List of countries by number of mobile phones in use

This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phone numbers in use. Note that it is not the number of phone devices that are being given here, but the number of phone numbers in a country. In some countries, one person might have two mobile phones. Also, some mobile phone numbers may be used by machines as a modem (examples: intrusion detection systems, home automation, leak detection).

Rankings Country or regions # of phone numbers Population Connections/100 citizens Date of evaluation
World 7,950,000,000+ 7,621,018,958 104.32 2019/12[1][2]
1 China China 1,610,360,000 1,411,050,000 113.38 2020/10[3][4]
2 India India 1,515,971,713 1,375,245,994 110.18 2020/10[3][5]
3 Indonesia Indonesia 385,573,398 237,556,363 162.28 2016/07[6]
4 United States United States 380,577,528 339,874,628 116.27 2020/10[7][8]
5 Brazil Brazil 284,200,000 201,032,714 141.3 2015/05[6][9]
6 Russia Russia 256,116,000 142,905,200 155.5 2013/07[6][10]
7 Pakistan Pakistan 194,580,369 219,922,083 88.34 2022/06[11][12]
8 Nigeria Nigeria 190,475,494 190,551,754 99.5 2020/04[13]
9 Bangladesh Bangladesh 180,780,000 162,951,560 111.11 2022/03[14]
10 Japan Japan 146,649,600 127,300,000 115.2 2013[15]
11 Germany Germany 107,000,000 81,882,342 130.1 2013[16]
12 Philippines Philippines 106,987,098 94,013,200 113.8 2013/10[17]
13 Mexico Mexico 101,339,000 112,322,757 90.2 2013/07[18]
14 Iran Iran 96,165,000 86,330,703 130 2013/02[19]
15 Egypt Egypt 95,340,000 99,958,000 95.38 2019/12[20]
16 Italy Italy 88,580,000 60,790,400 147.4 2013/12[21]
17 United Kingdom United Kingdom 83,100,000 64,100,000 129.6 2013[22]
18 Vietnam Vietnam 72,300,000 90,549,390 79 2013/10[23]
19 Turkey Turkey 72,200,000 79,463,663 92.5 2015[24][25]
20 France France 72,180,000 63,573,842 114.2 2013/12[26]
21 Thailand Thailand 69,000,000 67,480,000 105 2015[27]
22 South Africa South Africa 59,474,500 50,586,757 117.6 2013[28]
23 Colombia Colombia 57,900,472 49,375,617 118.9 2017[29][30][31]
24 Ukraine Ukraine 57,505,555 45,579,904 126.0 2013/12[32]
25 Argentina Argentina 56,725,200 40,134,425 141.34 2013[33]
26 Tanzania Tanzania 56,313,438 48,715,877 86.5 2020/03[34]
27 South Korea South Korea 56,004,887 50,219,669 111.5 2014[35]
28 Spain Spain 55,740,000 47,265,321 118.0 2013/12[36]
29 Poland Poland 47,153,200 38,186,860 123.48 2013[37][38]
30 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 46,000,000 27,137,000 169.5 2013/12[39]
31 Morocco Morocco 44,450,000 33,818,662 131 2015[40]
32 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 38,849,812 21,671,000 179.3 2018/12[41]
33 Peru Peru 34,235,000 31,179,417 109.8 2015[42]
34 Nepal Nepal 34,172,058 26,620,020 134.41 2018: NTA_MIS_128,2018[43]
35 Algeria Algeria 33,000,000 35,000,000 94.2 2013[44]
36 Venezuela Venezuela 32,019,086 30,163,157 106.15 2014[45]
37 Canada Canada 31,210,628 36,885,049 84.6 2018[46]
38 Taiwan Taiwan 28,610,000 23,197,947 123.33 2013/12[47]
39 Malaysia Malaysia 30,379,000 28,250,000 143.8 2014/04[48]
40 Kenya Kenya 28,080,000 42,000,000 71.3 2013[49]
41 Romania Romania 26,000,000 21,438,000 123.45 2010/12/16 [50]
42 Chile Chile 21,000,000 17,094,270 122.9 2013/12[51]
43 Australia Australia 20,570,000 23,490,700 87.6 2014/11[52][53]
44 Netherlands Netherlands 20,000,000 16,515,057 121.1 2013/11[54]
45 Hong Kong Hong Kong 19,207,578 7,482,500 256.7 2018/09[55][56]
46 Ethiopia Ethiopia 18,000,000 85,000,020 21.8 2013/12[57]
47 Guatemala Guatemala 17,571,895 14,713,763 119.4 2013/06[58]
48 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 17,132,724 8,410,763 203.7 2014/11[59]
49 Ecuador Ecuador 15,900,000 14,300,000 111.18 2013/01[60]
50 Sweden Sweden 14,500,000 9,906,331 146.4 2016/06[61]
51 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 13,518,887 13,060,000 103.5 2014/01 [62]
52 Portugal Portugal 13,400,000 10,562,178 126.87 2013/11
53 Belgium Belgium 11,822,000 10,414,000 113.6 2013
54  Hungary 11,561,890 9,908,798 116.7 2013/11[63]
55 Bulgaria Bulgaria 10,454,400 7,200,000 145.2 2013[15]
56 Israel Israel 9,701,200 7,900,000 122.8 2013[15]
57 Finland Finland 9,470,000 5,487,308 172.6 2015[64]
58 Costa Rica Costa Rica 8,300,000[65] 4,872,000 156[66] 2017/06[65]
59 Singapore Singapore 8,106,700 5,399,000 150.1 2015/01[67]
60 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 7,000,000 5,543,819 126.2 2008/02[68]
61 Denmark Denmark 7,000,000 5,700,000 127.5 2013[15]
62 Panama Panama 6,900,000 3,405,813 202.5 2013/07[69]
63 Jordan Jordan 6,010,000 5,950,000 101.0 2010/03[70]
64 Republic of Ireland Ireland 5,770,638 4,581,269 125.9 2015 [71]
65 Lithuania Lithuania 4,940,000 2,955,986 167.1 2013 Q2 [72] [73]
66  New Zealand 4,761,000 4,500,000 111.1 2013[15]
67 Mongolia Mongolia 3,500,000 2,980,000 117.4 2013[74]
68 Lebanon Lebanon 2,720,000 4,224,000 64.4 2010/10[75]
69 Latvia Latvia 2,579,000 1,986,705 129.8 2015/07[76]
70 North Korea North Korea 3,000,000 24,451,285 12.3 2015[77]
71 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 2,060,000 1,363,985 151.6 2019 Q2[78]
72 Estonia Estonia 1,904,000 1,269,420 150.5 2015/07[79]
73 Cuba Cuba 1,300,000 11,200,000 11.6 2011/12[80]
74 Montenegro Montenegro 1,117,500 620,029 180.23 2015/09[81]
75 Malta Malta 554,651 452,515 122.57 2013/06[82]
76 Maldives Maldives 776,716 417,492 245.92 2017/07[83]

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