |  Israel | 14.2M |
77 | 74 |  Libya | 13.9M |
78 | 78 |  Czech Republic | 13.6M |
79 | 81 |  Chad | 13.6M |
80 | 80 |  Malawi | 12.9M |
81 | 85 |  Tajikistan | 12.8M |
82 | 79 |  Portugal | 12.8M |
83 | 89 |  Rwanda | 12.8M |
84 | 82 |  Bolivia | 12.3M |
85 | 83 |  Belgium | 12.1M |
86 | 84 |  Belarus | 11.8M |
87 | 91 |  Switzerland | 11.4M |
88 | 87 |  Greece | 11.3M |
89 | 86 |  El Salvador | 11.3M |
90 | 90 |  Austria | 11.1M |
91 | 88 |  Azerbaijan | 11.1M |
92 | 93 |  Dominican Republic | 10.4M |
93 | 92 |  Hungary | 10.2M |
94 | 94 |  Singapore | 10.0M |
95 | 95 |  Somalia | 9.9M |
96 | 98 |  Sierra Leone | 8.9M |
97 | 96 |  Paraguay | 8.7M |
98 | 104 |  Burundi | 8.6M |
99 | 97 |  Serbia | 8.5M |
100 | 101 |  Kuwait | 8.1M |
101 | 99 |  Bulgaria | 8.0M |
102 | 100 |  Honduras | 7.9M |
103 | 102 |  Jordan | 7.7M |
104 | 107 |  Kyrgyzstan | 7.7M |
105 | 103 |  Cuba | 7.7M |
106 | 106 |  Slovakia | 7.6M |
107 | 105 |  Denmark | 7.5M |
108 | 108 |  Haiti | 7.5M |
109 | 110 |  Nicaragua | 7.2M |
110 | 109 |  Finland | 7.1M |
111 | 113 |  Togo | 7.1M |
112 | 111 |  Oman | 7.0M |
113 | 112 |  Panama | 7.0M |
114 | 116 |  New Zealand | 6.6M |
115 | 115 |  North Korea | 6.4M |
116 | 114 |  Turkmenistan | 6.3M |
117 | 117 |  Norway | 6.1M |
118 | 118 |  Georgia | 5.9M |
119 | 120 |  Republic of the Congo | 5.9M |
120 | 119 |  Ireland | 5.8M |
121 | 124 |  Laos | 5.0M |
122 | 123 |  Mongolia | 4.8M |
123 | 125 |  Uruguay | 4.8M |
124 | 126 |  Qatar | 4.7M |
125 | 127 |  Croatia | 4.6M |
126 | 121 |  Mauritania | 4.6M |
127 | 128 |  Botswana | 4.4M |
128 | 129 |  Lebanon | 4.3M |
129 | 131 |  Puerto Rico | 4.0M |
130 | 130 |  Moldova | 4.0M |
131 | 134 |  Armenia | 4.0M |
132 | 132 |  Lithuania | 3.9M |
133 | 133 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.7M |
134 | 122 |  Papua New Guinea | 3.5M |
135 | 135 |  Jamaica | 3.3M |
136 | 136 |  Gabon | 3.0M |
137 | 138 |  Gambia | 2.8M |
138 | 141 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.8M |
139 | 140 |  Slovenia | 2.7M |
140 | 139 |  Albania | 2.6M |
141 | 137 |  Namibia | 2.6M |
142 | 143 |  Bahrain | 2.4M |
143 | 142 |  Latvia | 2.3M |
144 | 144 |  Mauritius | 2.1M |
145 | 145 |  Estonia | 2.1M |
146 | 147 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 2.0M |
147 | 149 |  Eritrea | 2.0M |
148 | 148 |  Central African Republic | 2.0M |
149 | 146 |  Macedonia | 1.9M |
150 | 150 |  Liberia | 1.7M |
151 | 151 |  Lesotho | 1.6M |
152 | 152 |  Swaziland | 1.6M |
153 | 153 |  Cyprus | 1.4M |
154 | 155 |  Macao | 1.4M |
155 | 154 |  Montenegro | 1.3M |
156 | 156 |  Fiji | 1.0M |
157 | 157 |  Suriname | 988.9K |
158 | 158 |  Luxembourg | 960.9K |
159 | 160 |  Comoros | 934.2K |
160 | 159 |  Guyana | 924.9K |
161 | 161 |  Equatorial Guinea | 893.4K |
162 | 162 |  Bhutan | 752.0K |
163 | 164 |  Malta | 749.3K |
164 | 163 |  Maldives | 744.8K |
165 | 165 |  Cape Verde | 590.4K |
166 | 167 |  Brunei | 582.9K |
167 | 166 |  Djibouti | 558.6K |
168 | 168 |  Solomon Islands | 484.8K |
169 | 169 |  Iceland | 478.2K |
170 | 170 |  Bahamas | 399.6K |
171 | 171 |  Barbados | 323.5K |
172 | 174 |  Vanuatu | 286.1K |
173 | 172 |  Belize | 270.5K |
174 | 173 |  New Caledonia | 263.2K |
175 | 175 |  Seychelles | 236.6K |
176 | 177 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 186.2K |
177 | 178 |  Saint Lucia | 176.4K |
178 | 176 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 146.5K |
179 | 179 |  Aruba | 140.8K |
180 | 183 |  Samoa | 134.3K |
181 | 180 |  Andorra | 126.2K |
182 | 182 |  Grenada | 112.0K |
183 | 181 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 103.0K |
184 | 184 |  Bermuda | 68.2K |
185 | 186 |  Kiribati | 67.9K |
186 | 185 |  Tonga | 64.8K |
187 | 188 |  Faroe Islands | 57.1K |
188 | 187 |  Dominica | 56.9K |
189 | 189 |  Liechtenstein | 50.3K |
190 | 190 |  San Marino | 41.0K |
191 | 191 |  Monaco | 40.5K |
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 |