Countries in Europe by mobile subscriptions

Mobile phone subscriptions for every 100 people. One person can hold several SIM cards, so many countries pass 100. 43 countries in Europe, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2024

Map: Mobile subscriptions — Europe
Highest
222
Montenegro
Median country
126
half above, half below
Lowest
89
Albania
Countries in Europe by mobile subscriptions, World Bank, mostly 2024
#CountryPer 100 peopleYearRegion
1Montenegro2222024Southern Europe
2Russia1862024Eastern Europe
3Andorra1562024Southern Europe
4Estonia1512024Northern Europe
5Luxembourg1442023Western Europe
6Malta1422024Southern Europe
7Sweden1412024Northern Europe
8Slovakia1402024Eastern Europe
9Lithuania1392024Northern Europe
10Poland1382024Eastern Europe
=11Italy1332024Southern Europe
=11Ukraine1332023Eastern Europe
=13Belarus1312024Eastern Europe
=13Slovenia1312024Southern Europe
15Spain1302024Southern Europe
=16Germany1292024Western Europe
=16Liechtenstein1292024Western Europe
=16Netherlands1292024Western Europe
=16Switzerland1292024Western Europe
=20Czechia1272024Eastern Europe
=20Denmark1272024Northern Europe
22Finland1262024Northern Europe
=23Austria1242024Western Europe
=23Portugal1242024Southern Europe
=23Serbia1242024Southern Europe
=26Croatia1222024Southern Europe
=26United Kingdom1222024Northern Europe
=28Bosnia and Herzegovina1212024Southern Europe
=28Iceland1212024Northern Europe
=28Latvia1212024Northern Europe
=31Moldova1202024Eastern Europe
=31Romania1202024Eastern Europe
=31San Marino1202022Southern Europe
34Bulgaria1182024Eastern Europe
35France1172023Western Europe
36Greece1142024Southern Europe
37Ireland1132024Northern Europe
38Norway1092024Northern Europe
39North Macedonia1082024Southern Europe
40Monaco1072024Western Europe
41Hungary1052024Eastern Europe
42Belgium1042024Western Europe
43Albania892024Southern Europe

No World Bank figure for Vatican City.

Territories and other places

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

PlacePer 100 peopleStatus
Faroe Islands106Territory of Denmark

Questions

Which country in Europe has the most mobile subscriptions?
Montenegro has the most mobile subscriptions in Europe: 222 subscriptions per 100 people (2024). Next come Russia (186 subscriptions per 100 people) and Andorra (156 subscriptions per 100 people).
Which country in Europe has the fewest mobile subscriptions?
Albania, with 89 subscriptions per 100 people (2024).
What is the typical mobile subscriptions of a country in Europe?
The median of the 43 countries in Europe is 126 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.