Mobile phone subscriptions by country

Mobile phone plans per 100 people (can be over 100). The map opens on 2022, with figures for 209 countries.

Highest in 2022

Lowest in 2022

About the data

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

Unit: subscriptions per 100 people
Years: 1960–2024
Data as of: 2026-09-28
Source: World Bank
License: CC BY 4.0
Credit: World Bank, World Development Indicators (IT.CEL.SETS.P2), CC BY 4.0

All countries

Afghanistan 56.3 (2022)
Albania 98.4 (2022)
Algeria 107.8 (2022)
American Samoa 4.0 (2004)
Andorra 142.4 (2022)
Angola 66.6 (2022)
Antigua and Barb. 200.5 (2022)
Argentina 131.5 (2022)
Armenia 130.5 (2022)
Aruba 130.6 (2022)
Australia 109.5 (2022)
Austria 121.2 (2022)
Azerbaijan 107.5 (2022)
Bahamas 101.6 (2022)
Bahrain 139.6 (2022)
Bangladesh 109.9 (2022)
Barbados 114.6 (2022)
Belarus 128.3 (2022)
Belgium 101.7 (2022)
Belize 67.2 (2022)
Benin 105.7 (2022)
Bermuda 105.3 (2022)
Bhutan 95.1 (2022)
Bolivia 101.6 (2022)
Bosnia and Herz. 118.9 (2022)
Botswana 178.2 (2022)
Brazil 101.2 (2022)
British Virgin Is. 92.9 (2022)
Brunei 116.1 (2022)
Bulgaria 116.7 (2022)
Burkina Faso 114.0 (2022)
Burundi 56.3 (2022)
Cabo Verde 113.2 (2022)
Cambodia 113.4 (2022)
Cameroon 89.8 (2022)
Canada 91.2 (2022)
Cayman Is. 139.3 (2022)
Central African Rep. 38.8 (2022)
Chad 65.4 (2022)
Chile 135.1 (2022)
China 124.2 (2022)
Colombia 156.2 (2022)
Comoros 100.5 (2022)
Congo 93.6 (2022)
Costa Rica 136.5 (2022)
Côte d'Ivoire 161.2 (2022)
Croatia 114.7 (2022)
Cuba 68.7 (2022)
Curaçao 92.7 (2022)
Cyprus 146.7 (2022)
Czechia 128.1 (2022)
Dem. Rep. Congo 48.7 (2022)
Denmark 126.5 (2022)
Djibouti 46.8 (2022)
Dominica 85.2 (2022)
Dominican Rep. 90.4 (2022)
Ecuador 98.1 (2022)
Egypt 90.7 (2022)
El Salvador 183.2 (2022)
Eq. Guinea 49.5 (2022)
Eritrea 59.1 (2022)
Estonia 152.3 (2022)
eSwatini 121.5 (2022)
Ethiopia 57.0 (2022)
Faeroe Is. 105.8 (2022)
Fiji 111.7 (2022)
Finland 128.0 (2022)
Fr. Polynesia 116.9 (2022)
France 116.0 (2022)
Gabon 123.2 (2022)
Gambia 106.8 (2022)
Georgia 154.0 (2022)
Germany 124.2 (2022)
Ghana 120.8 (2022)
Gibraltar 97.6 (2022)
Greece 109.0 (2022)
Greenland 118.6 (2022)
Grenada 95.8 (2022)
Guam 59.8 (2004)
Guatemala 115.2 (2022)
Guinea 95.3 (2022)
Guinea-Bissau 125.9 (2022)
Guyana 112.6 (2022)
Haiti 65.2 (2022)
Honduras 75.9 (2022)
Hong Kong 292.8 (2022)
Hungary 105.8 (2022)
Iceland 120.1 (2022)
India 80.2 (2022)
Indonesia 122.9 (2022)
Iran 162.7 (2022)
Iraq 99.1 (2022)
Ireland 110.6 (2022)
Israel 151.1 (2022)
Italy 131.7 (2022)
Jamaica 105.8 (2022)
Japan 168.6 (2022)
Jordan 67.7 (2022)
Judea and Samaria and Gaza Strip 76.6 (2022)
Kazakhstan 125.6 (2022)
Kenya 121.2 (2022)
Kiribati 49.1 (2022)
Kosovo 34.5 (2022)
Kuwait 168.4 (2022)
Kyrgyzstan 106.9 (2022)
Laos 63.4 (2022)
Latvia 115.2 (2022)
Lebanon 74.0 (2022)
Lesotho 68.1 (2022)
Liberia 32.1 (2022)
Libya 193.0 (2022)
Liechtenstein 126.3 (2022)
Lithuania 135.8 (2022)
Luxembourg 139.7 (2022)
Macao 172.2 (2022)
Madagascar 64.7 (2022)
Malawi 59.6 (2022)
Malaysia 138.2 (2022)
Maldives 136.5 (2022)
Mali 112.1 (2022)
Malta 132.9 (2022)
Marshall Is. 39.7 (2022)
Mauritania 109.9 (2022)
Mauritius 164.3 (2022)
Mexico 105.7 (2022)
Micronesia 20.0 (2022)
Moldova 137.2 (2022)
Monaco 100.1 (2022)
Mongolia 142.8 (2022)
Montenegro 207.3 (2022)
Morocco 141.9 (2022)
Mozambique 45.8 (2022)
Myanmar 107.5 (2022)
N. Mariana Is. 32.0 (2004)
Namibia 100.6 (2022)
Nauru 87.2 (2022)
Nepal 121.1 (2022)
Netherlands 115.8 (2022)
New Caledonia 91.7 (2022)
New Zealand 116.0 (2022)
Nicaragua 104.3 (2022)
Niger 63.4 (2022)
Nigeria 99.6 (2022)
North Korea 24.1 (2022)
North Macedonia 111.3 (2022)
Norway 111.7 (2022)
Oman 136.8 (2022)
Pakistan 79.1 (2022)
Palau 135.1 (2022)
Panama 152.1 (2022)
Papua New Guinea 49.2 (2022)
Paraguay 128.1 (2022)
Peru 124.1 (2022)
Philippines 147.4 (2022)
Poland 137.0 (2022)
Portugal 122.8 (2022)
Puerto Rico 120.2 (2022)
Qatar 162.2 (2022)
Romania 121.1 (2022)
Russia 168.5 (2022)
Rwanda 80.6 (2022)
S. Sudan 48.5 (2022)
Saint Lucia 98.7 (2022)
Samoa 62.4 (2022)
San Marino 120.3 (2022)
São Tomé and Principe 86.8 (2022)
Saudi Arabia 149.8 (2022)
Senegal 118.2 (2022)
Serbia 129.8 (2022)
Seychelles 163.4 (2022)
Sierra Leone 107.9 (2022)
Singapore 173.0 (2022)
Sint Maarten 205.4 (2022)
Slovakia 136.0 (2022)
Slovenia 126.5 (2022)
Solomon Is. 62.1 (2022)
Somalia 49.7 (2022)
South Africa 160.7 (2022)
South Korea 148.7 (2022)
Spain 123.4 (2022)
Sri Lanka 151.7 (2022)
St. Kitts and Nevis 116.9 (2022)
St. Vin. and Gren. 102.3 (2022)
Sudan 70.2 (2022)
Suriname 149.1 (2022)
Sweden 140.8 (2022)
Switzerland 124.0 (2022)
Syria 78.7 (2022)
Tajikistan 63.8 (2022)
Tanzania 93.0 (2022)
Thailand 176.2 (2022)
Timor-Leste 108.2 (2022)
Togo 72.2 (2022)
Tonga 61.7 (2022)
Trinidad and Tobago 133.6 (2022)
Tunisia 131.9 (2022)
Turkey 103.7 (2022)
Turkmenistan 88.2 (2021)
Turks and Caicos Is. 109.8 (2004)
Tuvalu 98.9 (2022)
U.S. Virgin Is. 91.5 (2022)
Uganda 70.1 (2022)
Ukraine 120.3 (2022)
United Arab Emirates 195.6 (2022)
United Kingdom 119.8 (2022)
United States of America 108.8 (2022)
Uruguay 139.8 (2022)
Uzbekistan 105.5 (2022)
Vanuatu 81.6 (2022)
Venezuela 66.5 (2022)
Vietnam 137.9 (2022)
Yemen 46.5 (2022)
Zambia 98.4 (2022)
Zimbabwe 89.0 (2022)

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