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Media > Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: 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
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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Media > Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Countries Compared Map

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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.
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