The CIA World Factbook Edition 2025, the latest with this field Communications

Telephones - mobile cellular In 26 editions of 36.

Telephones - mobile cellular was published in 26 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2000 to 2025. The 2025 edition carries it in 228 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2025 edition: 228
the first edition with it: 2000
the latest edition with it: 2025

Published as “Telephones - mobile cellular” (2000 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

total subscriptions:: 9.01 billion (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 110 (2024 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total subscriptions:: 54.1 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 115 (2024 est.)

Angola

total subscriptions:: 26.4 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 70 (2024 est.)

Benin

total subscriptions:: 18.2 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 126 (2024 est.)

Botswana

total subscriptions:: 4.13 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 164 (2024 est.)

Burkina Faso

total subscriptions:: 26.9 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 119 (2022 est.)

Burundi

total subscriptions:: 8,646,690 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 63 (2023 est.)

Cabo Verde

total subscriptions:: 590,354 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 112 (2024 est.)

Cameroon

total subscriptions:: 31.5 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 108 (2024 est.)

Central African Republic

total subscriptions:: 1.98 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 39 (2022 est.)

Chad

total subscriptions:: 14.8 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 73 (2024 est.)

Comoros

total subscriptions:: 934,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 110 (2023 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total subscriptions:: 56.3 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 53 (2023 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total subscriptions:: 5,875,800 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 96 (2024 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total subscriptions:: 58.7 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 184 (2024 est.)

Djibouti

total subscriptions:: 559,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 49 (2023 est.)

Egypt

total subscriptions:: 113 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 97 (2024 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total subscriptions:: 893,441 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 50 (2022 est.)

Eritrea

total subscriptions:: 2.02 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 59 (2022 est.)

Eswatini

total subscriptions:: 1.74 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 140 (2024 est.)

Ethiopia

total subscriptions:: 85.9 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 65 (2024 est.)

Gabon

total subscriptions:: 3.18 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 125 (2024 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total subscriptions:: 2.68 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 101 (2021 est.)

Ghana

total subscriptions:: 39.1 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 114 (2024 est.)

Guinea

total subscriptions:: 15.3 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 109 (2022 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total subscriptions:: 2.76 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 126 (2022 est.)

Kenya

total subscriptions:: 71.4 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 126 (2024 est.)

Lesotho

total subscriptions:: 1.64 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 70 (2024 est.)

Liberia

total subscriptions:: 1.72 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 32 (2022 est.)

Libya

total subscriptions:: 13.9 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 205 (2022 est.)

Madagascar

total subscriptions:: 23.5 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 76 (2023 est.)

Malawi

total subscriptions:: 15 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 69 (2024 est.)

Mali

total subscriptions:: 25.9 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 112 (2022 est.)

Mauritania

total subscriptions:: 4.76 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 92 (2024 est.)

Mauritius

total subscriptions:: 2.2 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 173 (2024 est.)

Morocco

total subscriptions:: 55.9 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 137 (2021 est.)

Mozambique

total subscriptions:: 17.1 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 50 (2024 est.)

Namibia

total subscriptions:: 2.58 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 85 (2024 est.)

Niger

total subscriptions:: 17.2 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 66 (2023 est.)

Nigeria

total subscriptions:: 165 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 71 (2024 est.)

Rwanda

total subscriptions:: 12.8 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 80 (2022 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total subscriptions:: 4,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 74 (2021 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total subscriptions:: 152,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 87 (2022 est.)

Senegal

total subscriptions:: 22.4 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 120 (2022 est.)

Seychelles

total subscriptions:: 165,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 192 (2022 est.)

Sierra Leone

total subscriptions:: 8.93 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 108 (2022 est.)

Somalia

total subscriptions:: 9.91 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 54 (2023 est.)

South Africa

total subscriptions:: 115 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 167 (2024 est.)

South Sudan

total subscriptions:: 6.17 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 30 (2022 est.)

Sudan

total subscriptions:: 34.7 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 74 (2022 est.)

Tanzania

total subscriptions:: 86.8 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 127 (2024 est.)

Togo

total subscriptions:: 7.69 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 81 (2024 est.)

Tunisia

total subscriptions:: 14.4 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 118 (2024 est.)

Uganda

total subscriptions:: 41.6 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 83 (2024 est.)

Zambia

total subscriptions:: 23.2 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 109 (2024 est.)

Zimbabwe

total subscriptions:: 15.7 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 94 (2024 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total subscriptions:: 67,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 118 (2021 est.)

Iceland

total subscriptions:: 478,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 123 (2022 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total subscriptions:: 25.6 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 60 (2024 est.)

Armenia

total subscriptions:: 4.01 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 135 (2024 est.)

Azerbaijan

total subscriptions:: 11.3 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 110 (2024 est.)

Bangladesh

total subscriptions:: 188 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 108 (2024 est.)

Bhutan

total subscriptions:: 790,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 100 (2024 est.)

China

total subscriptions:: 1.87 billion (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 132 (2024 est.)

Georgia

total subscriptions:: 5.91 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 156 (2022 est.)

India

total subscriptions:: 1.15 billion (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 79 (2024 est.)

Japan

total subscriptions:: 219 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 168 (2022 est.)

Kazakhstan

total subscriptions:: 26.2 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 127 (2024 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total subscriptions:: 6.35 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 24 (2022 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total subscriptions:: 89.2 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 173 (2024 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total subscriptions:: 7.72 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 107 (2024 est.)

Maldives

total subscriptions:: 745,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 137 (2022 est.)

Mongolia

total subscriptions:: 4.84 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 142 (2022 est.)

Nepal

total subscriptions:: 29.6 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 100 (2024 est.)

Pakistan

total subscriptions:: 193 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 77 (2024 est.)

Russia

total subscriptions:: 270 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 186 (2024 est.)

Sri Lanka

total subscriptions:: 30.6 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 133 (2024 est.)

Tajikistan

total subscriptions:: 7.92 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 119 (2023 est.)

Turkmenistan

total subscriptions:: 6.25 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 99 (2021 est.)

Uzbekistan

total subscriptions:: 40.2 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1,110 (2024 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

total subscriptions:: 25,870 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 163 (2022 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total subscriptions:: 186,182 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 201 (2022 est.)

Aruba

total subscriptions:: 140,815 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 131 (2022 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total subscriptions:: 388,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 97 (2024 est.)

Barbados

total subscriptions:: 323,482 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 115 (2022 est.)

Belize

total subscriptions:: 271,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 67 (2022 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:: 35,595 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 93 (2024 est.)

Cayman Islands

total subscriptions:: 99,737 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 139 (2022 est.)

Costa Rica

total subscriptions:: 6.98 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 136 (2024 est.)

Cuba

total subscriptions:: 8.01 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 73 (2024 est.)

Curacao

total subscriptions:: 173,926 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 94 (2023 est.)

Dominica

total subscriptions:: 56,929 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 85 (2022 est.)

Dominican Republic

total subscriptions:: 10.7 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 94 (2024 est.)

El Salvador

total subscriptions:: 11.2 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 177 (2024 est.)

Grenada

total subscriptions:: 112,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 81 (2021 est.)

Guatemala

total subscriptions:: 20.6 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 115 (2022 est.)

Haiti

total subscriptions:: 7.5 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 65 (2022 est.)

Honduras

total subscriptions:: 7.92 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 76 (2022 est.)

Jamaica

total subscriptions:: 3.34 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 118 (2024 est.)

Montserrat

total subscriptions:: 5,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 110 (2020 est.)

Nicaragua

total subscriptions:: 7.33 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 106 (2024 est.)

Panama

total subscriptions:: 6.98 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 157 (2023 est.)

Puerto Rico

total subscriptions:: 4.1 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 126 (2024 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total subscriptions:: 56,600 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 119 (2023 est.)

Saint Lucia

total subscriptions:: 176,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 99 (2022 est.)

Saint Martin

total subscriptions:: 68,840 (2012 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 196 (2012 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total subscriptions:: 103,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 100 (2022 est.)

Sint Maarten

total subscriptions:: 86,542 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 205 (2022 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total subscriptions:: 1.79 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 119 (2024 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total subscriptions:: 25,085 (2004 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 110 (2004 est.)

Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:: 79,100 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 92 (2022 est.)

Europe

47 entries

Albania

total subscriptions:: 2.49 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 89 (2024 est.)

Andorra

total subscriptions:: 126,214 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 156 (2024 est.)

Austria

total subscriptions:: 11.4 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 124 (2024 est.)

Belarus

total subscriptions:: 11.9 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 131 (2024 est.)

Belgium

total subscriptions:: 12.2 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 104 (2024 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total subscriptions:: 3.84 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 121 (2024 est.)

Bulgaria

total subscriptions:: 7.98 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 118 (2024 est.)

Croatia

total subscriptions:: 4.72 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 122 (2024 est.)

Czechia

total subscriptions:: 13.6 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 127 (2024 est.)

Denmark

total subscriptions:: 7.57 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 127 (2024 est.)

Estonia

total subscriptions:: 2.06 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 151 (2024 est.)

European Union

total subscriptions:: 552,315,605 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 124 (2022 est.)

Faroe Islands

total subscriptions:: 57,146 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 106 (2022 est.)

Finland

total subscriptions:: 7.07 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 126 (2024 est.)

France

total subscriptions:: 77.5 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 117 (2023 est.)

Germany

total subscriptions:: 109 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 129 (2024 est.)

Gibraltar

total subscriptions:: 36,700 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 98 (2022 est.)

Greece

total subscriptions:: 11.4 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 114 (2024 est.)

Guernsey

total subscriptions:: 75,126 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 117 (2023 est.)

Hungary

total subscriptions:: 10.2 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 104 (2022 est.)

Ireland

total subscriptions:: 5.76 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 113 (2022 est.)

Italy

total subscriptions:: 78.7 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 133 (2024 est.)

Jersey

total subscriptions:: 129,368 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 125 (2023 est.)

Kosovo

total subscriptions:: 593,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 35 (2022 est.)

Latvia

total subscriptions:: 2.27 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 121 (2024 est.)

Liechtenstein

total subscriptions:: 51,400 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 129 (2024 est.)

Lithuania

total subscriptions:: 3.97 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 139 (2024 est.)

Luxembourg

total subscriptions:: 961,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 137 (2021 est.)

Malta

total subscriptions:: 767,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 142 (2024 est.)

Moldova

total subscriptions:: 3.64 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 120 (2024 est.)

Monaco

total subscriptions:: 41,500 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 107 (2024 est.)

Montenegro

total subscriptions:: 1.31 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 203 (2022 est.)

Netherlands

total subscriptions:: 23.4 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 129 (2024 est.)

North Macedonia

total subscriptions:: 1.98 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 108 (2024 est.)

Norway

total subscriptions:: 6.09 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 111 (2022 est.)

Poland

total subscriptions:: 52.4 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 132 (2022 est.)

Portugal

total subscriptions:: 12.9 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 124 (2024 est.)

Romania

total subscriptions:: 23.2 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 118 (2022 est.)

San Marino

total subscriptions:: 41,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 120 (2022 est.)

Serbia

total subscriptions:: 8.53 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 124 (2021 est.)

Slovakia

total subscriptions:: 7.63 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 132 (2022 est.)

Slovenia

total subscriptions:: 2.73 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 126 (2022 est.)

Spain

total subscriptions:: 61.2 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 124 (2022 est.)

Sweden

total subscriptions:: 14.9 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 141 (2024 est.)

Switzerland

total subscriptions:: 11.6 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 129 (2024 est.)

Ukraine

total subscriptions:: 50.3 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 135 (2021 est.)

United Kingdom

total subscriptions:: 84.1 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 122 (2024 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total subscriptions:: 2,415,720 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 160 (2024 est.)

Cyprus

total subscriptions:: 1.51 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 156 (2024 est.)

Gaza Strip

total subscriptions:: 4,148,420 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 77 (2023 est.)

note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Iran

total subscriptions:: 159 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 174 (2024 est.)

Iraq

total subscriptions:: 46.1 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 100 (2024 est.)

Israel

total subscriptions:: 13.8 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 152 (2022 est.)

Jordan

total subscriptions:: 8.05 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 70 (2024 est.)

Kuwait

total subscriptions:: 8.11 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 168 (2023 est.)

Lebanon

total subscriptions:: 4.29 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 77 (2021 est.)

Oman

total subscriptions:: 6.35 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 121 (2024 est.)

Qatar

total subscriptions:: 4.68 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 154 (2024 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total subscriptions:: 52.5 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 132 (2022 est.)

Syria

total subscriptions:: 17.6 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 71 (2024 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

total subscriptions:: 94.3 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 108 (2024 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total subscriptions:: 22.4 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 203 (2024 est.)

West Bank

total subscriptions:: 4,148,420 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 77 (2023 est.)

note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Yemen

total subscriptions:: 20 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 51 (2023 est.)

North America

4 entries

Bermuda

total subscriptions:: 68,164 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 97 (2024 est.)

Canada

total subscriptions:: 37.4 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 94 (2024 est.)

Mexico

total subscriptions:: 140 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 100 (2022 est.)

United States

total subscriptions:: 391 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 113 (2024 est.)

Oceania

22 entries

American Samoa

total subscriptions:: 2,250 (2004 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2004 est.)

Australia

total subscriptions:: 30.1 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 113 (2024 est.)

Cook Islands

total subscriptions:: 18,100 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 123 (2022 est.)

Fiji

total subscriptions:: 5.33 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 574 (2024 est.)

French Polynesia

total subscriptions:: 334,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 119 (2023 est.)

Guam

total subscriptions:: 98,000 (2009 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 62 (2009 est.)

Kiribati

total subscriptions:: 70,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 49 (2022 est.)

Marshall Islands

total subscriptions:: 16,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 38 (2021 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total subscriptions:: 22,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 19 (2021 est.)

Nauru

total subscriptions:: 10,300 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 87 (2022 est.)

New Caledonia

total subscriptions:: 263,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 92 (2022 est.)

New Zealand

total subscriptions:: 6.56 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 115 (2022 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total subscriptions:: 20,474 (2004 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 28 (2004)

Palau

total subscriptions:: 24,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 135 (2023 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total subscriptions:: 4.1 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 39 (2024 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

No traditional public cellular network. Satellite-based internet (Starlink) and VoIP apps (WhatsApp, Viber) are available.

Samoa

total subscriptions:: 134,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 62 (2022 est.)

Solomon Islands

total subscriptions:: 485,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 62 (2022 est.)

Tonga

total subscriptions:: 64,800 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 62 (2022 est.)

Tuvalu

total subscriptions:: 9,880 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 99 (2022 est.)

Vanuatu

total subscriptions:: 256,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 78 (2022 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

total subscriptions:: 12,200 (2023)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 107 (2023)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total subscriptions:: 64.1 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 140 (2024 est.)

Bolivia

total subscriptions:: 12.2 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 98 (2024 est.)

Brazil

total subscriptions:: 216 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 102 (2024 est.)

Chile

total subscriptions:: 26.2 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 133 (2024 est.)

Colombia

total subscriptions:: 92.1 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 174 (2024 est.)

Ecuador

total subscriptions:: 18.4 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 102 (2024 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total subscriptions:: 6,420 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 184 (2022 est.)

Guyana

total subscriptions:: 856,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 106 (2021 est.)

Paraguay

total subscriptions:: 8.67 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 127 (2023 est.)

Peru

total subscriptions:: 42.6 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 125 (2024 est.)

Suriname

total subscriptions:: 902,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 142 (2024 est.)

Uruguay

total subscriptions:: 4.93 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 146 (2024 est.)

Venezuela

total subscriptions:: 20.2 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 71 (2024 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total subscriptions:: 582,919 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 118 (2024 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total subscriptions:: 62.3 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 114 (2024 est.)

Cambodia

total subscriptions:: 20.5 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 116 (2024 est.)

Hong Kong

total subscriptions:: 27.1 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 365 (2024 est.)

Indonesia

total subscriptions:: 347 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 123 (2024 est.)

Laos

total subscriptions:: 4.96 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 65 (2023 est.)

Macau

total subscriptions:: 1.37 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 175 (2022 est.)

Malaysia

total subscriptions:: 49.7 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 140 (2024 est.)

Philippines

total subscriptions:: 135 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 144 (2022 est.)

Singapore

total subscriptions:: 9.96 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 171 (2024 est.)

Taiwan

total subscriptions:: 29.8 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 128 (2024 est.)

Thailand

total subscriptions:: 115 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 161 (2024 est.)

Timor-Leste

total subscriptions:: 1.63 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 116 (2024 est.)

Vietnam

total subscriptions:: 129 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 128 (2024 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2025, “Telephones - mobile cellular”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-mobile-cellular.

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