The CIA World Factbook Edition 2024 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 2024 edition carries it in 227 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2024 edition
227
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:
8.361 billion (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
108 (2022 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

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

Angola

total subscriptions:
23.978 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
67 (2022 est.)

Benin

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

Botswana

total subscriptions:
4.348 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
165 (2022 est.)

Burkina Faso

total subscriptions:
24.678 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
112 (2021 est.)

Burundi

total subscriptions:
7.471 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
58 (2022 est.)

Cabo Verde

total subscriptions:
589,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
99 (2022 est.)

Cameroon

total subscriptions:
23.107 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
83 (2022 est.)

Central African Republic

total subscriptions:
1.831 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
34 (2021 est.)

Chad

total subscriptions:
12.087 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
68 (2022 est.)

Comoros

total subscriptions:
839,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
100 (2022 est.)

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

total subscriptions:
49.844 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
50 (2022 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total subscriptions:
5.648 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
97 (2021 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total subscriptions:
49.006 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
174 (2022 est.)

Djibouti

total subscriptions:
519,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
46 (2022 est.)

Egypt

total subscriptions:
103.45 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
93 (2022 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total subscriptions:
893,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
53 (2022 est.)

Eritrea

total subscriptions:
1.801 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
50 (2021 est.)

Eswatini

total subscriptions:
1.468 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
122 (2022 est.)

Ethiopia

total subscriptions:
69.123 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
56 (2022 est.)

Gabon

total subscriptions:
2.995 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
125 (2022 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

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

Ghana

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

Guinea

total subscriptions:
13.795 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
102 (2021 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

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

Kenya

total subscriptions:
65.737 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
122 (2022 est.)

Lesotho

total subscriptions:
1.557 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
68 (2022 est.)

Liberia

total subscriptions:
1.653 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
32 (2021 est.)

Libya

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

Madagascar

total subscriptions:
20.783 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
70 (2022 est.)

Malawi

total subscriptions:
12.269 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
60 (2022 est.)

Mali

total subscriptions:
25.869 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
114 (2022 est.)

Mauritania

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

Mauritius

total subscriptions:
2.097 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
161 (2022 est.)

Morocco

total subscriptions:
52.959 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
137 (2021 est.)

Mozambique

total subscriptions:
13.871 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
42 (2022 est.)

Namibia

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

Niger

total subscriptions:
14.239 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
56 (2021 est.)

Nigeria

total subscriptions:
222.225 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
102 (2022 est.)

Rwanda

total subscriptions:
11.002 million (2022 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:
197,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
87 (2022 est.)

Senegal

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

Seychelles

total subscriptions:
205,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
192 (2022 est.)

Sierra Leone

total subscriptions:
8.227 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
98 (2021 est.)

Somalia

total subscriptions:
8.844 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
50 (2022 est.)

South Africa

total subscriptions:
100.26 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
167 (2022 est.)

South Sudan

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

Sudan

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

Tanzania

total subscriptions:
60.192 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
92 (2022 est.)

Togo

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

Tunisia

total subscriptions:
15.971 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
129 (2022 est.)

Uganda

total subscriptions:
33.068 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
70 (2022 est.)

Zambia

total subscriptions:
19.838 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
99 (2022 est.)

Zimbabwe

total subscriptions:
14.301 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
88 (2022 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

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

Iceland

total subscriptions:
457,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
123 (2022 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total subscriptions:
22.678 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
57 (2021 est.)

Armenia

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

Azerbaijan

total subscriptions:
11.068 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2022 est.)

Bangladesh

total subscriptions:
180.198 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
105 (2022 est.)

Bhutan

total subscriptions:
742,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
95 (2022 est.)

China

total subscriptions:
1.781 billion (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
125 (2022 est.)

Georgia

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

India

total subscriptions:
1.143 billion (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
81 (2022 est.)

Japan

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

Kazakhstan

total subscriptions:
25.299 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
130 (2022 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:
76.992 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
149 (2022 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total subscriptions:
8.511 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
130 (2021 est.)

Maldives

total subscriptions:
715,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
137 (2022 est.)

Mongolia

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

Nepal

total subscriptions:
38.213 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
127 (2021 est.)

Pakistan

total subscriptions:
192.78 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
82 (2022 est.)

Russia

total subscriptions:
245.267 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
169 (2021 est.)

Sri Lanka

total subscriptions:
31.237 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
143 (2022 est.)

Tajikistan

total subscriptions:
11.584 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
119 (2021 est.)

Turkmenistan

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

Uzbekistan

total subscriptions:
35.69 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
103 (2022 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

total subscriptions:
26,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
170 (2021 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total subscriptions:
184,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
197 (2021 est.)

Aruba

total subscriptions:
141,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
132 (2021 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total subscriptions:
404,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
99 (2022 est.)

Barbados

total subscriptions:
323,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
115 (2022 est.)

Belize

total subscriptions:
264,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
66 (2021 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:
38,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
121 (2021 est.)

Cayman Islands

total subscriptions:
100,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
147 (2021 est.)

Costa Rica

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

Cuba

total subscriptions:
7.6 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
68 (2022 est.)

Curacao

total subscriptions:
168,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
88 (2021 est.)

Dominica

total subscriptions:
62,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
86 (2021 est.)

Dominican Republic

total subscriptions:
10.15 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
90 (2022 est.)

El Salvador

total subscriptions:
11.509 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
182 (2022 est.)

Grenada

total subscriptions:
101,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
81 (2021 est.)

Guatemala

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

Haiti

total subscriptions:
7.319 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
64 (2021 est.)

Honduras

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

Jamaica

total subscriptions:
3.003 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
106 (2022 est.)

Montserrat

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

Nicaragua

total subscriptions:
6.652 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
97 (2021 est.)

Panama

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

Puerto Rico

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

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total subscriptions:
57,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
119 (2021 est.)

Saint Lucia

total subscriptions:
172,000 (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:
104,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
100 (2022 est.)

Sint Maarten

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

Trinidad and Tobago

total subscriptions:
1.999 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
131 (2022 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 entries

Albania

total subscriptions:
2.782 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
98 (2022 est.)

Andorra

total subscriptions:
114,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
142 (2022 est.)

Austria

total subscriptions:
11.035 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
123 (2022 est.)

Belarus

total subscriptions:
11.771 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
123 (2022 est.)

Belgium

total subscriptions:
11.874 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
102 (2022 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Bulgaria

total subscriptions:
7.964 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
117 (2022 est.)

Croatia

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

Czechia

total subscriptions:
13.475 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
128 (2022 est.)

Denmark

total subscriptions:
7.444 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
127 (2022 est.)

Estonia

total subscriptions:
2.056 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
155 (2022 est.)

European Union

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

Faroe Islands

total subscriptions:
59,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
112 (2021 est.)

Finland

total subscriptions:
7.13 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
129 (2022 est.)

France

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

Germany

total subscriptions:
104.4 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
125 (2022 est.)

Gibraltar

total subscriptions:
37,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
112 (2022 est.)

Greece

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

Guernsey

total subscriptions:
71,485 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
112 (2021 est.)

Hungary

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

Ireland

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

Italy

total subscriptions:
78.503 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
133 (2022 est.)

Jersey

total subscriptions:
124,083 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
120 (2021 est.)

Kosovo

total subscriptions:
1,777,859 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
98 (2022 est.)

Latvia

total subscriptions:
2.167 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
117 (2022 est.)

Liechtenstein

total subscriptions:
50,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
126 (2022 est.)

Lithuania

total subscriptions:
3.826 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
139 (2022 est.)

Luxembourg

total subscriptions:
876,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
137 (2021 est.)

Malta

total subscriptions:
702,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
132 (2022 est.)

Moldova

total subscriptions:
4.17 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
127 (2022 est.)

Monaco

total subscriptions:
39,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2022 est.)

Montenegro

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

Netherlands

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

North Macedonia

total subscriptions:
2.048 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
98 (2022 est.)

Norway

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

Poland

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

Portugal

total subscriptions:
12.792 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
125 (2022 est.)

Romania

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

San Marino

total subscriptions:
41,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
122 (2022 est.)

Serbia

total subscriptions:
8.621 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
124 (2021 est.)

Slovakia

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

Slovenia

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

Spain

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

Sweden

total subscriptions:
13.194 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
125 (2022 est.)

Switzerland

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

Ukraine

total subscriptions:
49.304 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
135 (2021 est.)

United Kingdom

total subscriptions:
81.564 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
121 (2022 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total subscriptions:
2.141 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
145 (2022 est.)

Cyprus

total subscriptions:
1.392 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
149 (2021 est.)

Gaza Strip

total subscriptions:
4.388 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
78 (2021 est.)

note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Iran

total subscriptions:
145.668 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
165 (2022 est.)

Iraq

total subscriptions:
43.688 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
98 (2022 est.)

Israel

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

Jordan

total subscriptions:
7.626 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
68 (2022 est.)

Kuwait

total subscriptions:
7.726 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
181 (2022 est.)

Lebanon

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

Oman

total subscriptions:
6.75 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
135 (2021 est.)

Qatar

total subscriptions:
4.693 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
174 (2022 est.)

Saudi Arabia

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

Syria

total subscriptions:
16.991 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
80 (2021 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

total subscriptions:
90.298 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
106 (2022 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total subscriptions:
20.036 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
212 (2022 est.)

West Bank

total subscriptions:
4.388 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
78 (2021 est.)

note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Yemen

total subscriptions:
15.178 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
46 (2021 est.)

North America

4 entries

Bermuda

total subscriptions:
68,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
106 (2021 est.)

Canada

total subscriptions:
35.082 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
91 (2022 est.)

Mexico

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

United States

total subscriptions:
372.682 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
110 (2022 est.)

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

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

Australia

total subscriptions:
28.018 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2022 est.)

Cook Islands

total subscriptions:
17,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
100 (2021 est.)

Fiji

total subscriptions:
992,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2021 est.)

French Polynesia

total subscriptions:
328,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2022 est.)

Guam

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

Kiribati

total subscriptions:
64,000 (2022 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:
10,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
80 (2021 est.)

New Caledonia

total subscriptions:
260,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
90 (2021 est.)

New Zealand

total subscriptions:
5.947 million (2022 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 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
133 (2022 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total subscriptions:
4.818 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
48 (2021 est.)

Samoa

total subscriptions:
134,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
60 (2022 est.)

Solomon Islands

total subscriptions:
474,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
67 (2021 est.)

Tonga

total subscriptions:
64,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
61 (2021 est.)

Tuvalu

total subscriptions:
9,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
80 (2021 est.)

Vanuatu

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

Wallis and Futuna

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

South America

13 entries

Argentina

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

Bolivia

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

Brazil

total subscriptions:
212.926 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
99 (2022 est.)

Chile

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

Colombia

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

Ecuador

total subscriptions:
17.491 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
97 (2022 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total subscriptions:
6,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
160 (2021 est.)

Guyana

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

Paraguay

total subscriptions:
8.659 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
128 (2022 est.)

Peru

total subscriptions:
41.549 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
122 (2022 est.)

Suriname

total subscriptions:
929,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
150 (2022 est.)

Uruguay

total subscriptions:
4.741 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
139 (2022 est.)

Venezuela

total subscriptions:
17.949 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
63 (2022 est.)

Southeast Asia

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Brunei

total subscriptions:
529,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
118 (2022 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total subscriptions:
57.807 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
107 (2022 est.)

Cambodia

total subscriptions:
19.505 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
116 (2022 est.)

Hong Kong

total subscriptions:
21.861 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
292 (2022 est.)

Indonesia

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

Laos

total subscriptions:
4.823 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
65 (2021 est.)

Macau

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

Malaysia

total subscriptions:
47.952 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
141 (2022 est.)

Philippines

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

Singapore

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

Taiwan

total subscriptions:
30 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
128 (2023 est.)

Thailand

total subscriptions:
126.414 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
176 (2022 est.)

Timor-Leste

total subscriptions:
1.481 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
110 (2022 est.)

Vietnam

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

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2024, “Telephones - mobile cellular”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-mobile-cellular/2024.

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