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 |
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World | 7,950,000,000+ | 7,621,018,958 | 104.32 | 2019/12[1][2] | |
1 | China | 1,610,360,000 | 1,420,050,000 | 113.38 | 2020/10[3][4] |
2 | India | 1,515,971,713 | 1,375,245,994 | 110.18 | 2020/10[3][5] |
3 | Indonesia | 385,573,398 | 237,556,363 | 162.28 | 2016/07[6] |
4 | United States | 380,577,528 | 327,874,628 | 116.27 | 2020/10[7][8] |
5 | Brazil | 284,200,000 | 201,032,714 | 141.3 | 2015/05[6][9] |
6 | Russia | 256,116,000 | 142,905,200 | 155.5 | 2013/07[6][10] |
7 | Pakistan | 194,580,369 | 219,922,083 | 88.34 | 2022/06[11][12] |
8 | Nigeria | 190,475,494 | 190,551,754 | 99.5 | 2020/04[13] |
9 | Bangladesh | 180,780,000 | 162,951,560 | 111.11 | 2022/03[14] |
10 | Japan | 146,649,600 | 127,300,000 | 115.2 | 2013[15] |
11 | Germany | 107,000,000 | 81,882,342 | 130.1 | 2013[16] |
12 | Philippines | 106,987,098 | 94,013,200 | 113.8 | 2013/10[17] |
13 | Mexico | 101,339,000 | 112,322,757 | 90.2 | 2013/07[18] |
14 | Iran | 96,165,000 | 86,330,703 | 130 | 2013/02[19] |
15 | Egypt | 95,340,000 | 99,958,000 | 95.38 | 2019/12[20] |
16 | Italy | 88,580,000 | 60,790,400 | 147.4 | 2013/12[21] |
17 | United Kingdom | 83,100,000 | 64,100,000 | 129.6 | 2013[22] |
18 | Vietnam | 72,300,000 | 90,549,390 | 79 | 2013/10[23] |
19 | Turkey | 72,200,000 | 79,463,663 | 92.5 | 2015[24][25] |
20 | France | 72,180,000 | 63,573,842 | 114.2 | 2013/12[26] |
21 | Thailand | 69,000,000 | 67,480,000 | 105 | 2015[27] |
22 | South Africa | 59,474,500 | 50,586,757 | 117.6 | 2013[28] |
23 | Colombia | 57,900,472 | 49,375,617 | 118.9 | 2017[29][30][31] |
24 | Ukraine | 57,505,555 | 45,579,904 | 126.0 | 2013/12[32] |
25 | Argentina | 56,725,200 | 40,134,425 | 141.34 | 2013[33] |
26 | Tanzania | 56,313,438 | 48,715,877 | 86.5 | 2020/03[34] |
27 | South Korea | 56,004,887 | 50,219,669 | 111.5 | 2014[35] |
28 | Spain | 55,740,000 | 47,265,321 | 118.0 | 2013/12[36] |
29 | Poland | 47,153,200 | 38,186,860 | 123.48 | 2013[37][38] |
30 | Saudi Arabia | 46,000,000 | 27,137,000 | 169.5 | 2013/12[39] |
31 | Morocco | 44,450,000 | 33,818,662 | 131 | 2015[40] |
32 | Sri Lanka | 38,849,812 | 21,671,000 | 179.3 | 2018/12[41] |
33 | Peru | 34,235,000 | 31,179,417 | 109.8 | 2015[42] |
34 | Nepal | 34,172,058 | 26,620,020 | 134.41 | 2018: NTA_MIS_128,2018[43] |
35 | Algeria | 33,000,000 | 35,000,000 | 94.2 | 2013[44] |
36 | Venezuela | 32,019,086 | 30,163,157 | 106.15 | 2014[45] |
37 | Canada | 31,210,628 | 36,885,049 | 84.6 | 2018[46] |
38 | Taiwan | 28,610,000 | 23,197,947 | 123.33 | 2013/12[47] |
39 | Malaysia | 30,379,000 | 28,250,000 | 143.8 | 2014/04[48] |
40 | Kenya | 28,080,000 | 42,000,000 | 71.3 | 2013[49] |
41 | Romania | 26,000,000 | 21,438,000 | 123.45 | 2010/12/16 [50] |
42 | Chile | 21,000,000 | 17,094,270 | 122.9 | 2013/12[51] |
43 | Australia | 20,570,000 | 23,490,700 | 87.6 | 2014/11[52][53] |
44 | Netherlands | 20,000,000 | 16,515,057 | 121.1 | 2013/11[54] |
45 | Hong Kong | 19,207,578 | 7,482,500 | 256.7 | 2018/09[55][56] |
46 | Ethiopia | 18,000,000 | 85,000,020 | 21.8 | 2013/12[57] |
47 | Guatemala | 17,571,895 | 14,713,763 | 119.4 | 2013/06[58] |
48 | United Arab Emirates | 17,132,724 | 8,410,763 | 203.7 | 2014/11[59] |
49 | Ecuador | 15,900,000 | 14,300,000 | 111.18 | 2013/01[60] |
50 | Sweden | 14,500,000 | 9,906,331 | 146.4 | 2016/06[61] |
51 | Zimbabwe | 13,518,887 | 13,060,000 | 103.5 | 2014/01 [62] |
52 | Portugal | 13,400,000 | 10,562,178 | 126.87 | 2013/11 |
53 | Belgium | 11,822,000 | 10,414,000 | 113.6 | 2013[citation needed] |
54 | Hungary | 11,561,890 | 9,908,798 | 116.7 | 2013/11[63] |
55 | Bulgaria | 10,454,400 | 7,200,000 | 145.2 | 2013[15] |
56 | Israel | 9,701,200 | 7,900,000 | 122.8 | 2013[15] |
57 | Finland | 9,470,000 | 5,487,308 | 172.6 | 2015[64] |
58 | Costa Rica | 8,300,000[65] | 4,872,000 | 156[66] | 2017/06[65] |
59 | Singapore | 8,106,700 | 5,399,000 | 150.1 | 2015/01[67] |
60 | Azerbaijan | 7,000,000 | 5,543,819 | 126.2 | 2008/02[68] |
61 | Denmark | 7,000,000 | 5,700,000 | 127.5 | 2013[15] |
62 | Panama | 6,900,000 | 3,405,813 | 202.5 | 2013/07[69] |
63 | Jordan | 6,010,000 | 5,950,000 | 101.0 | 2010/03[70] |
64 | Ireland | 5,770,638 | 4,581,269 | 125.9 | 2015 [71] |
65 | 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 | 3,500,000 | 2,980,000 | 117.4 | 2013[74] |
68 | Lebanon | 2,720,000 | 4,224,000 | 64.4 | 2010/10[75] |
69 | Latvia | 2,579,000 | 1,986,705 | 129.8 | 2015/07[76] |
70 | North Korea | 3,000,000 | 24,451,285 | 12.3 | 2015[77] |
71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,060,000 | 1,363,985 | 151.6 | 2019 Q2[78] |
72 | Estonia | 1,904,000 | 1,269,420 | 150.5 | 2015/07[79] |
73 | Cuba | 1,300,000 | 11,200,000 | 11.6 | 2011/12[80] |
74 | Montenegro | 1,117,500 | 620,029 | 180.23 | 2015/09[81] |
75 | Malta | 554,651 | 452,515 | 122.57 | 2013/06[82] |
76 | Maldives | 776,716 | 417,492 | 245.92 | 2017/07[83] |
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