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Mobile cellular subscriptions2021

Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Multiple subscriptions can produce values above 100.

World Bank
Comparable ranking year2024Latest published year: 2024
Economies with data208 / 217No observation: 9
First-ranked country or territoryHong Kong SAR China319.85 per 100 people

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Mobile cellular subscriptions · 2021 · per 100 people
RankCountry / territoryValue (per 100 people)Year
01Hong Kong SAR China319.852021
02Antigua & Barbuda199.242021
03Libya195.122021
04United Arab Emirates186.32021
05Montenegro185.492021
06Macao SAR China183.572021
07El Salvador176.972021
08Botswana173.252021
09Russia169.072021
10Thailand168.492021
11South Africa163.132021
12Japan159.522021
13Kuwait158.652021
14Singapore157.982021
15Mauritius154.052021
16Iran153.622021
17Côte d’Ivoire150.342021
18Seychelles149.482021
19Estonia148.742021
20Panama147.92021
21Suriname146.652021
22Colombia146.632021
23Georgia146.572021
24Saudi Arabia1452021
25Philippines144.422021
26Cayman Islands142.642021
27Cyprus142.052021
28Costa Rica140.792021
29South Korea140.522021
30Mongolia140.352021
31Israel139.782021
32Morocco138.912021
33Uruguay138.112021
34Qatar137.712021
35Malaysia137.682021
36Mauritania137.542021
37Luxembourg136.872021
38Vietnam136.812021
39Maldives136.792021
40Chile136.572021
41Sri Lanka135.522021
42Slovakia135.272021
43Oman135.082021
44Ukraine135.032021
45Palau134.962021
46Trinidad & Tobago134.222021
47Brunei133.62021
48Lithuania133.362021
49Poland132.992021
50Gabon132.312021
51Indonesia132.22021
52Aruba131.092021
53Italy130.782021
54Argentina130.352021
55Peru129.992021
56Tunisia129.852021
57Nepal129.652021
58Finland129.042021
59Moldova128.982021
60Bahrain128.082021
61Myanmar (Burma)127.242021
62Germany127.132021
63Belarus127.122021
64Czechia126.172021
65Liechtenstein126.072021
66Guatemala125.722021
67Denmark125.62021
68Armenia125.42021
69Serbia125.082021
70Sweden124.962021
71Ghana124.42021
72Kazakhstan123.942021
73Malta123.942021
74Netherlands123.452021
75Slovenia123.362021
76Switzerland123.212021
77Kenya122.32021
78China121.492021
79Austria121.362021
80St. Kitts & Nevis121.262021
81Portugal119.772021
82Andorra119.692021
83Paraguay119.312021
84Romania119.122021
85Spain1192021
86Greenland118.852021
87Eswatini118.632021
88United Kingdom117.892021
89Iceland117.342021
90Cambodia117.232021
91San Marino115.72021
92French Polynesia115.412021
93Senegal115.332021
94Bulgaria114.912021
95Bosnia & Herzegovina114.912021
96Latvia114.642021
97New Zealand114.452021
98Cape Verde114.232021
99France113.952021
100Puerto Rico112.542021
101Barbados112.222021
102Burkina Faso112.22021
103Croatia112.172021
104Faroe Islands111.092021
105Guinea110.192021
106Bangladesh110.012021
107Norway109.592021
108Gambia108.852021
109Mali108.692021
110Greece108.642021
111Guinea-Bissau108.632021
112Kyrgyzstan108.172021
113Fiji108.162021
114Ireland106.872021
115United States106.322021
116Azerbaijan105.692021
117Bermuda105.192021
118Hungary105.142021
119Australia105.122021
120Algeria105.042021
121Guyana104.972021
122North Macedonia104.882021
123Brazil104.822021
124Comoros104.312021
125Namibia103.732021
126Zambia103.282021
127Timor-Leste102.672021
128Uzbekistan102.412021
129Jamaica102.392021
130Sierra Leone101.642021
131Belgium101.462021
132Bolivia100.812021
133Bhutan100.332021
134Bahamas100.262021
135British Virgin Islands99.562021
136Türkiye99.542021
137Mexico99.092021
138Monaco97.142021
139St. Lucia96.242021
140Congo - Brazzaville95.862021
141St. Vincent & Grenadines95.522021
142Ecuador94.952021
143Benin94.922021
144Iraq94.612021
145Nicaragua93.822021
146Gibraltar92.652021
147Dominica92.512021
148Albania92.482021
149U.S. Virgin Islands91.722021
150New Caledonia91.162021
151Curaçao90.662021
152Zimbabwe90.252021
153Nigeria89.292021
154Tuvalu88.292021
155Turkmenistan88.192021
156Dominican Republic87.522021
157Canada87.412021
158Grenada86.572021
159Tanzania86.022021
160Nauru85.42021
161São Tomé & Príncipe85.262021
162Egypt84.092021
163Vanuatu81.692021
164Rwanda81.642021
165India81.62021
166Cameroon80.812021
167Lesotho80.542021
168Pakistan78.82021
169Syria78.562021
170Palestinian Territories78.162021
171Lebanon74.992021
172Honduras73.482021
173Sudan71.772021
174Togo70.452021
175Belize66.782021
176Jordan65.742021
177Uganda65.622021
178Laos64.712021
179Haiti64.352021
180Tajikistan64.092021
181Cuba63.872021
182Solomon Islands62.162021
183Niger61.512021
184Tonga60.982021
185Venezuela60.232021
186Burundi59.72021
187Malawi59.562021
188Chad58.032021
189Afghanistan56.692021
190Madagascar53.922021
191Eritrea53.762021
192Ethiopia52.812021
193Somalia51.212021
194Papua New Guinea48.122021
195Yemen47.812021
196Congo - Kinshasa47.292021
197Equatorial Guinea46.432021
198Angola44.392021
199Djibouti43.642021
200Mozambique43.162021
201Kiribati412021
202Marshall Islands38.682021
203Central African Republic35.822021
204Samoa32.282021
205Liberia31.432021
206South Sudan30.152021
207North Korea22.872021
208Micronesia19.712021

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No observation (9)

American Samoa · Channel Islands · Guam · Isle of Man · Kosovo · Northern Mariana Islands · Sint Maarten · St. Martin · Turks & Caicos Islands

Source & definition

Indicator definition
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Multiple subscriptions can produce values above 100.
Unit
per 100 people
Source & definition
World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2
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Original metadata
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

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  "sourceNote": "Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.",
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