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Countries by mobile phone subscriptions

Mobile phone subscriptions for every 100 people. One person can hold several SIM cards, so many countries pass 100. 191 countries, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2024

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Map: Mobile subscriptions — World
Highest
222
Montenegro
Median country
115
half above, half below
Lowest
20
Micronesia
#CountryPer 100 peopleYearRegion
1Montenegro2222024Southern Europe
2United Arab Emirates2032024Western Asia
3Antigua and Barbuda2012022Caribbean
4Libya1932022Northern Africa
5Russia1862024Eastern Europe
6Côte d'Ivoire1842024Western Africa
7South Africa1792024Southern Africa
8Japan1782023Eastern Asia
=9El Salvador1772024Central America
=9Israel1772024Western Asia
=11Colombia1742024South America
=11Iran1742024Southern Asia
=13Mauritius1732024Eastern Africa
=13South Korea1732024Eastern Asia
15Singapore1712024South-Eastern Asia
16Kuwait1682023Western Asia
17Botswana1642024Southern Africa
=18Georgia1612024Western Asia
=18Thailand1612024South-Eastern Asia
=20Bahrain1602024Western Asia
=20Saudi Arabia1602024Western Asia
22Panama1572023Central America
=23Andorra1562024Southern Europe
=23Cyprus1562024Western Asia
25Qatar1542024Western Asia
26Morocco1532024Northern Africa
27Estonia1512024Northern Europe
28Maldives1482024Southern Asia
29Guinea-Bissau1472024Western Africa
30Uruguay1462024South America
31Luxembourg1442023Western Europe
=32Malta1422024Southern Europe
=32Suriname1422024South America
=34Mongolia1412024Eastern Asia
=34Sweden1412024Northern Europe
=36Argentina1402024South America
=36Eswatini1402024Southern Africa
=36Malaysia1402024South-Eastern Asia
=36Slovakia1402024Eastern Europe
40Lithuania1392024Northern Europe
41Poland1382024Eastern Europe
42Costa Rica1362024Central America
=43Armenia1352024Western Asia
=43Palau1352023Micronesia
=45Chile1332024South America
=45Italy1332024Southern Europe
=45Sri Lanka1332024Southern Asia
=45Ukraine1332023Eastern Europe
49China1322024Eastern Asia
=50Belarus1312024Eastern Europe
=50Slovenia1312024Southern Europe
=52New Zealand1302024Australia and New Zealand
=52Spain1302024Southern Europe
=54Germany1292024Western Europe
=54Liechtenstein1292024Western Europe
=54Netherlands1292024Western Europe
=54Switzerland1292024Western Europe
58Vietnam1282024South-Eastern Asia
=59Czechia1272024Eastern Europe
=59Denmark1272024Northern Europe
=59Kazakhstan1272024Central Asia
=59Paraguay1272023South America
=59Tanzania1272024Eastern Africa
=64Benin1262024Western Africa
=64Finland1262024Northern Europe
=64Gambia1262024Western Africa
=64Kenya1262024Eastern Africa
=64Seychelles1262024Eastern Africa
=69Gabon1252024Middle Africa
=69Peru1252024South America
=71Austria1242024Western Europe
=71Portugal1242024Southern Europe
=71Senegal1242024Western Africa
=71Serbia1242024Southern Europe
75Indonesia1232024South-Eastern Asia
=76Croatia1222024Southern Europe
=76United Kingdom1222024Northern Europe
=78Bosnia and Herzegovina1212024Southern Europe
=78Iceland1212024Northern Europe
=78Latvia1212024Northern Europe
=78Oman1212024Western Asia
=82Moldova1202024Eastern Europe
=82Romania1202024Eastern Europe
=82San Marino1202022Southern Europe
=85Saint Kitts and Nevis1192023Caribbean
=85Trinidad and Tobago1192024Caribbean
=87Brunei1182024South-Eastern Asia
=87Bulgaria1182024Eastern Europe
=87Jamaica1182024Caribbean
=87Tunisia1182024Northern Africa
=91Burkina Faso1172024Western Africa
=91France1172023Western Europe
=93Cambodia1162024South-Eastern Asia
=93Mexico1162024Central America
=93Timor-Leste1162024South-Eastern Asia
=96Algeria1152024Northern Africa
=96Barbados1152022Caribbean
=96Philippines1152024South-Eastern Asia
=99Ghana1142024Western Africa
=99Greece1142024Southern Europe
=99Myanmar1142024South-Eastern Asia
=102Australia1132024Australia and New Zealand
=102Guatemala1132024Central America
=102Guyana1132022South America
=102Ireland1132024Northern Europe
=102United States1132024Northern America
=107Cabo Verde1122024Western Africa
=107Mali1122022Western Africa
=109Azerbaijan1102024Western Asia
=109Comoros1102023Eastern Africa
=109Uzbekistan1102024Central Asia
=112Norway1092024Northern Europe
=112Zambia1092024Eastern Africa
=114Bangladesh1082024Southern Asia
=114Cameroon1082024Middle Africa
=114North Macedonia1082024Southern Europe
=114Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1082024Caribbean
=114Sierra Leone1082022Western Africa
=114Turkey1082024Western Asia
=120Kyrgyzstan1072024Central Asia
=120Monaco1072024Western Europe
122Nicaragua1062024Central America
123Hungary1052024Eastern Europe
124Belgium1042024Western Europe
=125Brazil1022024South America
=125Ecuador1022024South America
=127Bhutan1002024Southern Asia
=127Iraq1002024Western Asia
=127Nepal1002024Southern Asia
130Saint Lucia992022Caribbean
=131Bolivia982024South America
=131Guinea982023Western Africa
=133Bahamas972024Caribbean
=133Egypt972024Northern Africa
=135Congo962024Middle Africa
=135Grenada962022Caribbean
=137Canada942024Northern America
=137Dominican Republic942024Caribbean
=137Zimbabwe942024Eastern Africa
140Rwanda932024Eastern Africa
141Mauritania922024Western Africa
=142Albania892024Southern Europe
=142Vanuatu892023Melanesia
144Turkmenistan882021Central Asia
145Nauru872022Micronesia
=146Dominica852022Caribbean
=146Namibia852024Southern Africa
148Uganda832024Eastern Africa
149Togo812024Western Africa
150India792024Southern Asia
151Pakistan772024Southern Asia
152Tajikistan762023Central Asia
153Madagascar752023Eastern Africa
154Lebanon742022Western Asia
=155Chad732024Middle Africa
=155Cuba732024Caribbean
=157Honduras712024Central America
=157Nigeria712024Western Africa
=157Syria712024Western Asia
=157Venezuela712024South America
=161Angola702024Middle Africa
=161Jordan702024Western Asia
=161Lesotho702024Southern Africa
=161Sudan702022Northern Africa
165Malawi692024Eastern Africa
166Belize672022Central America
=167Ethiopia652024Eastern Africa
=167Haiti652022Caribbean
=167Laos652023South-Eastern Asia
170Burundi632023Eastern Africa
=171Samoa622022Polynesia
=171São Tomé and Principe622024Middle Africa
=171Solomon Islands622022Melanesia
=171Tonga622022Polynesia
175Niger612024Western Africa
176Afghanistan602024Southern Asia
=177DR Congo592024Middle Africa
=177Eritrea592022Eastern Africa
=179Kiribati542024Micronesia
=179Somalia542023Eastern Africa
181Yemen512023Western Asia
=182Equatorial Guinea502022Middle Africa
=182Mozambique502024Eastern Africa
184Djibouti482023Eastern Africa
185South Sudan472023Eastern Africa
186Marshall Islands402022Micronesia
=187Central African Republic392022Middle Africa
=187Papua New Guinea392024Melanesia
189Liberia322022Western Africa
190North Korea242022Eastern Asia
191Micronesia202022Micronesia

No World Bank figure for 3 countries: Fiji, Taiwan, Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

PlacePer 100 peopleStatus
Hong Kong365Territory of China
Sint Maarten205Territory of Netherlands
Macao201Territory of China
Cayman Islands139Territory of United Kingdom
Aruba131Territory of Netherlands
Puerto Rico126Territory of United States of America
French Polynesia119Territory of France
Greenland119Territory of Denmark
Faroe Islands106Territory of Denmark
Bermuda97Territory of United Kingdom
Curaçao94Territory of Netherlands
British Virgin Islands93Territory of United Kingdom
New Caledonia92Territory of France
US Virgin Islands91Territory of United States of America
Palestine77Status disputed

Questions

Which country has the most mobile subscriptions?
Montenegro has the most mobile subscriptions: 222 subscriptions per 100 people (2024). Next come the United Arab Emirates (203 subscriptions per 100 people) and Antigua and Barbuda (201 subscriptions per 100 people).
Which country has the fewest mobile subscriptions?
Micronesia, with 20 subscriptions per 100 people (2022).
What is the typical mobile subscriptions of a country?
The median of the 191 countries is 115 subscriptions per 100 people: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?
Mobile phone subscriptions for every 100 people. One person can hold several SIM cards, so many countries pass 100. Source: World Bank, mostly 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.