Number of Mobile Cellular Subscriptions

This key economic indicator for the Mobile Services sector has been recently updated.

  1. Indonesia was up 6.8% of Number of Mobile Cellular Subscriptions in 2019, compared to the previous year.
  2. Since 2014 China Number of Mobile Cellular Subscriptions jumped by 6.3% year on year to 1,746,238,000 Subscriptions.
  3. In 2019 United States was number 3 in Number of Mobile Cellular Subscriptions.
  4. In 2019 Ethiopia was number 38 in Number of Mobile Cellular Subscriptions close to 39,540,000 Subscriptions, jumping from 204 in 2018.

Top Countries in Number of Mobile Cellular Subscriptions

Units (Subscriptions) - 1960 to 2019

# 204 Countries Units (Subscriptions) Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
China
1,746,238,000 2019 +5.9 % +6.3 % View data
2 #2
India
1,151,480,361 2019 -2.1 % +4.0 % View data
3 #3
United States
442,457,000 2019 +4.8 % +4.5 % View data
4 #4
Indonesia
341,277,549 2019 +6.8 % +0.9 % View data
5 #5
Russia
239,795,946 2019 +4.5 % +1.6 % View data
6 #6
Brazil
202,009,290 2019 -3.5 % -6.4 % View data
7 #7
Japan
186,514,109 2019 +3.7 % +3.4 % View data
8 #8
Nigeria
184,592,255 2019 +6.9 % +5.8 % View data
9 #9
Philippines
167,322,432 2019 +24.3 % +8.5 % View data
10 #10
Bangladesh
165,572,000 2019 +2.4 % +5.5 % View data
11 #11
Pakistan
165,405,847 2019 +7.4 % +4.0 % View data
12 #12
Vietnam
136,230,406 2019 -3.1 % +0.0 % View data
13 #13
Thailand
129,614,000 2019 +3.6 % +6.0 % View data
14 #14
Mexico
122,040,789 2019 +1.6 % +3.1 % View data
15 #15
Iran
118,061,419 2019 +33.1 % +11.4 % View data
16 #16
Germany
107,200,000 2019 -0.3 % +1.5 % View data
17 #17
South Africa
96,972,459 2019 +4.9 % +4.1 % View data
18 #18
Egypt
95,340,262 2019 +1.7 % +0.0 % View data
19 #19
United Kingdom
80,967,000 2019 +1.9 % +0.6 % View data
20 #20
Turkey
80,790,877 2019 +0.8 % +2.4 % View data
21 #21
Italy
79,480,756 2019 -4.6 % -2.4 % View data
22 #22
France
72,040,000 2019 +2.3 % +1.9 % View data
23 #23
South Korea
68,892,541 2019 +3.8 % +3.8 % View data
24 #24
Colombia
66,283,175 2019 +2.7 % +3.7 % View data
25 #25
Myanmar
61,144,000 2019 +0.0 % +16.1 % View data
26 #26
Argentina
56,352,947 2019 -3.8 % -1.6 % View data
27 #27
Spain
55,354,944 2019 +2.2 % +1.7 % View data
28 #28
Ukraine
54,842,940 2019 +1.7 % -2.2 % View data
29 #29
Kenya
54,555,497 2019 +10.2 % +10.2 % View data
30 #30
Poland
48,392,944 2019 +0.2 % -3.2 % View data
31 #31
Tanzania
47,685,232 2019 +9.6 % +8.4 % View data
32 #32
Algeria
47,081,131 2019 -0.2 % +1.7 % View data
33 #33
Morocco
46,666,722 2019 +4.3 % +1.1 % View data
34 #34
Malaysia
44,600,700 2019 +5.2 % -0.1 % View data
35 #35
Saudi Arabia
41,298,629 2019 -0.0 % -4.8 % View data
36 #36
Nepal
40,994,364 2019 +4.6 % +12.2 % View data
37 #37
Ghana
40,857,077 2019 -0.2 % +6.1 % View data
38 #38
Ethiopia
39,540,000 2019 NA +5.3 % View data
39 #39
Peru
38,915,400 2019 -7.7 % +4.1 % View data
40 #40
Ivory Coast
37,376,603 2019 +10.6 % +11.1 % View data
41 #41
Iraq
37,224,759 2019 +1.9 % +2.4 % View data
42 #42
Democratic Republic of the Congo
37,123,208 2019 +1.8 % +0.0 % View data
43 #43
Canada
34,366,950 2019 +3.5 % +3.6 % View data
44 #44
Uzbekistan
33,380,000 2019 +43.7 % +9.1 % View data
45 #45
Sudan
33,014,160 2019 +9.7 % +3.5 % View data
46 #46
Sri Lanka
30,778,582 2019 +1.6 % +6.8 % View data
47 #47
Australia
27,880,000 2019 +0.9 % +2.2 % View data
48 #48
Kazakhstan
25,717,700 2019 -1.3 % -2.1 % View data
49 #49
Uganda
25,395,503 2019 +3.8 % +4.5 % View data
50 #50
Chile
25,051,668 2019 -0.5 % +1.1 % View data
51 #51
Mali
22,925,482 2019 +4.4 % -0.5 % View data
52 #52
Romania
22,671,000 2019 +0.2 % -0.2 % View data
53 #53
Afghanistan
22,580,071 2019 +2.8 % +4.2 % View data
54 #54
Netherlands
21,762,000 2019 +3.1 % +2.1 % View data
55 #55
Cambodia
21,418,681 2019 +10.3 % +0.9 % View data
56 #56
Cameroon
21,400,736 2019 +16.0 % +4.7 % View data
57 #57
Guatemala
20,874,130 2019 +2.0 % +4.3 % View data
58 #58
Burkina Faso
20,364,508 2019 +5.3 % +10.3 % View data
59 #59
United Arab Emirates
19,602,815 2019 -2.4 % +3.1 % View data
60 #60
Syria
19,387,604 2019 +13.2 % +6.7 % View data
61 #61
Senegal
17,880,594 2019 +8.0 % +4.5 % View data
62 #62
Zambia
17,220,607 2019 +11.3 % +11.2 % View data
63 #63
Ecuador
15,853,100 2019 +0.5 % -0.9 % View data
64 #64
Yemen
15,357,900 2019 +0.4 % -2.1 % View data
65 #65
Angola
14,830,154 2019 +11.6 % +1.1 % View data
66 #66
Mozambique
14,773,364 2019 +5.0 % -4.4 % View data
67 #67
Tunisia
14,771,048 2019 +0.0 % +0.7 % View data
68 #68
Venezuela
13,476,287 2019 -35.0 % -15.1 % View data
69 #69
Zimbabwe
13,195,902 2019 +2.2 % +2.3 % View data
70 #70
Czech Republic
13,101,360 2019 +3.1 % -1.2 % View data
71 #71
Sweden
12,895,854 2019 +2.1 % +0.9 % View data
72 #72
Guinea
12,873,000 2019 +7.2 % +8.2 % View data
73 #73
Portugal
11,909,751 2019 +0.4 % +0.0 % View data
74 #74
Greece
11,882,081 2019 -2.4 % -0.4 % View data
75 #75
Israel
11,700,000 2019 +9.3 % +4.3 % View data
76 #76
Bolivia
11,688,830 2019 +2.1 % +2.3 % View data
77 #77
Belarus
11,627,249 2019 +0.1 % +0.4 % View data
78 #78
Belgium
11,509,573 2019 +0.5 % -2.0 % View data
79 #79
Switzerland
10,829,031 2019 +0.4 % -0.6 % View data
80 #80
Azerbaijan
10,750,300 2019 +4.0 % +0.4 % View data
81 #81
Austria
10,726,000 2019 -2.4 % -3.7 % View data
82 #82
Madagascar
10,654,700 2019 +0.0 % +1.9 % View data
83 #83
Benin
10,349,847 2019 +9.4 % +3.6 % View data
84 #84
Hungary
10,272,694 2019 +2.3 % -2.6 % View data
85 #85
Tajikistan
9,904,000 2019 +0.0 % +4.4 % View data
86 #86
Rwanda
9,658,548 2019 -0.4 % +4.5 % View data
87 #87
El Salvador
9,432,930 2019 -0.0 % +0.5 % View data
88 #88
Turkmenistan
9,377,000 2019 +0.0 % +5.4 % View data
89 #89
Singapore
9,034,300 2019 +5.4 % +2.2 % View data
90 #90
Dominican Republic
8,948,107 2019 +0.1 % +1.5 % View data
91 #91
Malawi
8,901,027 2019 +25.8 % +9.6 % View data
92 #92
Niger
8,778,880 2019 +0.0 % +1.3 % View data
93 #93
Kyrgyzstan
8,622,565 2019 -1.3 % +2.7 % View data
94 #94
Costa Rica
8,550,243 2019 +0.6 % +4.0 % View data
95 #95
Serbia
8,453,887 2019 +0.3 % -2.0 % View data
96 #96
Bulgaria
8,134,581 2019 -3.0 % -3.0 % View data
97 #97
Jordan
7,778,770 2019 -10.9 % -6.8 % View data
98 #98
Paraguay
7,761,848 2019 +4.3 % +1.2 % View data
99 #99
Chad
7,664,839 2019 +9.8 % +7.9 % View data
100 #100
Honduras
7,559,829 2019 -0.4 % -0.4 % View data
101 #101
Slovakia
7,399,534 2019 +2.2 % +3.0 % View data
102 #102
Kuwait
7,327,028 2019 +3.2 % -0.7 % View data
103 #103
Denmark
7,243,465 2019 +0.4 % +0.2 % View data
104 #104
Finland
7,150,000 2019 +0.0 % -1.2 % View data
105 #105
Somalia
7,119,000 2019 -7.0 % +5.3 % View data
106 #106
Haiti
6,843,380 2019 +3.6 % +0.2 % View data
107 #107
Sierra Leone
6,729,804 2019 +5.9 % +7.2 % View data
108 #108
Burundi
6,532,039 2019 +3.4 % +15.4 % View data
109 #109
New Zealand
6,400,000 2019 +0.0 % +4.7 % View data
110 #110
Oman
6,383,458 2019 -0.9 % +0.6 % View data
111 #111
Togo
6,239,183 2019 +1.5 % +6.7 % View data
112 #112
Cuba
6,042,629 2019 +12.5 % +19.0 % View data
113 #113
Libya
6,020,000 2019 +0.0 % -6.7 % View data
114 #114
Nicaragua
5,788,432 2019 -22.2 % -3.9 % View data
115 #115
Norway
5,775,830 2019 +1.0 % +0.1 % View data
116 #116
Panama
5,599,005 2019 -2.2 % -4.1 % View data
117 #117
Georgia
5,384,462 2019 -1.4 % -0.1 % View data
118 #118
Ireland
5,160,309 2019 +3.8 % +1.0 % View data
119 #119
Republic of the Congo
5,000,000 2019 +0.0 % +0.3 % View data
120 #120
Uruguay
4,779,787 2019 -7.6 % -2.8 % View data
121 #121
Mauritania
4,710,800 2019 +3.2 % +4.7 % View data
122 #122
Lithuania
4,658,823 2019 +1.5 % +1.8 % View data
123 #123
Mongolia
4,418,919 2019 +4.7 % +7.9 % View data
124 #124
Croatia
4,404,652 2019 +0.4 % -0.3 % View data
125 #125
Laos
4,362,183 2019 +19.1 % -1.1 % View data
126 #126
Palestine
4,300,230 2019 -1.7 % +6.1 % View data
127 #127
Lebanon
4,237,962 2019 -4.2 % -0.7 % View data
128 #128
Papua New Guinea
4,018,000 2019 +0.0 % +3.6 % View data
129 #129
Qatar
3,917,571 2019 -0.7 % +3.5 % View data
130 #130
North Korea
3,810,000 2019 +0.0 % +6.3 % View data
131 #131
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3,755,521 2019 +8.5 % +1.5 % View data
132 #132
Botswana
3,746,760 2019 +10.8 % +1.9 % View data
133 #133
Armenia
3,618,747 2019 +1.1 % +0.9 % View data
134 #134
Moldova
3,613,846 2019 -0.6 % -0.7 % View data
135 #135
Puerto Rico
3,371,969 2019 +1.3 % +1.0 % View data
136 #136
Gambia
3,181,390 2019 +0.0 % +6.9 % View data
137 #137
Jamaica
3,023,873 2019 +2.0 % +0.1 % View data
138 #138
Gabon
2,992,811 2019 +2.1 % +0.4 % View data
139 #139
Namibia
2,823,655 2019 +2.3 % +1.1 % View data
140 #140
Liberia
2,660,000 2019 +0.0 % -3.8 % View data
141 #141
Albania
2,630,076 2019 -3.1 % -4.8 % View data
142 #142
Slovenia
2,511,979 2019 +1.9 % +1.6 % View data
143 #143
South Sudan
2,221,967 2019 +15.9 % -5.0 % View data
144 #144
Trinidad and Tobago
2,163,725 2019 +9.7 % +1.8 % View data
145 #145
Latvia
2,071,814 2019 +0.1 % -2.8 % View data
146 #146
Estonia
1,951,051 2019 +1.4 % +0.6 % View data
147 #147
Macedonia
1,921,013 2019 -2.4 % -2.9 % View data
148 #148
Bahrain
1,900,361 2019 -9.2 % -4.0 % View data
149 #149
Mauritius
1,866,600 2019 -2.7 % +2.5 % View data
150 #150
Central African Republic
1,595,294 2019 +24.7 % +6.7 % View data
151 #151
Guinea-Bissau
1,590,381 2019 +7.4 % +7.5 % View data
152 #152
Lesotho
1,583,192 2019 +0.1 % -5.8 % View data
153 #153
East Timor
1,425,256 2019 -2.9 % +0.7 % View data
154 #154
Cyprus
1,243,151 2019 +3.6 % +2.3 % View data
155 #155
Montenegro
1,150,998 2019 +1.5 % +2.6 % View data
156 #156
Swaziland
1,052,000 2019 +0.0 % +2.8 % View data
157 #157
Fiji
1,033,920 2019 +0.0 % +3.4 % View data
158 #158
Luxembourg
835,900 2019 +4.7 % +0.8 % View data
159 #159
Maldives
828,042 2019 -3.5 % +4.5 % View data
160 #160
Suriname
813,844 2019 +8.2 % -2.6 % View data
161 #161
Bhutan
729,239 2019 +3.6 % +3.1 % View data
162 #162
Eritrea
695,000 2019 +0.0 % +10.7 % View data
163 #163
Guyana
643,210 2019 +0.0 % +2.6 % View data
164 #164
Malta
634,386 2019 +3.0 % +3.0 % View data
165 #165
Cape Verde
595,681 2019 -2.4 % -0.6 % View data
166 #166
Equatorial Guinea
591,223 2019 +0.0 % +2.7 % View data
167 #167
Comoros
575,218 2019 +15.3 % +8.5 % View data
168 #168
Brunei
574,799 2019 +1.6 % +4.9 % View data
169 #169
Solomon Islands
478,116 2019 -0.8 % +4.9 % View data
170 #170
Bahamas
425,507 2019 +9.5 % +6.2 % View data
171 #171
Djibouti
413,866 2019 +4.8 % +7.6 % View data
172 #172
Iceland
413,446 2019 +0.5 % +2.2 % View data
173 #173
Barbados
329,326 2019 +0.0 % +1.5 % View data
174 #174
French Polynesia
287,839 2019 -4.9 % +2.4 % View data
175 #175
Vanuatu
265,219 2019 +5.5 % +11.2 % View data
176 #176
New Caledonia
260,277 2019 +0.0 % +1.4 % View data
177 #177
Belize
254,919 2019 +3.5 % +8.2 % View data
178 #178
Seychelles
193,672 2019 +8.2 % +5.1 % View data
179 #179
Saint Lucia
184,944 2019 +0.0 % -0.4 % View data
180 #180
Antigua and Barbuda
184,000 2019 +0.0 % +8.9 % View data
181 #181
Sao Tome and Principe
165,761 2019 +1.9 % +5.2 % View data
182 #182
Aruba
141,000 2019 +0.0 % +0.2 % View data
183 #183
Samoa
124,211 2019 +0.0 % +3.1 % View data
184 #184
Grenada
113,177 2019 -2.6 % -0.7 % View data
185 #185
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
102,700 2019 -3.0 % -2.2 % View data
186 #186
Cayman Islands
96,656 2019 +0.0 % +1.2 % View data
187 #187
Andorra
87,909 2019 +6.4 % +5.8 % View data
188 #188
Saint Kitts and Nevis
76,878 2019 +0.0 % +3.4 % View data
189 #189
Dominica
75,771 2019 +0.0 % +0.5 % View data
190 #190
Bermuda
64,997 2019 +0.0 % +1.8 % View data
191 #191
Tonga
62,104 2019 -42.5 % -1.8 % View data
192 #192
Greenland
61,656 2019 +0.4 % +0.3 % View data
193 #193
Faroe Islands
56,293 2019 -0.9 % -0.7 % View data
194 #194
Kiribati
54,658 2019 +2.5 % +12.8 % View data
195 #195
Liechtenstein
47,748 2019 +1.0 % +3.3 % View data
196 #196
British Virgin Islands
41,654 2019 +4.3 % -5.3 % View data
197 #197
Gibraltar
40,537 2019 -1.2 % +1.3 % View data
198 #198
San Marino
38,750 2019 +0.7 % +0.6 % View data
199 #199
Monaco
33,783 2019 +3.4 % +0.1 % View data
200 #200
Palau
23,743 2019 +0.0 % +4.4 % View data
201 #201
Federated States of Micronesia
23,114 2019 +0.0 % NA View data
202 #202
Marshall Islands
16,000 2019 +0.0 % +0.6 % View data
203 #203
Nauru
10,000 2019 +0.0 % +8.0 % View data
204 #204
Tuvalu
8,000 2019 +0.0 % +16.1 % View data

Source: World Bank

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