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Mobile cellular subscriptions2022

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

World Bank
Comparable ranking year2024Latest published year: 2024
Economies with data209 / 217No observation: 8
First-ranked country or territoryHong Kong SAR China292.81 per 100 people

Top 10

per 100 people · 2022
02Montenegro
207.28
03Sint Maarten
205.37
06Libya
192.97
07El Salvador
183.25
08Botswana
178.21
09Thailand
176.22
10Singapore
173.01

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Mobile cellular subscriptions · 2022 · per 100 people
RankCountry / territoryValue (per 100 people)Year
01Hong Kong SAR China292.812022
02Montenegro207.282022
03Sint Maarten205.372022
04Antigua & Barbuda200.542022
05United Arab Emirates195.622022
06Libya192.972022
07El Salvador183.252022
08Botswana178.212022
09Thailand176.222022
10Singapore173.012022
11Macao SAR China172.242022
12Japan168.62022
13Russia168.482022
14Kuwait168.352022
15Mauritius164.312022
16Seychelles163.432022
17Iran162.712022
18Qatar162.252022
19Côte d’Ivoire161.232022
20South Africa160.732022
21Colombia156.22022
22Georgia154.012022
23Estonia152.272022
24Panama152.062022
25Sri Lanka151.732022
26Israel151.142022
27Saudi Arabia149.82022
28Suriname149.052022
29South Korea148.682022
30Philippines147.432022
31Cyprus146.722022
32Mongolia142.812022
33Andorra142.432022
34Morocco141.872022
35Sweden140.782022
36Uruguay139.832022
37Luxembourg139.652022
38Bahrain139.642022
39Cayman Islands139.312022
40Malaysia138.212022
41Vietnam137.852022
42Moldova137.182022
43Poland1372022
44Oman136.82022
45Costa Rica136.522022
46Maldives136.462022
47Slovakia136.032022
48Lithuania135.832022
49Palau135.142022
50Chile135.112022
51Trinidad & Tobago133.632022
52Malta132.862022
53Tunisia131.882022
54Italy131.672022
55Argentina131.482022
56Aruba130.652022
57Armenia130.542022
58Serbia129.812022
59Belarus128.312022
60Czechia128.112022
61Paraguay128.092022
62Finland128.022022
63Denmark126.482022
64Slovenia126.462022
65Liechtenstein126.312022
66Guinea-Bissau125.932022
67Kazakhstan125.642022
68China124.22022
69Germany124.162022
70Peru124.122022
71Switzerland123.972022
72Spain123.42022
73Gabon123.232022
74Indonesia122.872022
75Portugal122.82022
76Eswatini121.492022
77Kenya121.172022
78Austria121.172022
79Romania121.142022
80Nepal121.112022
81Ghana120.82022
82San Marino120.272022
83Ukraine120.262022
84Puerto Rico120.222022
85Iceland120.112022
86United Kingdom119.832022
87Bosnia & Herzegovina118.942022
88Greenland118.642022
89Senegal118.152022
90St. Kitts & Nevis116.922022
91French Polynesia116.872022
92Bulgaria116.682022
93Brunei116.112022
94New Zealand115.982022
95France115.952022
96Netherlands115.822022
97Latvia115.22022
98Guatemala115.162022
99Croatia114.682022
100Barbados114.582022
101Burkina Faso1142022
102Cambodia113.392022
103Cape Verde113.252022
104Guyana112.572022
105Mali112.122022
106Fiji111.752022
107Norway111.662022
108North Macedonia111.32022
109Ireland110.612022
110Mauritania109.882022
111Bangladesh109.872022
112Australia109.472022
113Greece109.032022
114United States108.792022
115Timor-Leste108.162022
116Sierra Leone107.882022
117Algeria107.792022
118Myanmar (Burma)107.542022
119Azerbaijan107.512022
120Kyrgyzstan106.932022
121Gambia106.782022
122Faroe Islands105.82022
123Hungary105.792022
124Jamaica105.762022
125Benin105.752022
126Mexico105.722022
127Uzbekistan105.472022
128Bermuda105.272022
129Nicaragua104.282022
130Türkiye103.722022
131St. Vincent & Grenadines102.332022
132Belgium101.682022
133Bahamas101.622022
134Bolivia101.572022
135Brazil101.252022
136Namibia100.562022
137Comoros100.552022
138Monaco100.062022
139Nigeria99.592022
140Iraq99.132022
141Tuvalu98.862022
142St. Lucia98.672022
143Zambia98.442022
144Albania98.42022
145Ecuador98.132022
146Gibraltar97.62022
147Grenada95.762022
148Guinea95.322022
149Bhutan95.132022
150Congo - Brazzaville93.632022
151Tanzania93.022022
152British Virgin Islands92.892022
153Curaçao92.732022
154New Caledonia91.682022
155U.S. Virgin Islands91.462022
156Canada91.242022
157Egypt90.682022
158Dominican Republic90.382022
159Cameroon89.832022
160Zimbabwe892022
161Nauru87.172022
162São Tomé & Príncipe86.782022
163Dominica85.192022
164Vanuatu81.622022
165Rwanda80.62022
166India80.182022
167Pakistan79.112022
168Syria78.662022
169Palestinian Territories76.572022
170Honduras75.862022
171Lebanon74.012022
172Togo72.212022
173Sudan70.212022
174Uganda70.142022
175Cuba68.722022
176Lesotho68.12022
177Jordan67.752022
178Belize67.182022
179Angola66.62022
180Venezuela66.472022
181Chad65.442022
182Haiti65.192022
183Madagascar64.752022
184Tajikistan63.842022
185Niger63.382022
186Laos63.352022
187Samoa62.42022
188Solomon Islands62.072022
189Tonga61.732022
190Malawi59.652022
191Eritrea59.122022
192Ethiopia56.962022
193Afghanistan56.272022
194Burundi56.262022
195Somalia49.682022
196Equatorial Guinea49.542022
197Papua New Guinea49.192022
198Kiribati49.112022
199Congo - Kinshasa48.682022
200South Sudan48.492022
201Djibouti46.782022
202Yemen46.452022
203Mozambique45.822022
204Marshall Islands39.712022
205Central African Republic38.822022
206Kosovo34.542022
207Liberia32.062022
208North Korea24.132022
209Micronesia19.992022

How this ranking works

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No observation (8)

American Samoa · Channel Islands · Guam · Isle of Man · Northern Mariana Islands · St. Martin · Turkmenistan · 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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