The CIA World Factbook Edition 2023 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 2023 edition carries it in 227 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2023 edition
- 227
- the first edition with it
- 2000
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
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World
1 entryWorld
- total subscriptions:
- 8.5 billion (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 107 (2021 est.)
Africa
55 entriesAlgeria
- total subscriptions:
- 47,028,685 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 106 (2021 est.)
Botswana
- total subscriptions:
- 4,160,553 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 161 (2021 est.)
Burkina Faso
- total subscriptions:
- 24,678,315 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 112 (2021 est.)
Cabo Verde
- total subscriptions:
- 590,171 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 100 (2021 est.)
Cameroon
- total subscriptions:
- 22,442,414 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 83 (2021 est.)
Central African Republic
- total subscriptions:
- 1.8 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 34 (2021 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total subscriptions:
- 47 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 49 (2021 est.)
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- total subscriptions:
- 5,558,658 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 97 (2021 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
- total subscriptions:
- 44,561,505 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 162 (2021 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
- total subscriptions:
- 650,000 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 39 (2021 est.)
Eritrea
- total subscriptions:
- 1.8 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 50 (2021 est.)
Eswatini
- total subscriptions:
- 1.4 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 120 (2021 est.)
Ethiopia
- total subscriptions:
- 65 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 54 (2021 est.)
Gambia, The now The Gambia
- total subscriptions:
- 27 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 100 (2021 est.)
Guinea
- total subscriptions:
- 13.795 million (2020 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 105 (2020 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
- total subscriptions:
- 2,236,511 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 109 (2021 est.)
Liberia
- total subscriptions:
- 1.7 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 32 (2021 est.)
Madagascar
- total subscriptions:
- 16,279,633 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 56 (2021 est.)
Mauritania
- total subscriptions:
- 6,512,361 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 141 (2021 est.)
Mauritius
- total subscriptions:
- 1,971,300 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 152 (2021 est.)
Morocco
- total subscriptions:
- 52.012 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 139 (2021 est.)
Mozambique
- total subscriptions:
- 13,686,234 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 43 (2021 est.)
Namibia
- total subscriptions:
- 2,915,307 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 115 (2021 est.)
Nigeria
- total subscriptions:
- 195,128,265 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 91 (2021 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:
- 197,318 (2022 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 87 (2022 est.)
Senegal
- total subscriptions:
- 20,854,830 (2022 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 120 (2022 est.)
Seychelles
- total subscriptions:
- 205,140 (2022 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 192 (2022 est.)
Sierra Leone
- total subscriptions:
- 8,227,093 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 98 (2021 est.)
Somalia
- total subscriptions:
- 8.844 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 52 (2021 est.)
South Africa
- total subscriptions:
- 100,328,005 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 169 (2021 est.)
South Sudan
- total subscriptions:
- 3.3 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 30 (2021 est.)
Tanzania
- total subscriptions:
- 54 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 85 (2021 est.)
Tunisia
- total subscriptions:
- 16 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 130 (2021 est.)
Zambia
- total subscriptions:
- 20 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 100 (2021 est.)
Zimbabwe
- total subscriptions:
- 14,257,590 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 89 (2021 est.)
Arctic Region
2 entriesAsia
22 entriesAfghanistan
- total subscriptions:
- 23 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 57 (2021 est.)
Armenia
- total subscriptions:
- 3,599,278 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 129 (2021 est.)
Azerbaijan
- total subscriptions:
- 10,817,071 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 105 (2021 est.)
Bangladesh
- total subscriptions:
- 181,021,227 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 107 (2021 est.)
China
- total subscriptions:
- 1.73 billion (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 122 (2021 est.)
Georgia
- total subscriptions:
- 5,163,558 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 137 (2021 est.)
India
- total subscriptions:
- 1.15 billion (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 82 (2021 est.)
Japan
- total subscriptions:
- 200,478,808 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 161 (2021 est.)
Kazakhstan
- total subscriptions:
- 24.323 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 127 (2021 est.)
Korea, North now North Korea
- total subscriptions:
- 6 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 23 (2021 est.)
Korea, South now South Korea
- total subscriptions:
- 72,855,492 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 141 (2021 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
- total subscriptions:
- 8.5 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 130 (2021 est.)
Mongolia
- total subscriptions:
- 4,687,304 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 140 (2021 est.)
Pakistan
- total subscriptions:
- 188,711,452 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 82 (2021 est.)
Russia
- total subscriptions:
- 250 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 170 (2021 est.)
Sri Lanka
- total subscriptions:
- 30,764,134 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 141 (2021 est.)
Tajikistan
- total subscriptions:
- 12 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 120 (2021 est.)
Turkmenistan
- total subscriptions:
- 6.3 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 99 (2021 est.)
Uzbekistan
- total subscriptions:
- 35 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 100 (2021 est.)
Central America and the Caribbean
31 entriesAntigua and Barbuda
- total subscriptions:
- 180,000 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 200 (2021 est.)
Bahamas, The now The Bahamas
- total subscriptions:
- 466,000 (2020 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 115 (2020 est.)
British Virgin Islands
- total subscriptions:
- 35,000 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 110 (2021 est.)
Cayman Islands
- total subscriptions:
- 100,000 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 150 (2021 est.)
Costa Rica
- total subscriptions:
- 7,834,435 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 152 (2021 est.)
Dominican Republic
- total subscriptions:
- 9,735,351 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 88 (2021 est.)
El Salvador
- total subscriptions:
- 11,071,073 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 175 (2021 est.)
Guatemala
- total subscriptions:
- 22,124,839 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 126 (2021 est.)
Honduras
- total subscriptions:
- 7,560,710 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 74 (2021 est.)
Jamaica
- total subscriptions:
- 2,905,408 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 103 (2021 est.)
Nicaragua
- total subscriptions:
- 6,233,864 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 91 (2021 est.)
Puerto Rico
- total subscriptions:
- 3,661,176 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 112 (2021 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- total subscriptions:
- 57,000 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 120 (2021 est.)
Saint Lucia
- total subscriptions:
- 170,000 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 96 (2021 est.)
Saint Martin
- total subscriptions:
- 68,840 (2012 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 196 (2012 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- total subscriptions:
- 114,892 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 110 (2021 est.)
Sint Maarten
- total subscriptions:
- 68,840 (2012 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 196 (2012 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
- total subscriptions:
- 2 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 130 (2021 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
- total subscriptions:
- 25,085 (2004 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 110 (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands
- total subscriptions:
- 80,000 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 80 (2021 est.)
Europe
47 entriesAustria
- total subscriptions:
- 10,882,217 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 122 (2021 est.)
Belarus
- total subscriptions:
- 11,760,087 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 123 (2021 est.)
Belgium
- total subscriptions:
- 11,740,118 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 101 (2021 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- total subscriptions:
- 3,728,775 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 114 (2021 est.)
Bulgaria
- total subscriptions:
- 7,902,756 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 115 (2021 est.)
Croatia
- total subscriptions:
- 4,402,213 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 108 (2021 est.)
Czechia
- total subscriptions:
- 13,129,905 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 125 (2021 est.)
Denmark
- total subscriptions:
- 7,287,875 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 124 (2021 est.)
Estonia
- total subscriptions:
- 1,980,838 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 149 (2021 est.)
European Union
- total subscriptions:
- 540,557,924 (2020 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 121 (2020 est.)
Faroe Islands
- total subscriptions:
- 59,000 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 110 (2021 est.)
Finland
- total subscriptions:
- 7.15 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 129 (2021 est.)
France
- total subscriptions:
- 73 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 110 (2021 est.)
Germany
- total subscriptions:
- 106.4 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 128 (2021 est.)
Greece
- total subscriptions:
- 11,494,008 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 110 (2021 est.)
Hungary
- total subscriptions:
- 10,248,653 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 106 (2021 est.)
Ireland
- total subscriptions:
- 5,373,865 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 108 (2021 est.)
Liechtenstein
- total subscriptions:
- 49,264 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 126 (2021 est.)
Lithuania
- total subscriptions:
- 3,726,653 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 134 (2021 est.)
Luxembourg
- total subscriptions:
- 880,000 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 140 (2021 est.)
Moldova
- total subscriptions:
- 3,900,179 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 127 (2021 est.)
Montenegro
- total subscriptions:
- 1,120,074 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 178 (2021 est.)
Netherlands
- total subscriptions:
- 21.888 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 125 (2021 est.)
North Macedonia
- total subscriptions:
- 1,941,352 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 92 (2021 est.)
Norway
- total subscriptions:
- 5.8 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 110 (2021 est.)
Poland
- total subscriptions:
- 50,588,785 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 132 (2021 est.)
Portugal
- total subscriptions:
- 12,476,165 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 121 (2021 est.)
Romania
- total subscriptions:
- 22.929 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 119 (2021 est.)
San Marino
- total subscriptions:
- 41,000 (2022 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 122 (2022 est.)
Slovakia
- total subscriptions:
- 7,445,151 (2022 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 132 (2022 est.)
Slovenia
- total subscriptions:
- 2,607,268 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 123 (2021 est.)
Sweden
- total subscriptions:
- 12,843,683 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 123 (2021 est.)
Switzerland
- total subscriptions:
- 11,060,700 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 127 (2021 est.)
Ukraine
- total subscriptions:
- 56 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 140 (2021 est.)
United Kingdom
- total subscriptions:
- 80 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 120 (2021 est.)
Middle East
17 entriesBahrain
- total subscriptions:
- 1,923,443 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 131 (2021 est.)
Gaza Strip
- total subscriptions:
- 4,052,966 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
78 (2021 est.)
includes the West Bank
Israel
- total subscriptions:
- 12.5 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 140 (2021 est.)
Lebanon
- total subscriptions:
- 4.3 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 77 (2021 est.)
Saudi Arabia
- total subscriptions:
- 48,197,996 (2022 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 132 (2022 est.)
Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye
- total subscriptions:
- 86 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 100 (2021 est.)
United Arab Emirates
- total subscriptions:
- 18 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 190 (2021 est.)
West Bank
- total subscriptions:
- 4,052,966 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 78 (2021 est.)
note: includes Gaza Strip
North America
4 entriesCanada
- total subscriptions:
- 32.723 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 86 (2021 est.)
Mexico
- total subscriptions:
- 123,920,752 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 98 (2021 est.)
United States
- total subscriptions:
- 360 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 110 (2021 est.)
Oceania
21 entriesAmerican Samoa
- total subscriptions:
- 2,250 (2009 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 4 (2009 est.)
Australia
- total subscriptions:
- 27.09 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 105 (2021 est.)
Cook Islands
- total subscriptions:
- 17,000 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 100 (2021 est.)
French Polynesia
- total subscriptions:
- 322,918 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 106 (2021 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.)
New Caledonia
- total subscriptions:
- 260,000 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 90 (2021 est.)
New Zealand
- total subscriptions:
- 5.846 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 114 (2021 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
- total subscriptions:
- 20,474 (2004 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 28 (2004)
Papua New Guinea
- total subscriptions:
- 4.8 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 48 (2021 est.)
Solomon Islands
- total subscriptions:
- 470,000 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 67 (2021 est.)
South America
13 entriesArgentina
- total subscriptions:
- 59,065,827 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 130 (2021 est.)
Bolivia
- total subscriptions:
- 12,033,941 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 100 (2021 est.)
Brazil
- total subscriptions:
- 219,660,524 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 102 (2021 est.)
Colombia
- total subscriptions:
- 75 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 150 (2021 est.)
Ecuador
- total subscriptions:
- 16,789,600 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 94 (2021 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
- total subscriptions:
- 6,000 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 160 (2021 est.)
Paraguay
- total subscriptions:
- 7,975,074 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 119 (2021 est.)
Uruguay
- total subscriptions:
- 4.7 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 140 (2021 est.)
Venezuela
- total subscriptions:
- 17 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 60 (2021 est.)
Southeast Asia
14 entriesBurma now Burma (Myanmar)
- total subscriptions:
- 67,930,093 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 126 (2021 est.)
Cambodia
- total subscriptions:
- 19,899,790 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 120 (2021 est.)
Hong Kong
- total subscriptions:
- 23,939,650 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 319 (2021 est.)
Indonesia
- total subscriptions:
- 365,872,608 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 134 (2021 est.)
Macau
- total subscriptions:
- 2.8 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 410 (2021 est.)
Malaysia
- total subscriptions:
- 47,201,700 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 141 (2021 est.)
Philippines
- total subscriptions:
- 163,345,244 (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 143 (2021 est.)
Singapore
- total subscriptions:
- 9,350,700 (2022 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 156 (2022 est.)
Taiwan
- total subscriptions:
- 30 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 120 (2021 est.)
Thailand
- total subscriptions:
- 120 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 170 (2021 est.)
Timor-Leste
- total subscriptions:
- 1.4 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 100 (2021 est.)
Vietnam
- total subscriptions:
- 140 million (2021 est.)
- subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
- 140 (2021 est.)
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2023, “Telephones - mobile cellular”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-mobile-cellular/2023.