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Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Luxembourg | 1,576.39 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
2 | Lithuania | 1,275.06 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
3 | Hong Kong | 1,252 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
4 | Italy | 1,231.93 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
5 | Macau | 1,157.76 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
6 | Czech Republic | 1,150.65 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
7 | Israel | 1,120.37 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
8 | Netherlands Antilles | 1,105.77 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
9 | United Kingdom | 1,087.56 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
10 | Portugal | 1,085.14 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
11 | Estonia | 1,073.69 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
12 | Bahrain | 1,030.4 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
13 | Norway | 1,028.37 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
14 | Iceland | 1,024.43 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
15 | Jamaica | 1,017.14 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
16 | Ireland | 1,012.24 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
17 | Singapore | 1,009.86 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
18 | Denmark | 1,009.85 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
19 | United Arab Emirates | 1,000.29 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
20 | Finland | 997.12 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
21 | Aruba | 993.83 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
22 | Austria | 991.1 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 985.25 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
23 | Andorra | 975.23 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
24 | Netherlands | 970.23 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 963.44 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
25 | Germany | 960.36 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
26 | Spain | 952.3 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
27 | Cyprus | 948.59 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 946.97 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 940.82 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
28 | Kuwait | 938.62 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
29 | Sweden | 934.89 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
30 | Hungary | 923.96 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
31 | Switzerland | 920.65 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
32 | Australia | 906.1 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
33 | Greece | 904.42 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
34 | Belgium | 902.79 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
35 | Qatar | 881.8 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
36 | Slovenia | 879.4 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
37 | New Zealand | 861.21 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 857.87 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
38 | Slovakia | 842.84 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 841.28 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
39 | Russia | 838.5 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
40 | Latvia | 813.56 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
41 | Bulgaria | 806.81 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
42 | Faroe Islands | 805 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
43 | Malta | 802.92 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
44 | South Korea | 793.93 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
45 | Liechtenstein | 791.45 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
46 | France | 789.49 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Tourist destinations average (profile) | 774.67 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
47 | Bermuda | 773.85 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
48 | Malaysia | 771.09 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
49 | Cayman Islands | 768.18 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
50 | Barbados | 764.92 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
51 | Poland | 764.21 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
52 | Japan | 741.5 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 733.8 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
53 | South Africa | 724.27 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 715.92 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
54 | Puerto Rico | 688.56 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
55 | United States | 680.31 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
56 | Seychelles | 674.64 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
57 | Croatia | 671.54 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 669.15 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
58 | Antigua and Barbuda | 663.35 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
59 | Chile | 648.63 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
60 | Brunei | 623.03 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
61 | Romania | 617.27 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 612.92 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
63 | San Marino | 610.18 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
64 | Turkey | 605.13 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 593.19 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
66 | Virgin Islands | 590.21 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
67 | Guam | 587.62 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 586.84 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
68 | Dominica | 585.38 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
69 | Serbia and Montenegro | 585 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
70 | The Bahamas | 583.53 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 582.26 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
71 | Saudi Arabia | 575.28 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
72 | Mauritius | 573.74 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
73 | New Caledonia | 572.61 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
74 | Saint Lucia | 572.54 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
75 | Argentina | 570.37 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
76 | Tunisia | 566.43 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
77 | Greenland | 565.79 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 549.77 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
78 | Oman | 519.38 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
79 | Suriname | 518.18 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
80 | Canada | 513.95 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 509.77 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 493.28 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
81 | Colombia | 486.14 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
82 | Ecuador | 472.19 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
83 | Venezuela | 470.17 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
84 | Gabon | 469.57 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
85 | Botswana | 466.35 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
86 | Maldives | 465.96 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
87 | Brazil | 462.49 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
88 | Mexico | 460.4 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 455.31 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 447.62 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
89 | Thailand | 429.85 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
90 | Belarus | 419.21 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
91 | Philippines | 418.75 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
92 | Panama | 418.36 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
93 | Algeria | 415.82 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
94 | Morocco | 411.14 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
95 | Grenada | 409.59 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 409.15 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 408.07 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
97 | Albania | 404.79 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 398.1 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
98 | Dominican Republic | 382.62 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
99 | Guyana | 374.55 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
100 | Ukraine | 365.68 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
101 | Guatemala | 357.97 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 351.14 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
102 | El Salvador | 350.5 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
103 | Uruguay | 349.37 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
104 | French Polynesia | 339.05 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
105 | Kazakhstan | 327.14 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
106 | Georgia | 326.12 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
107 | Paraguay | 319.9 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
108 | Belize | 319.02 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 315.89 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
Religious countries average (profile) | 307.46 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
109 | Jordan | 307.01 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
110 | China | 301.59 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 295.21 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 294.35 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 289 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
111 | Moldova | 281.12 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
112 | Mayotte | 279.65 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
113 | Azerbaijan | 267.29 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
114 | Bolivia | 263.71 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
115 | Costa Rica | 254.44 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 249.85 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
116 | Lebanon | 246.84 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
117 | Namibia | 243.69 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
118 | Mauritania | 242.97 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
119 | Fiji | 228.54 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
120 | Mongolia | 218.17 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
121 | Nicaragua | 217.38 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
122 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 212.84 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
123 | Indonesia | 212.69 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
124 | Peru | 199.63 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
125 | Equatorial Guinea | 192.45 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
126 | Egypt | 184.1 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
127 | Honduras | 177.86 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
128 | Swaziland | 176.84 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
129 | Sri Lanka | 171.3 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
130 | The Gambia | 163.13 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
131 | Cape Verde | 161.25 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
132 | Tonga | 160.81 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 155.02 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
133 | Syria | 154.91 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
134 | Senegal | 148.4 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 138.66 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
135 | Cameroon | 138.4 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
136 | Lesotho | 136.54 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
137 | Kenya | 134.63 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
138 | Nigeria | 131.49 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
139 | Samoa | 129.74 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
140 | Ghana | 128.54 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
141 | Federated States of Micronesia | 127.56 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 122.83 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
142 | Congo, Republic of the | 122.53 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
143 | Cote d'Ivoire | 120.64 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
144 | Vietnam | 115.44 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
145 | Laos | 112.68 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
146 | Armenia | 106.09 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
147 | Iran | 105.82 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
148 | Kyrgyzstan | 105.31 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
149 | Yemen | 95.35 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
150 | Benin | 88.88 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
151 | India | 82.22 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
152 | Pakistan | 81.99 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
153 | Zambia | 81.12 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
154 | Sao Tome and Principe | 76.67 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
155 | Cambodia | 75.47 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
156 | Togo | 72.19 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
157 | Angola | 68.63 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 65.43 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
158 | Mali | 64.33 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
159 | Bangladesh | 63.46 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
160 | Mozambique | 61.64 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 60.9 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
161 | Somalia | 60.77 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
162 | Vanuatu | 60.05 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
163 | Bhutan | 59.41 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
164 | Djibouti | 55.55 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
165 | Zimbabwe | 53.73 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
166 | Uganda | 52.93 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
167 | Tanzania | 51.78 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
168 | Sudan | 50.45 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
169 | Liberia | 48.73 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
170 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 47.72 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
171 | Haiti | 47.58 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
172 | Burkina Faso | 43.26 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
173 | Guinea-Bissau | 42.23 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
174 | Libya | 40.91 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
175 | Tajikistan | 40.46 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
176 | Afghanistan | 40.09 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
177 | American Samoa | 39.47 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
178 | Malawi | 33.32 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
179 | Rwanda | 32.09 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
180 | Uzbekistan | 27.52 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
181 | Madagascar | 27.12 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
182 | Comoros | 26.75 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
183 | Central African Republic | 24.77 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
184 | Iraq | 22.62 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
185 | Sierra Leone | 22.12 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
186 | Chad | 21.54 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
187 | Niger | 21.49 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
188 | Guinea | 20.99 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
189 | Burundi | 20.27 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
190 | Solomon Islands | 12.56 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
191 | Cuba | 11.93 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
192 | Marshall Islands | 10.52 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
193 | Turkmenistan | 10.51 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
194 | Eritrea | 9.19 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
195 | Nepal | 9.17 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
196 | Kiribati | 6.29 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
197 | Ethiopia | 5.76 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
198 | Papua New Guinea | 4.42 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
199 | Burma | 3.63 per 1,000 people | 2005 |
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Interesting observations about Media > Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita
- Hong Kong ranked first for mobile phone subscribers > per capita amongst Hot countries in 2005.
- Luxembourg ranked first for mobile phone subscribers > per capita amongst Christian countries in 2005.
- Israel ranked first for mobile phone subscribers > per capita amongst Former British colonies in 2005.
- Bahrain ranked first for mobile phone subscribers > per capita amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
- Italy ranked first for mobile phone subscribers > per capita amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2005.
- South Africa ranked first for mobile phone subscribers > per capita amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005.
- Lithuania ranked first for mobile phone subscribers > per capita amongst Emerging markets in 2005.
- Chile ranked first for mobile phone subscribers > per capita amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2005.
- United States ranked second last for mobile phone subscribers > per capita amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2005.
- Norway ranked first for mobile phone subscribers > per capita amongst Sparsely populated countries in 2005.