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Countries in Asia by mobile subscriptions

Mobile phone subscriptions for every 100 people. One person can hold several SIM cards, so many countries pass 100. 47 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2024

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Map: Mobile subscriptions — Asia
Highest
203
United Arab Emirates
Median country
118
half above, half below
Lowest
24
North Korea
#CountryPer 100 peopleYearRegion
1United Arab Emirates2032024Western Asia
2Japan1782023Eastern Asia
3Israel1772024Western Asia
4Iran1742024Southern Asia
5South Korea1732024Eastern Asia
6Singapore1712024South-Eastern Asia
7Kuwait1682023Western Asia
=8Georgia1612024Western Asia
=8Thailand1612024South-Eastern Asia
=10Bahrain1602024Western Asia
=10Saudi Arabia1602024Western Asia
12Cyprus1562024Western Asia
13Qatar1542024Western Asia
14Maldives1482024Southern Asia
15Mongolia1412024Eastern Asia
16Malaysia1402024South-Eastern Asia
17Armenia1352024Western Asia
18Sri Lanka1332024Southern Asia
19China1322024Eastern Asia
20Vietnam1282024South-Eastern Asia
21Kazakhstan1272024Central Asia
22Indonesia1232024South-Eastern Asia
23Oman1212024Western Asia
24Brunei1182024South-Eastern Asia
=25Cambodia1162024South-Eastern Asia
=25Timor-Leste1162024South-Eastern Asia
27Philippines1152024South-Eastern Asia
28Myanmar1142024South-Eastern Asia
=29Azerbaijan1102024Western Asia
=29Uzbekistan1102024Central Asia
=31Bangladesh1082024Southern Asia
=31Turkey1082024Western Asia
33Kyrgyzstan1072024Central Asia
=34Bhutan1002024Southern Asia
=34Iraq1002024Western Asia
=34Nepal1002024Southern Asia
37Turkmenistan882021Central Asia
38India792024Southern Asia
39Pakistan772024Southern Asia
40Tajikistan762023Central Asia
41Lebanon742022Western Asia
42Syria712024Western Asia
43Jordan702024Western Asia
44Laos652023South-Eastern Asia
45Afghanistan602024Southern Asia
46Yemen512023Western Asia
47North Korea242022Eastern Asia

No World Bank figure for Taiwan.

Territories and other places

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

PlacePer 100 peopleStatus
Hong Kong365Territory of China
Macao201Territory of China
Palestine77Status disputed

Questions

Which country in Asia has the most mobile subscriptions?
The United Arab Emirates has the most mobile subscriptions in Asia: 203 subscriptions per 100 people (2024). Next come Japan (178 subscriptions per 100 people) and Israel (177 subscriptions per 100 people).
Which country in Asia has the fewest mobile subscriptions?
North Korea, with 24 subscriptions per 100 people (2022).
What is the typical mobile subscriptions of a country in Asia?
The median of the 47 countries in Asia is 118 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

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.