NationsTreeRanking · latest available · data as of 26 October 2026 · printed 27 Oct 2026
Mobile subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people. Can exceed 100 because people own several SIM cards. Ranked from largest to smallest.
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · IT.CEL.SETS.P2
Top 5 over time
Dashed line: world median| # | Country | Region | Mobile subscriptionsper 100 people | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fiji |
East Asia & Pacific | 574 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 2 |  Hong Kong |
East Asia & Pacific | 365 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 3 |  Montenegro |
Europe & Central Asia | 222 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 4 |  Sint Maarten |
Latin America & Caribbean | 205 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 5 |  United Arab Emirates |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 203 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 6 |  Macao |
East Asia & Pacific | 201 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 7 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
Latin America & Caribbean | 201 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 8 |  Libya |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 193 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 9 |  Russia |
Europe & Central Asia | 186 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 10 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 184 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 11 |  South Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 179 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 12 |  Japan |
East Asia & Pacific | 178 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 13 |  Israel |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 177 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 14 |  El Salvador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 177 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 15 |  Colombia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 174 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 16 |  Iran |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 174 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 17 |  Mauritius |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 173 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 18 |  South Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 173 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 19 |  Singapore |
East Asia & Pacific | 171 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 20 |  Kuwait |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 168 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 21 |  Botswana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 164 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 22 |  Georgia |
Europe & Central Asia | 161 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 23 |  Thailand |
East Asia & Pacific | 161 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 24 |  Saudi Arabia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 160 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 25 |  Bahrain |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 160 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 26 |  Panama |
Latin America & Caribbean | 157 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 27 |  Cyprus |
Europe & Central Asia | 156 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 28 |  Andorra |
Europe & Central Asia | 156 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 29 |  Qatar |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 154 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 30 |  Morocco |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 153 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 31 |  Estonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 151 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 32 |  Maldives |
South Asia | 148 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 33 |  Guinea-Bissau |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 147 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 34 |  Uruguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 146 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 35 |  Luxembourg |
Europe & Central Asia | 144 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 36 |  Suriname |
Latin America & Caribbean | 142 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 37 |  Malta |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 142 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 38 |  Sweden |
Europe & Central Asia | 141 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 39 |  Mongolia |
East Asia & Pacific | 141 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 40 |  Argentina |
Latin America & Caribbean | 140 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 41 |  Slovakia |
Europe & Central Asia | 140 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 42 |  Eswatini |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 140 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 43 |  Malaysia |
East Asia & Pacific | 140 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 44 |  Cayman Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 139 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 45 |  Lithuania |
Europe & Central Asia | 139 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 46 |  Poland |
Europe & Central Asia | 138 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 47 |  Costa Rica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 136 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 48 |  Palau |
East Asia & Pacific | 135 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 49 |  Armenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 135 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 50 |  Ukraine |
Europe & Central Asia | 133 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 51 |  Chile |
Latin America & Caribbean | 133 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 52 |  Italy |
Europe & Central Asia | 133 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 53 |  Sri Lanka |
South Asia | 133 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 54 |  China |
East Asia & Pacific | 132 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 55 |  Belarus |
Europe & Central Asia | 131 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 56 |  Slovenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 131 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 57 |  Aruba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 131 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 58 |  Spain |
Europe & Central Asia | 130 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 59 |  New Zealand |
East Asia & Pacific | 130 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 60 |  Switzerland |
Europe & Central Asia | 129 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 61 |  Germany |
Europe & Central Asia | 129 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 62 |  Liechtenstein |
Europe & Central Asia | 129 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 63 |  Netherlands |
Europe & Central Asia | 129 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 64 |  Vietnam |
East Asia & Pacific | 128 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 65 |  Kazakhstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 127 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 66 |  Denmark |
Europe & Central Asia | 127 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 67 |  Paraguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 127 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 68 |  Czechia |
Europe & Central Asia | 127 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 69 |  Tanzania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 127 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 70 |  Kenya |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 126 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 71 |  Puerto Rico (US) |
Latin America & Caribbean | 126 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 72 |  Gambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 126 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 73 |  Benin |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 126 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 74 |  Finland |
Europe & Central Asia | 126 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 75 |  Seychelles |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 126 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 76 |  Gabon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 125 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 77 |  Peru |
Latin America & Caribbean | 125 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 78 |  Austria |
Europe & Central Asia | 124 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 79 |  Portugal |
Europe & Central Asia | 124 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 80 |  Senegal |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 124 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 81 |  Serbia |
Europe & Central Asia | 124 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 82 |  Indonesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 123 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 83 |  Croatia |
Europe & Central Asia | 122 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 84 |  United Kingdom |
Europe & Central Asia | 122 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 85 |  Latvia |
Europe & Central Asia | 121 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 86 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe & Central Asia | 121 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 87 |  Iceland |
Europe & Central Asia | 121 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 88 |  Oman |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 121 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 89 |  San Marino |
Europe & Central Asia | 120 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 90 |  Moldova |
Europe & Central Asia | 120 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 91 |  Romania |
Europe & Central Asia | 120 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 92 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Latin America & Caribbean | 119 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 93 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Latin America & Caribbean | 119 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 94 |  French Polynesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 119 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 95 |  Greenland |
Europe & Central Asia | 119 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 96 |  Brunei |
East Asia & Pacific | 118 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 97 |  Bulgaria |
Europe & Central Asia | 118 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 98 |  Jamaica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 118 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 99 |  Tunisia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 118 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 100 |  France |
Europe & Central Asia | 117 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 101 |  Burkina Faso |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 117 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 102 |  Mexico |
Latin America & Caribbean | 116 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 103 |  Timor-Leste |
East Asia & Pacific | 116 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 104 |  Cambodia |
East Asia & Pacific | 116 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 105 |  Algeria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 115 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 106 |  Philippines |
East Asia & Pacific | 115 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 107 |  Barbados |
Latin America & Caribbean | 115 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 108 |  Myanmar |
East Asia & Pacific | 114 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 109 |  Ghana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 114 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 110 |  Greece |
Europe & Central Asia | 114 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 111 |  United States |
North America | 113 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 112 |  Ireland |
Europe & Central Asia | 113 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 113 |  Australia |
East Asia & Pacific | 113 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 114 |  Guyana |
Latin America & Caribbean | 113 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 115 |  Guatemala |
Latin America & Caribbean | 113 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 116 |  Mali |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 112 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 117 |  Cabo Verde |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 112 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 118 |  Uzbekistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 110 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 119 |  Comoros |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 110 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 120 |  Azerbaijan |
Europe & Central Asia | 110 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 121 |  Norway |
Europe & Central Asia | 109 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 122 |  Zambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 109 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 123 |  North Macedonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 108 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 124 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Latin America & Caribbean | 108 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 125 |  Cameroon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 108 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 126 |  Bangladesh |
South Asia | 108 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 127 |  Sierra Leone |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 108 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 128 |  Türkiye |
Europe & Central Asia | 108 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 129 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 107 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 130 |  Monaco |
Europe & Central Asia | 107 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 131 |  Nicaragua |
Latin America & Caribbean | 106 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 132 |  Faroe Islands |
Europe & Central Asia | 106 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 133 |  Hungary |
Europe & Central Asia | 105 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 134 |  Belgium |
Europe & Central Asia | 104 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 135 |  Brazil |
Latin America & Caribbean | 102 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 136 |  Ecuador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 102 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 137 |  Iraq |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 100 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 138 |  Nepal |
South Asia | 100 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 139 |  Bhutan |
South Asia | 100 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 140 |  Tuvalu |
East Asia & Pacific | 99 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 141 |  Saint Lucia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 99 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 142 |  Bolivia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 98 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 143 |  Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 98 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 144 |  Gibraltar |
Europe & Central Asia | 98 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 145 |  Egypt |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 97 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 146 |  Bahamas |
Latin America & Caribbean | 97 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 147 |  Bermuda |
North America | 97 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 148 |  Grenada |
Latin America & Caribbean | 96 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 149 |  Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 96 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 150 |  Zimbabwe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 94 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 151 |  Canada |
North America | 94 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 152 |  Curaçao |
Latin America & Caribbean | 94 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 153 |  Dominican Republic |
Latin America & Caribbean | 94 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 154 |  Rwanda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 93 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 155 |  British Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 93 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 156 |  Mauritania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 92 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 157 |  New Caledonia |
East Asia & Pacific | 92 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 158 |  US Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 91 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 159 |  Vanuatu |
East Asia & Pacific | 89 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 160 |  Albania |
Europe & Central Asia | 89 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 161 |  Turkmenistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 88 per 100 people | 2021 |
| 162 |  Naoero |
East Asia & Pacific | 87 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 163 |  Dominica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 85 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 164 |  Namibia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 85 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 165 |  Uganda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 83 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 166 |  Togo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 81 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 167 |  India |
South Asia | 79 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 168 |  Pakistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 77 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 169 |  Palestine |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 77 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 170 |  Tajikistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 76 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 171 |  Madagascar |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 75 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 172 |  Lebanon |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 74 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 173 |  Cuba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 73 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 174 |  Chad |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 73 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 175 |  Syria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 71 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 176 |  Venezuela |
Latin America & Caribbean | 71 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 177 |  Honduras |
Latin America & Caribbean | 71 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 178 |  Nigeria |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 71 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 179 |  Lesotho |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 70 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 180 |  Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 70 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 181 |  Angola |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 70 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 182 |  Jordan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 70 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 183 |  Malawi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 69 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 184 |  Belize |
Latin America & Caribbean | 67 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 185 |  Haiti |
Latin America & Caribbean | 65 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 186 |  Ethiopia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 65 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 187 |  Laos |
East Asia & Pacific | 65 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 188 |  Burundi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 63 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 189 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 62 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 190 |  Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 62 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 191 |  Solomon Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 62 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 192 |  Tonga |
East Asia & Pacific | 62 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 193 |  Niger |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 61 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 194 |  Afghanistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 60 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 195 |  Eritrea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 59 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 196 |  DR Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 59 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 197 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 54 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 198 |  Kiribati |
East Asia & Pacific | 54 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 199 |  Yemen |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 51 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 200 |  Equatorial Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 50 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 201 |  Mozambique |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 50 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 202 |  Djibouti |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 48 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 203 |  South Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 47 per 100 people | 2023 |
| 204 |  Marshall Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 40 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 205 |  Central African Republic |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 39 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 206 |  Papua New Guinea |
East Asia & Pacific | 39 per 100 people | 2024 |
| 207 | XKXKosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 35 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 208 |  Liberia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 32 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 209 |  North Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 24 per 100 people | 2022 |
| 210 |  Micronesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 20 per 100 people | 2022 |
| — |  American Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 4 per 100 people | 2004 |
| — |  Guam |
East Asia & Pacific | 60 per 100 people | 2004 |
| — |  Northern Mariana Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 32 per 100 people | 2004 |
| — |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 110 per 100 people | 2004 |
Latest value per country. Ranked: countries with data from the last 5 years of the series; older values are listed below without a rank. 210 ranked.