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List of countries by number of mobile phones in use

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This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phone numbers in use. Note that it is not the number of phone devices that are being given here, but the number of phone numbers in a country. In some countries, one person might have two mobile phones. Also, some mobile phone numbers may be used by machines as a modem (examples: intrusion detection systems, home automation, leak detection).

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Rankings	Country or regions	# of phone numbers	Population	Connections/100 citizens	Date of evaluation
World		7,950,000,000+	7,621,018,958	104.32	2019/12^[1]^[2]
1	China	1,610,360,000	1,420,050,000	113.38	2020/10^[3]^[4]
2	India	1,515,971,713	1,375,245,994	110.18	2020/10^[3]^[5]
3	Indonesia	385,573,398	237,556,363	162.28	2016/07^[6]
4	United States	380,577,528	327,874,628	116.27	2020/10^[7]^[8]
5	Brazil	284,200,000	201,032,714	141.3	2015/05^[6]^[9]
6	Russia	256,116,000	142,905,200	155.5	2013/07^[6]^[10]
7	Pakistan	194,580,369	219,922,083	88.34	2022/06^[11]^[12]
8	Nigeria	190,475,494	190,551,754	99.5	2020/04^[13]
9	Bangladesh	180,780,000	162,951,560	111.11	2022/03^[14]
10	Japan	146,649,600	127,300,000	115.2	2013^[15]
11	Germany	107,000,000	81,882,342	130.1	2013^[16]
12	Philippines	106,987,098	94,013,200	113.8	2013/10^[17]
13	Mexico	101,339,000	112,322,757	90.2	2013/07^[18]
14	Iran	96,165,000	86,330,703	130	2013/02^[19]
15	Egypt	95,340,000	99,958,000	95.38	2019/12^[20]
16	Italy	88,580,000	60,790,400	147.4	2013/12^[21]
17	United Kingdom	83,100,000	64,100,000	129.6	2013^[22]
18	Vietnam	72,300,000	90,549,390	79	2013/10^[23]
19	Turkey	72,200,000	79,463,663	92.5	2015^[24]^[25]
20	France	72,180,000	63,573,842	114.2	2013/12^[26]
21	Thailand	69,000,000	67,480,000	105	2015^[27]
22	South Africa	59,474,500	50,586,757	117.6	2013^[28]
23	Colombia	57,900,472	49,375,617	118.9	2017^[29]^[30]^[31]
24	Ukraine	57,505,555	45,579,904	126.0	2013/12^[32]
25	Argentina	56,725,200	40,134,425	141.34	2013^[33]
26	Tanzania	56,313,438	48,715,877	86.5	2020/03^[34]
27	South Korea	56,004,887	50,219,669	111.5	2014^[35]
28	Spain	55,740,000	47,265,321	118.0	2013/12^[36]
29	Poland	47,153,200	38,186,860	123.48	2013^[37]^[38]
30	Saudi Arabia	46,000,000	27,137,000	169.5	2013/12^[39]
31	Morocco	44,450,000	33,818,662	131	2015^[40]
32	Sri Lanka	38,849,812	21,671,000	179.3	2018/12^[41]
33	Peru	34,235,000	31,179,417	109.8	2015^[42]
34	Nepal	34,172,058	26,620,020	134.41	2018: NTA_MIS_128,2018^[43]
35	Algeria	33,000,000	35,000,000	94.2	2013^[44]
36	Venezuela	32,019,086	30,163,157	106.15	2014^[45]
37	Canada	31,210,628	36,885,049	84.6	2018^[46]
38	Taiwan	28,610,000	23,197,947	123.33	2013/12^[47]
39	Malaysia	30,379,000	28,250,000	143.8	2014/04^[48]
40	Kenya	28,080,000	42,000,000	71.3	2013^[49]
41	Romania	26,000,000	21,438,000	123.45	2010/12/16 ^[50]
42	Chile	21,000,000	17,094,270	122.9	2013/12^[51]
43	Australia	20,570,000	23,490,700	87.6	2014/11^[52]^[53]
44	Netherlands	20,000,000	16,515,057	121.1	2013/11^[54]
45	Hong Kong	19,207,578	7,482,500	256.7	2018/09^[55]^[56]
46	Ethiopia	18,000,000	85,000,020	21.8	2013/12^[57]
47	Guatemala	17,571,895	14,713,763	119.4	2013/06^[58]
48	United Arab Emirates	17,132,724	8,410,763	203.7	2014/11^[59]
49	Ecuador	15,900,000	14,300,000	111.18	2013/01^[60]
50	Sweden	14,500,000	9,906,331	146.4	2016/06^[61]
51	Zimbabwe	13,518,887	13,060,000	103.5	2014/01 ^[62]
52	Portugal	13,400,000	10,562,178	126.87	2013/11
53	Belgium	11,822,000	10,414,000	113.6	2013^{[citation needed]}
54	Hungary	11,561,890	9,908,798	116.7	2013/11^[63]
55	Bulgaria	10,454,400	7,200,000	145.2	2013^[15]
56	Israel	9,701,200	7,900,000	122.8	2013^[15]
57	Finland	9,470,000	5,487,308	172.6	2015^[64]
58	Costa Rica	8,300,000^[65]	4,872,000	156^[66]	2017/06^[65]
59	Singapore	8,106,700	5,399,000	150.1	2015/01^[67]
60	Azerbaijan	7,000,000	5,543,819	126.2	2008/02^[68]
61	Denmark	7,000,000	5,700,000	127.5	2013^[15]
62	Panama	6,900,000	3,405,813	202.5	2013/07^[69]
63	Jordan	6,010,000	5,950,000	101.0	2010/03^[70]
64	Ireland	5,770,638	4,581,269	125.9	2015 ^[71]
65	Lithuania	4,940,000	2,955,986	167.1	2013 Q2 ^[72] ^[73]
66	New Zealand	4,761,000	4,500,000	111.1	2013^[15]
67	Mongolia	3,500,000	2,980,000	117.4	2013^[74]
68	Lebanon	2,720,000	4,224,000	64.4	2010/10^[75]
69	Latvia	2,579,000	1,986,705	129.8	2015/07^[76]
70	North Korea	3,000,000	24,451,285	12.3	2015^[77]
71	Trinidad and Tobago	2,060,000	1,363,985	151.6	2019 Q2^[78]
72	Estonia	1,904,000	1,269,420	150.5	2015/07^[79]
73	Cuba	1,300,000	11,200,000	11.6	2011/12^[80]
74	Montenegro	1,117,500	620,029	180.23	2015/09^[81]
75	Malta	554,651	452,515	122.57	2013/06^[82]
76	Maldives	776,716	417,492	245.92	2017/07^[83]

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Mobile_phone_penetration_rate

List of countries by number of mobile phones in use

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