The CIA World Factbook Edition 2022 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 2022 edition carries it in 226 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2022 edition
226
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:
7.8 billion (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
106 (2020 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total subscriptions:
45,555,673 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
104 (2020 est.)

Angola

total subscriptions:
14,645,050 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
45 (2020 est.)

Benin

total subscriptions:
11,140,891 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
92 (2020 est.)

Botswana

total subscriptions:
3,829,408 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
163 (2020 est.)

Burkina Faso

total subscriptions:
22,117,218 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
106 (2020 est.)

Burundi

total subscriptions:
6,631,151 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
56 (2020 est.)

Cabo Verde

total subscriptions:
544,729 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
98 (2020 est.)

Cameroon

total subscriptions:
22,350,310 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
84 (2020 est.)

Central African Republic

total subscriptions:
1.831 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
38 (2020 est.)

Chad

total subscriptions:
8,687,151 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
53 (2020 est.)

Comoros

total subscriptions:
781,579 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
90 (2020 est.)

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

total subscriptions:
40,798,396 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
46 (2020 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total subscriptions:
4.89 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
89 (2020 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total subscriptions:
40,095,246 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
152 (2020 est.)

Djibouti

total subscriptions:
434,035 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
44 (2020 est.)

Egypt

total subscriptions:
95,357,427 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
93 (2020 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total subscriptions:
645,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
46 (2020 est.)

Eritrea

total subscriptions:
1.801 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
51 (2020 est.)

Eswatini

total subscriptions:
1.243 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2020 est.)

Ethiopia

total subscriptions:
44.5 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
39 (2020 est.)

Gabon

total subscriptions:
3,049,530 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
137 (2020 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total subscriptions:
2,677,954 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
111 (2020 est.)

Ghana

total subscriptions:
40,461,609 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
130 (2020 est.)

Guinea

total subscriptions:
13.795 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
105 (2020 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total subscriptions:
1,913,858 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
97 (2020 est.)

Kenya

total subscriptions:
61,408,904 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
114 (2020 est.)

Lesotho

total subscriptions:
1,562,648 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
73 (2020 est.)

Liberia

total subscriptions:
1.653 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
33 (2020 est.)

Libya

total subscriptions:
2.922 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
43 (2020 est.)

Madagascar

total subscriptions:
15.869 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
57 (2020 est.)

Malawi

total subscriptions:
10,004,680 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
52 (2020 est.)

Mali

total subscriptions:
25,315,598 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
125 (2020 est.)

Mauritania

total subscriptions:
4,932,571 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
106 (2020 est.)

Mauritius

total subscriptions:
1,912,900 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
150 (2020 est.)

Morocco

total subscriptions:
49,421,023 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
134 (2020 est.)

Mozambique

total subscriptions:
15,463,226 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
49 (2020 est.)

Namibia

total subscriptions:
2,898,125 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
114 (2020 est.)

Niger

total subscriptions:
14.239 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
59 (2020 est.)

Nigeria

total subscriptions:
204,228,678 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
99 (2020 est.)

Rwanda

total subscriptions:
10,614,408 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
82 (2020 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total subscriptions:
4,000 (2018 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
67 (2019 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total subscriptions:
174,203 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
79 (2020 est.)

Senegal

total subscriptions:
19,078,948 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
114 (2020 est.)

Seychelles

total subscriptions:
183,498 (2020)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
187 (2020)

Sierra Leone

total subscriptions:
6,884,201 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
86 (2020 est.)

Somalia

total subscriptions:
7.119 million (2018)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
48.8 (2019)

South Africa

total subscriptions:
96,972,500 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
165.6 (2019)

South Sudan

total subscriptions:
2,221,970 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
20.09 (2019)

Sudan

total subscriptions:
33,014,200 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
77.11 (2019)

Tanzania

total subscriptions:
47,685,200 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
82.21 (2019)

Togo

total subscriptions:
6,239,180 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
77.2 (2019)

Tunisia

total subscriptions:
14.771 million (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
126.31 (2019)

Uganda

total subscriptions:
25,395,500 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
57.37 (2019)

Zambia

total subscriptions:
17,220,600 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
96.41 (2019)

Zimbabwe

total subscriptions:
13,195,900 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
90.1 (2019)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total subscriptions:
65,958 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
116 (2020 est.)

Iceland

total subscriptions:
421,384 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
123 (2020 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total subscriptions:
22,678,024 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
58 (2020 est.)

Armenia

total subscriptions:
3,488,797 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
118 (2020 est.)

Azerbaijan

total subscriptions:
10,344,300 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
102 (2020 est.)

Bangladesh

total subscriptions:
176,279,465 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2020 est.)

Bhutan

total subscriptions:
745,137 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
97 (2020 est.)

China

total subscriptions:
1.72 billion (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
119 (2020 est.)

Georgia

total subscriptions:
5,100,101 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
128 (2020 est.)

India

total subscriptions:
1.15 billion (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
84 (2020 est.)

Japan

total subscriptions:
195,054,893 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
154 (2020 est.)

Kazakhstan

total subscriptions:
24,293,900 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
129 (2020 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total subscriptions:
6 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
23 (2020 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total subscriptions:
70,513,676 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
138 (2020 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total subscriptions:
8.511 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
130 (2020 est.)

Maldives

total subscriptions:
717,708 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
133 (2020 est.)

Mongolia

total subscriptions:
4,363,919 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
133 (2020 est.)

Nepal

total subscriptions:
38.213 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
131 (2020 est.)

Pakistan

total subscriptions:
175,624,364 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
80 (2020 est.)

Russia

total subscriptions:
238,733,217 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
164 (2020 est.)

Sri Lanka

total subscriptions:
30,778,600 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
144 (2019)

Tajikistan

total subscriptions:
9.904 million (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
111.53 (2019)

Turkmenistan

total subscriptions:
9.377 million (2018)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
162.86 (2019)

Uzbekistan

total subscriptions:
33.387 million (2022)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
100 (2022)

Central America and the Caribbean

30 entries

Anguilla

total subscriptions:
26,000 (2018 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
182 (2018 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total subscriptions:
184,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
188 (2020 est.)

Aruba

total subscriptions:
141,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
132 (2020 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total subscriptions:
466,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
119 (2020 est.)

Barbados

total subscriptions:
295,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
103 (2020 est.)

Belize

total subscriptions:
264,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
66 (2020 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:
35,163 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
116 (2020 est.)

Cayman Islands

total subscriptions:
100,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
152 (2020 est.)

Costa Rica

total subscriptions:
7,512,370 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
147 (2020 est.)

Cuba

total subscriptions:
6,661,763 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
59 (2020 est.)

Curacao

total subscriptions:
182,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
111 (2020 est.)

Dominica

total subscriptions:
76,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
106 (2020 est.)

Dominican Republic

total subscriptions:
8,989,587 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
83 (2020 est.)

El Salvador

total subscriptions:
9.949 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
153 (2020 est.)

Grenada

total subscriptions:
122,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
108 (2020 est.)

Guatemala

total subscriptions:
20,390,671 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
114 (2020 est.)

Haiti

total subscriptions:
7.319 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
64 (2020 est.)

Honduras

total subscriptions:
6,960,654 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
70 (2020 est.)

Jamaica

total subscriptions:
2,873,259 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
97 (2020 est.)

Montserrat

total subscriptions:
5,000 (2018 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
101 (2019 est.)

Nicaragua

total subscriptions:
5,976,479 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
90 (2020 est.)

Panama

total subscriptions:
5,825,677 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
135 (2020 est.)

Puerto Rico

total subscriptions:
3,483,570 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
122 (2020 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total subscriptions:
78,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
147 (2020 est.)

Saint Lucia

total subscriptions:
203,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
111 (2020 est.)

Saint Martin

total subscriptions:
68,840 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
196 (2019 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total subscriptions:
97,059 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
87 (2020 est.)

Sint Maarten

total subscriptions:
68,840 (2017)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
195.94 (2019)

Trinidad and Tobago

total subscriptions:
2,163,730 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
155.11 (2019)

Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:
59,121 (2018)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
204.5 (2019)

Europe

47 entries

Albania

total subscriptions:
2,618,880 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
91 (2020 est.)

Andorra

total subscriptions:
94,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
122 (2020 est.)

Austria

total subscriptions:
10,717,445 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
119 (2020 est.)

Belarus

total subscriptions:
11,704,084 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
124 (2020 est.)

Belgium

total subscriptions:
11,529,728 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
99 (2020 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total subscriptions:
3,509,674 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2020 est.)

Bulgaria

total subscriptions:
7,945,739 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
114 (2020 est.)

Croatia

total subscriptions:
4,375,699 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2020 est.)

Czechia

total subscriptions:
12,999,812 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
121 (2020 est.)

Denmark

total subscriptions:
7,252,675 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
125 (2020 est.)

Estonia

total subscriptions:
1,925,789 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
145 (2020 est.)

European Union

total subscriptions:
540,557,924 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
121 (2020 est.)

Faroe Islands

total subscriptions:
59,213 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
121 (2020 est.)

Finland

total subscriptions:
7.12 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
129 (2020 est.)

France

total subscriptions:
72.751 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
111 (2020 est.)

Germany

total subscriptions:
107.4 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
128 (2020 est.)

Gibraltar

total subscriptions:
35,438 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
105 (2020 est.)

Greece

total subscriptions:
11,412,995 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
109 (2020 est.)

Guernsey

total subscriptions:
43,824 (2009 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
79 (2009 est.)

Hungary

total subscriptions:
10,332,660 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2020 est.)

Ireland

total subscriptions:
5,234,027 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
106 (2020 est.)

Italy

total subscriptions:
77,581,048 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
128 (2020 est.)

Jersey

total subscriptions:
83,900 (2009 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
95 (2009 est.)

Kosovo

total subscriptions:
562,000 (2015 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
32 (2015 est.)

Latvia

total subscriptions:
2,051,359 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
109 (2020 est.)

Liechtenstein

total subscriptions:
48,887 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
128 (2020 est.)

Lithuania

total subscriptions:
3,671,995 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
135 (2020 est.)

Luxembourg

total subscriptions:
890,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
142 (2020 est.)

Malta

total subscriptions:
633,123 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
143 (2020 est.)

Moldova

total subscriptions:
3,420,383 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
85 (2020 est.)

Monaco

total subscriptions:
35,485 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
90 (2020 est.)

Montenegro

total subscriptions:
1,080,089 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
172 (2020 est.)

Netherlands

total subscriptions:
21.415 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
125 (2020 est.)

North Macedonia

total subscriptions:
1,862,138 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
89 (2020 est.)

Norway

total subscriptions:
5,825,584 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2020 est.)

Poland

total subscriptions:
49,350,724 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
130 (2020 est.)

Portugal

total subscriptions:
11,854,999 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
116 (2020 est.)

Romania

total subscriptions:
22.592 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
117 (2020 est.)

San Marino

total subscriptions:
39,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
115 (2020 est.)

Serbia

total subscriptions:
8,260,758 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
120 (2020 est.)

Slovakia

total subscriptions:
7,399,530 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
135.6 (2019)

Slovenia

total subscriptions:
2,511,980 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
120.85 (2019)

Spain

total subscriptions:
55,354,900 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
118.44 (2019)

Sweden

total subscriptions:
12,895,900 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
128.49 (2019)

Switzerland

total subscriptions:
10.829 million (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
126.05 (2019)

Ukraine

total subscriptions:
54,842,900 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
130.63 (2019)

United Kingdom

total subscriptions:
80.967 million (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
119.9 (2019)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total subscriptions:
1,748,672 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
103 (2020 est.)

Cyprus

total subscriptions:
1,239,960 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
140 (2020 est.)

Gaza Strip

total subscriptions:
4,274,119 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:

84 (2020 est.)

includes the West Bank

Iran

total subscriptions:
127,624,951 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
152 (2020 est.)

Iraq

total subscriptions:
37,475,325 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
93 (2020 est.)

Israel

total subscriptions:
12.27 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
142 (2020 est.)

Jordan

total subscriptions:
6,987,891 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
68 (2020 est.)

Kuwait

total subscriptions:
6,770,346 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
159 (2020 est.)

Lebanon

total subscriptions:
4,288,221 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
63 (2020 est.)

Oman

total subscriptions:
6,276,535 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
134 (2020 est.)

Qatar

total subscriptions:
3,798,514 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
132 (2020 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total subscriptions:
43,215,439 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
124 (2020 est.)

Syria

total subscriptions:
19,387,600 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
113.58 (2019)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

total subscriptions:
80,790,900 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
96.84 (2019)

United Arab Emirates

total subscriptions:
19,602,800 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
200.63 (2019)

West Bank

total subscriptions:
4,274,119 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
84 (2020 est.)

note: includes Gaza Strip

Yemen

total subscriptions:
15,357,900 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
55.18 (2019)

North America

4 entries

Bermuda

total subscriptions:
68,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
109 (2020 est.)

Canada

total subscriptions:
32.36 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
86 (2020 est.)

Mexico

total subscriptions:
122,898,392 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
95 (2020 est.)

United States

total subscriptions:
442.457 million (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
134.46 (2019)

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

total subscriptions:
2,250 (2009 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
4 (2009 est.)

Australia

total subscriptions:
27.453 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
108 (2020 est.)

Cook Islands

total subscriptions:
14,539 (2018 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
83 (2018 est.)

Fiji

total subscriptions:
991,500 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
111 (2020 est.)

French Polynesia

total subscriptions:
335,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
119 (2020 est.)

Guam

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

Kiribati

total subscriptions:
54,661 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
46 (2020 est.)

Marshall Islands

total subscriptions:
16,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
27 (2020 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total subscriptions:
22,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
19 (2020 est.)

Nauru

total subscriptions:
10,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
92 (2020 est.)

New Caledonia

total subscriptions:
260,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
91 (2020 est.)

New Zealand

total subscriptions:
6.148 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
127 (2020 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total subscriptions:
20,474 (2004 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
36 (2004)

Palau

total subscriptions:
24,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
133 (2020 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total subscriptions:
4.818 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
54 (2020 est.)

Samoa

total subscriptions:
69,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
35 (2020 est.)

Solomon Islands

total subscriptions:
478,116 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
71 (2019)

Tonga

total subscriptions:
62,104 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
59.43 (2019)

Tuvalu

total subscriptions:
8,000 (2018)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
70.36 (2019)

Vanuatu

total subscriptions:
265,219 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
88.44 (2019)

Wallis and Futuna

total subscriptions:
0 (2018)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
0 (2019)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total subscriptions:
54,763,900 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
121 (2020 est.)

Bolivia

total subscriptions:
11,804,343 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
101 (2020 est.)

Brazil

total subscriptions:
205,834,781 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
97 (2020 est.)

Chile

total subscriptions:
25,068,249 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
131 (2020 est.)

Colombia

total subscriptions:
67,672,570 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
133 (2020 est.)

Ecuador

total subscriptions:
15,485,366 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
88 (2020 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total subscriptions:
5,000 (2018 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
163 (2018 est.)

Guyana

total subscriptions:
856,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
109 (2020 est.)

Paraguay

total subscriptions:
7,865,050 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
110 (2020 est.)

Peru

total subscriptions:
44 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
133 (2020 est.)

Suriname

total subscriptions:
813,844 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
139.99 (2019)

Uruguay

total subscriptions:
4,779,790 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
138.08 (2019)

Venezuela

total subscriptions:
13,476,300 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
47.26 (2019)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total subscriptions:
526,589 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
123 (2020 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total subscriptions:
78,548,329 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
144 (2020 est.)

Cambodia

total subscriptions:
21,086,791 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
126 (2020 est.)

Hong Kong

total subscriptions:
21,865,215 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
292 (2020 est.)

Indonesia

total subscriptions:
355,620,388 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
130 (2020 est.)

Laos

total subscriptions:
4.1 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
56 (2020 est.)

Macau

total subscriptions:
2.793 million (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
430 (2020 est.)

Malaysia

total subscriptions:
43,723,600 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
135 (2020 est.)

Philippines

total subscriptions:
149,579,406 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
137 (2020 est.)

Singapore

total subscriptions:
9,034,300 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
156 (2019)

Taiwan

total subscriptions:
29,291,500 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
123.21 (2019)

Thailand

total subscriptions:
129.614 million (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
186.16 (2019)

Timor-Leste

total subscriptions:
1,425,260 (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
110.22 (2019)

Vietnam

total subscriptions:
136.23 million (2019)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
141.23 (2019)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2022, “Telephones - mobile cellular”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-mobile-cellular/2022.

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