The CIA World Factbook Edition 2018 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 2018 edition carries it in 219 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2018 edition
219
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:
7,806,142,681 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
11 (2017 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total subscriptions:
49,873,389 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
122 (2017 est.)

Angola

total subscriptions:
13,323,952 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
45 (2017 est.)

Benin

total subscriptions:
8,773,044 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
79 (2017 est.)

Botswana

total subscriptions:
3,240,589 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
146 (2017 est.)

Burkina Faso

total subscriptions:
17,946,375 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
89 (2017 est.)

Burundi

total subscriptions:
5,920,612 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
52 (2017 est.)

Cabo Verde

total subscriptions:
612,259 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
109 (2017 est.)

Cameroon

total subscriptions:
19,706,027 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
79 (2017 est.)

Central African Republic

total subscriptions:
1,248,346 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
22 (July 2016 est.)

Chad

total subscriptions:
6,231,009 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
52 (July 2016 est.)

Comoros

total subscriptions:
446,868 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
55 (2017 est.)

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

total subscriptions:
35,270,156 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
42 (2017 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total subscriptions:
5.056 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
102 (2017 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

total subscriptions:
31,747,233 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
131 (2017 est.)

Djibouti

total subscriptions:
373,052 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
43 (2017 est.)

Egypt

total subscriptions:
102,958,194 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
106 (2017 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total subscriptions:
575,650 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
74 (July 2016 est.)

Eritrea

total subscriptions:
506,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
9 (July 2016 est.)

Eswatini

total subscriptions:
995,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
68 (July 2016 est.)

Ethiopia

total subscriptions:
62.617 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
59 (2017 est.)

Gabon

total subscriptions:
2,663,243 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
150 (2017 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total subscriptions:
2,838,127 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
138 (July 2016 est.)

Ghana

total subscriptions:
36,751,761 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
134 (2017 est.)

Guinea

total subscriptions:
10.8 million (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
87 (July 2016 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total subscriptions:
1,434,822 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
80 (2017 est.)

Kenya

total subscriptions:
42,815,109 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
90 (2017 est.)

Lesotho

total subscriptions:
2,380,804 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
122 (2017 est.)

Liberia

total subscriptions:
3,117,002 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
66 (July 2016 est.)

Libya

total subscriptions:
7,660,068 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
115 (July 2016 est.)

Madagascar

total subscriptions:
8,730,499 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
35 (2017 est.)

Malawi

total subscriptions:
7,772,503 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
40 (2017 est.)

Mali

total subscriptions:
20,217,697 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
113 (July 2016 est.)

Mauritania

total subscriptions:
4,074,157 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
108 (2017 est.)

Mauritius

total subscriptions:
1,839,500 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
136 (2017 est.)

Morocco

total subscriptions:
43,916,066 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
129 (2017 est.)

Mozambique

total subscriptions:
11,875,506 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
45 (2017 est.)

Namibia

total subscriptions:
2,647,853 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2017 est.)

Niger

total subscriptions:
8,778,884 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
46 (2017 est.)

Nigeria

total subscriptions:
144,920,170 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
76 (2017 est.)

Rwanda

total subscriptions:
8,819,217 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
74 (2017 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total subscriptions:
3,018 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
39 (July 2016 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total subscriptions:
173,646 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
86 (2017 est.)

Senegal

total subscriptions:
15,758,366 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2017 est.)

Seychelles

total subscriptions:
167,282 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
178 (2017 est.)

Sierra Leone

total subscriptions:
6,279,270 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
102 (July 2016 est.)

Somalia

total subscriptions:
6,653,040 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
60 (July 2016 est.)

South Africa

total subscriptions:
91,878,275 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
168 (2017 est.)

South Sudan

total subscriptions:
1,511,529 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (2017 est.)

Sudan

total subscriptions:
28,644,139 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
77 (2017 est.)

Tanzania

total subscriptions:
39,953,860 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
74 (2017 est.)

Togo

total subscriptions:
6,219,981 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
78 (2017 est.)

Tunisia

total subscriptions:
14,334,080 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
126 (2017 est.)

Uganda

total subscriptions:
24,948,878 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
63 (2017 est.)

Zambia

total subscriptions:
13,438,539 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
84 (2017 est.)

Zimbabwe

total subscriptions:
14,092,104 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
102 (2017 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total subscriptions:
61,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
106 (July 2016 est.)

Iceland

total subscriptions:
410,662 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
121 (2017 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total subscriptions:
23,929,713 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
70 (2017 est.)

Armenia

total subscriptions:
3,488,524 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
115 (2017 est.)

Azerbaijan

total subscriptions:
10.127 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
102 (2017 est.)

Bangladesh

total subscriptions:
145,113,669 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
92 (2017 est.)

Bhutan

total subscriptions:
730,623 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
96 (2017 est.)

China

total subscriptions:
1,474,097,000 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2017 est.)

Georgia

total subscriptions:
5,730,625 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
116 (2017 est.)

India

total subscriptions:
1,168,902,277 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
91 (2017 est.)

Japan

total subscriptions:
170,128,499 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
135 (2017 est.)

Kazakhstan

total subscriptions:
26.473 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
143 (2017 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total subscriptions:
3.606 million (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
14 (July 2016 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total subscriptions:
63,658,688 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
124 (2017 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total subscriptions:
7,369,927 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
127 (2017 est.)

Maldives

total subscriptions:
900,120 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
229 (2017 est.)

Mongolia

total subscriptions:
3,886,167 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
127 (2017 est.)

Nepal

total subscriptions:
32,120,305 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
109 (July 2016 est.)

Pakistan

total subscriptions:
144,525,637 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
71 (2017 est.)

Russia

total subscriptions:
227,341,873 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
160 (2017 est.)

Sri Lanka

total subscriptions:
28,199,083 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
126 (2017 est.)

Tajikistan

total subscriptions:
9.4 million (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
111 (July 2016 est.)

Turkmenistan

total subscriptions:
8.575 million (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
160 (July 2016 est.)

Uzbekistan

total subscriptions:
24,265,460 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
82 (2017 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

26 entries

Anguilla

total subscriptions:
26,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
158 (July 2016 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total subscriptions:
180,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
190 (July 2016 est.)

Aruba

total subscriptions:
141,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
126 (July 2016 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total subscriptions:
353,540 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2017 est.)

Barbados

total subscriptions:
337,791 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
116 (2017 est.)

Belize

total subscriptions:
227,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
63 (July 2016 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:
42,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
126 (July 2016 est.)

Cayman Islands

total subscriptions:
95,656 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
164 (July 2016 est.)

Costa Rica

total subscriptions:
8,840,342 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
179 (2017 est.)

Cuba

total subscriptions:
4,613,782 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
41 (2017 est.)

Dominica

total subscriptions:
78,444 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
106 (July 2016 est.)

Dominican Republic

total subscriptions:
8,769,127 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
82 (2017 est.)

El Salvador

total subscriptions:
9,982,186 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
162 (2017 est.)

Grenada

total subscriptions:
113,177 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
101 (2017 est.)

Guatemala

total subscriptions:
19,986,482 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
129 (2017 est.)

Haiti

total subscriptions:
6,486,549 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
61 (2017 est.)

Honduras

total subscriptions:
8,233,499 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
91 (2017 est.)

Jamaica

total subscriptions:
3,091,222 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
103 (2017 est.)

Montserrat

total subscriptions:
5,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
95 (July 2016 est.)

Nicaragua

total subscriptions:
8,179,876 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
136 (2017 est.)

Panama

total subscriptions:
5,977,641 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
159 (2017 est.)

Puerto Rico

total subscriptions:
3,389,402 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
101 (2017 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total subscriptions:
76,878 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
146 (2017 est.)

Saint Lucia

total subscriptions:
176,694 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2017 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total subscriptions:
116,161 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
114 (2017 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total subscriptions:
2,030,637 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
167 (2017 est.)

Europe

47 entries

Albania

total subscriptions:
3,497,950 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
115 (2017 est.)

Andorra

total subscriptions:
80,337 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
104 (2017 est.)

Austria

total subscriptions:
14,924,340 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
170 (2017 est.)

Belarus

total subscriptions:
10,963,224 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
115 (2017 est.)

Belgium

total subscriptions:
11,961,089 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
104 (2017 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total subscriptions:
3,440,085 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
89 (2017 est.)

Bulgaria

total subscriptions:
8,532,908 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
120 (2017 est.)

Croatia

total subscriptions:
4,315,580 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
101 (2017 est.)

Czechia

total subscriptions:
12,634,937 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
118 (2017 est.)

Denmark

total subscriptions:
6,978,348 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
124 (2017 est.)

Estonia

total subscriptions:
1,904,425 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
152 (2017 est.)

European Union

total subscriptions:
625,000,799 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (2017 est.)

Faroe Islands

total subscriptions:
54,487 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (July 2016 est.)

Finland

total subscriptions:
7,307,800 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
132 (2017 est.)

France

total subscriptions:
69.017 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
103 (2017 est.)

Germany

total subscriptions:
106 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
132 (2017 est.)

Gibraltar

total subscriptions:
41,035 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
140 (2017 est.)

Greece

total subscriptions:
12,937,106 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
120 (2017 est.)

Guernsey

total subscriptions:
71,249 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
113 (July 2016 est.)

Hungary

total subscriptions:
12,030,940 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
122 (2017 est.)

Ireland

total subscriptions:
4,898,872 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
98 (2017 est.)

Italy

total subscriptions:
83,871,543 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
135 (2017 est.)

Jersey

total subscriptions:
122,668 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
119 (July 2016 est.)

Kosovo

total subscriptions:
562,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
31 (July 2016 est.)

Latvia

total subscriptions:
2,464,122 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
127 (2017 est.)

Liechtenstein

total subscriptions:
46,625 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
122 (2017 est.)

Lithuania

total subscriptions:
4,361,329 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
154 (2017 est.)

Luxembourg

total subscriptions:
794,000 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
134 (2017 est.)

Malta

total subscriptions:
560,010 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
135 (2017 est.)

Moldova

total subscriptions:
3,662,968 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
105 (2017 est.)

Monaco

total subscriptions:
32,978 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
108 (2017 est.)

Montenegro

total subscriptions:
1,044,674 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
163 (2017 est.)

Netherlands

total subscriptions:
20.532 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
120 (2017 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total subscriptions:
2,121,805 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
101 (2017 est.)

Norway

total subscriptions:
5,721,255 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
108 (2017 est.)

Poland

total subscriptions:
49,828,596 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
130 (2017 est.)

Portugal

total subscriptions:
11,764,106 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
109 (2017 est.)

Romania

total subscriptions:
22.55 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
105 (2017 est.)

San Marino

total subscriptions:
38,000 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
113 (2017 est.)

Serbia

total subscriptions:
8,626,903 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
121 (2017 est.)

Slovakia

total subscriptions:
7,117,753 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
131 (2017 est.)

Slovenia

total subscriptions:
2,443,172 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
124 (2017 est.)

Spain

total subscriptions:
52,484,655 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2017 est.)

Sweden

total subscriptions:
12,435,709 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
125 (2017 est.)

Switzerland

total subscriptions:
11.292 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
137 (2017 est.)

Ukraine

total subscriptions:
55,714,733 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
127 (2017 est.)

United Kingdom

total subscriptions:
79,173,658 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
121 (2017 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total subscriptions:
2,364,477 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
168 (2017 est.)

Cyprus

total subscriptions:
1,176,801 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
96 (2017 est.)

Gaza Strip

total subscriptions:
3,531,000 (includes the West Bank) (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
76 (includes the West Bank) (July 2016 est.)

Iran

total subscriptions:
87,106,508 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
106 (2017 est.)

Iraq

total subscriptions:
33,335,316 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
85 (2017 est.)

Israel

total subscriptions:
10.54 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
127 (2017 est.)

Jordan

total subscriptions:
9,818,446 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
96 (July 2016 est.)

Kuwait

total subscriptions:
5,136,384 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
179 (2017 est.)

Lebanon

total subscriptions:
4,890,534 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
79 (July 2016 est.)

Oman

total subscriptions:
6,943,910 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
151 (2017 est.)

Qatar

total subscriptions:
3,913,809 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
169 (2017 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total subscriptions:
40,210,965 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
141 (2017 est.)

Syria

total subscriptions:
15.65 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
87 (2017 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total subscriptions:
77,800,170 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
96 (2017 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total subscriptions:
19,826,224 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
326 (2017 est.)

West Bank

total subscriptions:
4,135,363 (includes Gaza Strip) (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
150 (includes Gaza Strip) (2017 est.)

Yemen

total subscriptions:
16,433,055 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
59 (July 2016 est.)

North America

4 entries

Bermuda

total subscriptions:
64,997 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
92 (2017 est.)

Canada

total subscriptions:
31,458,600 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
88 (2017 est.)

Mexico

total subscriptions:
114,326,842 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
92 (2017 est.)

United States

total subscriptions:
395.881 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
121 (2017 est.)

Oceania

18 entries

Australia

total subscriptions:
27.553 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
119 (2017 est.)

Cook Islands

total subscriptions:
11,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
105 (July 2016 est.)

Fiji

total subscriptions:
1,033,915 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
112 (2017 est.)

French Polynesia

total subscriptions:
280,111 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
97 (July 2016 est.)

Guam

total subscriptions:
181,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
113 (July 2016 est.)

Kiribati

total subscriptions:
46,123 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
43 (2017 est.)

Marshall Islands

total subscriptions:
16,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
21 (July 2016 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total subscriptions:
23,114 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
22 (2017 est.)

Nauru

total subscriptions:
9,900 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
87 (July 2016 est.)

New Caledonia

total subscriptions:
246,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
91 (July 2016 est.)

New Zealand

total subscriptions:
6.4 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
142 (2017 est.)

Palau

total subscriptions:
24,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
112 (July 2016 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total subscriptions:
3.782 million (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
55 (July 2016 est.)

Samoa

total subscriptions:
124,211 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
62 (2017 est.)

Solomon Islands

total subscriptions:
465,331 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
72 (2017 est.)

Tonga

total subscriptions:
80,000 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
75 (July 2016 est.)

Tuvalu

total subscriptions:
7,600 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
69 (July 2016 est.)

Vanuatu

total subscriptions:
228,016 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
81 (2017 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total subscriptions:
61,897,379 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
140 (2017 est.)

Bolivia

total subscriptions:
10,106,216 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
91 (July 2016 est.)

Brazil

total subscriptions:
236,488,548 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
114 (2017 est.)

Chile

total subscriptions:
23,013,147 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
129 (2017 est.)

Colombia

total subscriptions:
62,222,011 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
130 (2017 est.)

Ecuador

total subscriptions:
13,881,562 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
85 (2017 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total subscriptions:
4,674 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
146 (July 2016 est.)

Guyana

total subscriptions:
643,210 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
87 (2017 est.)

Paraguay

total subscriptions:
7,468,275 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
108 (2017 est.)

Peru

total subscriptions:
38,915,386 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
125 (2017 est.)

Suriname

total subscriptions:
795,871 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
134 (2017 est.)

Uruguay

total subscriptions:
5,097,569 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
152 (2017 est.)

Venezuela

total subscriptions:
24,493,687 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
78 (2017 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total subscriptions:
544,732 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
123 (2017 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total subscriptions:
47,951,228 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
87 (2017 est.)

Cambodia

total subscriptions:
18,572,973 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
115 (2017 est.)

Hong Kong

total subscriptions:
18,340,347 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
255 (2017 est.)

Indonesia

total subscriptions:
458,923,202 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
176 (2017 est.)

Laos

total subscriptions:
3,711,813 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
52 (2017 est.)

Macau

total subscriptions:
1,969,972 (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
327 (July 2016 est.)

Malaysia

total subscriptions:
42,338,500 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
135 (2017 est.)

Philippines

total subscriptions:
115,824,982 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
111 (2017 est.)

Singapore

total subscriptions:
8,462,800 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
144 (2017 est.)

Taiwan

total subscriptions:
28,777,408 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
122 (2017 est.)

Thailand

total subscriptions:
121.53 million (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
178 (2017 est.)

Timor-Leste

total subscriptions:
1,546,624 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
120 (2017 est.)

Vietnam

total subscriptions:
120,016,181 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
125 (2017 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2018, “Telephones - mobile cellular”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-mobile-cellular/2018.

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