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Mobile Phone Subscriptions by Country 2024

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people: postpaid contracts and prepaid accounts used in the last three months, counted by the operators.

Hong Kong has the highest mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people: 364.8 in 2024. Next are Montenegro (221.7), Sint Maarten (205.4, 2022), the United Arab Emirates (203.2) and Macao (201.1). Micronesia has the lowest mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people: 20 in 2022. The median across the 209 countries is 115.3, counting each country once, so it is not a world average.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators. 209 of 217 countries and territories have a figure. Each country shows its latest available year, from 2021 to 2024. The most common is 2024 (150 of 209 countries).

Highest
364.8
Hong Kong, 2024
Lowest
20
Micronesia, 2022
Median
115.3
Counting each country once, so it is not a world average
Coverage
209 of 217
Countries and territories with a figure; latest available, 2021 to 2024
Mobile Phone Subscriptions by Country: 2024 Rankings: 209 countries and territories ranked by mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people, with the year of each figure.
#CountrySubscriptions per 100 peopleYearChange since 2014
1Hong Kong364.82024+133.1
2Montenegro221.72024+61.2
3Sint Maarten205.42022n/a
4United Arab Emirates203.22024-1
5Macao201.12024-103
6Antigua and Barbuda200.52022+65.32014 to 2022
7Libya1932022+60.82014 to 2022
8Russia186.12024+33.6
9Côte d'Ivoire183.92024+93.8
10South Africa179.32024+36.7
11Japan178.42023+54.62014 to 2023
12Israel177.42024+57.1
13El Salvador176.52024+27.3
14Colombia174.12024+55.3
14Iran174.12024+89.5
16Mauritius172.72024+44.8
17South Korea172.52024+59.2
18Singapore170.82024+22.3
19Kuwait167.72023-39.62014 to 2023
20Botswana1642024+7
21Georgia161.22024+18.8
22Thailand160.62024+22.4
23Saudi Arabia159.52024-22.3
23Bahrain159.52024-17.9
25Panama156.62023-20.92014 to 2023
26Cyprus156.22024+27.2
27Andorra155.72024+65.9
28Qatar153.62024+4.6
29Morocco153.12024+24.1
30Estonia151.12024+6.8
31Maldives148.12024-12.8
32Guinea-Bissau147.22024+83.5
33Uruguay145.52024-18.3
34Luxembourg144.52023+0.22014 to 2023
35Suriname142.12024-19.1
35Malta142.12024+16.4
37Sweden140.72024+13.7
37Mongolia140.72024+36.7
39Argentina140.22024-2.1
40Slovakia1402024+22.2
41Eswatini139.82024+59.2
42Malaysia139.72024-6.7
43Cayman Islands139.32022-122014 to 2022
44Lithuania138.72024-6.8
45Poland1382024-10.7
46Costa Rica1362024-11.2
47Palau135.42023+27.52014 to 2023
48Armenia134.92024+16.5
49Ukraine133.42023-10.92014 to 2023
50Chile132.72024+0.1
51Italy132.62024-15.6
52Sri Lanka132.52024+29.9
53China131.82024+39.1
54Belarus131.12024+10.8
55Slovenia130.92024+17.8
56Aruba130.62022-4.52014 to 2022
57Spain130.32024+21.5
58New Zealand130.12024+17.3
59Switzerland129.52024-6.7
60Germany129.22024+6.8
61Liechtenstein128.92024+19.5
62Netherlands128.52024+13.7
63Vietnam127.62024-20.9
64Kazakhstan127.12024-33.4
65Denmark126.72024-0.2
66Paraguay126.62023+6.32014 to 2023
66Czechia126.62024-5.7
66Tanzania126.62024+63.3
69Kenya126.52024+53.4
70Puerto Rico126.42024+36.4
71The Gambia126.22024+20.7
72Benin125.92024+47.4
72Finland125.92024-13.3
74Seychelles125.62024-19
75Gabon125.32024-22.9
76Peru124.62024+18.8
77Austria124.52024-27.1
78Portugal124.12024+9.8
79Senegal123.92024+22.3
80Serbia123.82024-7.5
81Indonesia122.52024-3.3
82Croatia121.72024+16
83United Kingdom121.62024+0.7
84Latvia121.32024+1.7
85Bosnia and Herzegovina121.22024+23.3
86Iceland120.92024+7.9
87Oman120.62024-33.2
88San Marino120.32022+8.82014 to 2022
89Moldova120.12024+8.3
90Romania119.82024+5
91St. Kitts and Nevis118.92023-19.12014 to 2023
92Trinidad and Tobago118.82024-20.6
92French Polynesia118.82023+26.52014 to 2023
94Greenland118.62022+10.42014 to 2022
95Brunei118.12024+9.7
95Bulgaria118.12024-13.3
97Jamaica117.72024+10.1
98Tunisia117.62024-9.1
99France116.72023+15.62014 to 2023
100Burkina Faso116.62024+48.1
101Mexico116.52024+28.9
102Timor-Leste116.42024-0
103Cambodia116.12024-16.7
104Algeria115.52024+5
105Philippines115.32024+8
106Barbados114.62022+4.82014 to 2022
107Myanmar114.32024+57.1
108Ghana113.62024+5.4
108Greece113.62024+2.1
110United States113.22024+13.4
111Ireland112.62024+7.2
111Australia112.62024+6.4
111Guyana112.62022+37.42014 to 2022
114Guatemala112.52024+4.7
115Mali112.12022-18.32014 to 2022
116Cabo Verde111.82024-7.9
117Uzbekistan110.52024+38.9
118Comoros109.92023+562014 to 2023
119Azerbaijan109.52024-0
120Norway109.32024-2.3
121Zambia108.72024+45.1
122North Macedonia108.42024-3
122St. Vincent and the Grenadines108.42024+1.4
124Cameroon108.22024+31
125Bangladesh108.12024+27.8
126Sierra Leone107.92022+38.72014 to 2022
127Türkiye107.82024+15.7
128Kyrgyzstan107.52024-20.7
129Monaco107.42024+14.2
130Nicaragua1062024-10.5
131Faroe Islands105.82022-14.42014 to 2022
132Hungary104.62024-14.3
133Belgium103.92024-9.7
134Brazil101.92024-38.4
135Ecuador101.62024-2
136Iraq100.12024+9.8
137Nepal99.82024+16.7
137Bhutan99.82024+14.6
139Tuvalu98.92022+64.32014 to 2022
140St. Lucia98.72022-9.52014 to 2022
141Bolivia982024+1.7
142Guinea97.92023+22.22014 to 2023
143Gibraltar97.62022-18.22014 to 2022
144Egypt97.12024-0.6
145Bahamas96.72024+14.3
145Bermuda96.72024+3
147Grenada95.82022-6.92014 to 2022
148Republic of the Congo95.52024-3.5
149Zimbabwe94.22024+11.2
150Canada94.12024+13.3
151Curaçao93.82023-22.92014 to 2023
152Dominican Republic93.72024+13.2
153Rwanda93.22024+25
154British Virgin Islands93.12024-73
155Mauritania92.12024-5.5
156New Caledonia91.72022+5.22014 to 2022
157U.S. Virgin Islands91.52022n/a
158Vanuatu89.32023+29.32014 to 2023
159Albania89.12024-26.6
160Turkmenistan88.22021-30.42014 to 2021
161Nauru87.22022n/a
162Dominica85.22022-19.82014 to 2022
162Namibia85.22024-30.4
164Uganda83.22024+27.2
165Togo80.82024+20.4
166India79.42024+7.4
167Pakistan76.92024+13.5
168West Bank and Gaza76.72023+4.32014 to 2023
169Tajikistan76.22023-18.72014 to 2023
170Madagascar75.52023+36.22014 to 2023
171Lebanon742022+4.92014 to 2022
172Cuba72.92024+50.5
172Chad72.92024+35.9
174Syria71.22024+2
175Venezuela712024-29.9
176Honduras70.92024-14.3
177Nigeria70.82024-4
178Lesotho70.32024-32.5
179Sudan70.22022-1.42014 to 2022
180Angola69.72024+18
181Jordan69.62024-56.5
182Malawi69.32024+35.4
183Belize67.22022+17.82014 to 2022
184Haiti65.22022-0.12014 to 2022
185Ethiopia65.12024+34.9
186Laos64.82023-4.12014 to 2023
187Burundi63.22023+33.62014 to 2023
188Sao Tome and Principe62.42024-2.9
188Samoa62.42022+9.12014 to 2022
190Solomon Islands62.12022+12014 to 2022
191Tonga61.72022-2.12014 to 2022
192Niger60.62024+17.7
193Afghanistan60.12024+4
194Eritrea59.12022+45.62014 to 2022
195DR Congo58.52024+11.2
196Somalia542023+12.72014 to 2023
197Kiribati53.52024+27.5
198Yemen50.92023-5.72014 to 2023
199Equatorial Guinea49.52022+12.62014 to 2022
199Mozambique49.52024-22.2
201Djibouti48.52023+19.82014 to 2023
202South Sudan46.62023+212014 to 2023
203Marshall Islands39.72022+8.62014 to 2022
204Central African Republic38.82022+13.82014 to 2022
204Papua New Guinea38.82024-0.6
206Kosovo34.52022n/a
207Liberia32.12022-38.62014 to 2022
208North Korea24.12022+13.12014 to 2022
209Micronesia202022n/a

Each figure is the latest available for that country, so rows can refer to different years; compare years before comparing values. n/a means the source has no figure for that country in that column. Values are rounded for display; the CSV download has full precision.

Fiji is left out: its reported figure rose from 111.7 per 100 people in 2022 to 361.0 in 2023 and 574.2 in 2024, a break in how subscriptions were counted rather than a real change. The World Bank's published figure is unchanged in its data.

No figure: American Samoa, Channel Islands, Fiji, Guam, Isle of Man, Northern Mariana Islands, Saint Martin, Turks and Caicos Islands.

World map of mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people, latest available, 2021 to 2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Highest: Hong Kong 364.8 (2024), Montenegro 221.7 (2024), Sint Maarten 205.4 (2022). Source: World Bank World Development Indicators. 37 ranked countries are too small for the map's outlines and drawn as a dot at the capital. Shapes show location only.
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Then and now

United States2000: 38.92024: 113.2China2000: 6.72024: 131.8India2000: 0.32024: 79.4Japan2000: 52.62023: 178.4Germany2000: 58.92024: 129.2United Kingdom2000: 73.62024: 121.6
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators. Years 2000 to 2024; each panel has its own scale.
The first 10 in each year, among the countries with a figure that year; the last column is the table above (latest available, 2021 to 2024).
#200020142024
1Hong Kong (81.2)Macao (304.2)Hong Kong (364.8)
2Iceland (76.4)Hong Kong (231.7)Montenegro (221.7)
3Austria (76.3)Kuwait (207.3)Sint Maarten (205.4, 2022)
4Italy (73.8)United Arab Emirates (204.2)United Arab Emirates (203.2)
5United Kingdom (73.6)Saudi Arabia (181.9)Macao (201.1)
6Finland (72)Bahrain (177.4)Antigua and Barbuda (200.5, 2022)
7Israel (72)Panama (177.4)Libya (193, 2022)
8Norway (71.8)British Virgin Islands (166.1)Russia (186.1)
9Sweden (71.8)Uruguay (163.8)Côte d'Ivoire (183.9)
10Luxembourg (69.5)Suriname (161.3)South Africa (179.3)

Hong Kong rose the most since 2014, +133.1, among the 150 countries with figures for both 2014 and 2024. Macao fell the most, -103.

Rose the most since 2014

  • Hong Kong: +133.1
  • Côte d'Ivoire: +93.8
  • Iran: +89.5
  • Guinea-Bissau: +83.5
  • Andorra: +65.9

Fell the most since 2014

  • Macao: -103
  • British Virgin Islands: -73
  • Jordan: -56.5
  • Brazil: -38.4
  • Kazakhstan: -33.4

From the change column: countries whose latest figure is for 2024 and that have a 2014 figure.

By region

mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people by World Bank region: countries with a figure, highest, lowest and median.
RegionCountriesHighestLowestMedian, each country counted once
East Asia & Pacific33Hong Kong (364.8)Micronesia (20, 2022)116.1
Europe & Central Asia56Montenegro (221.7)Kosovo (34.5, 2022)122.8
Latin America & Caribbean40Sint Maarten (205.4, 2022)Haiti (65.2, 2022)113.6
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan23United Arab Emirates (203.2)Djibouti (48.5, 2023)117.6
North America3United States (113.2)Canada (94.1)96.7
South Asia6Maldives (148.1)India (79.4)104
Sub-Saharan Africa48Côte d'Ivoire (183.9)Liberia (32.1, 2022)93.7

Where major economies rank

  • United States: 113.2 in 2024, rank 110 of 209.
  • China: 131.8 in 2024, rank 53 of 209.
  • India: 79.4 in 2024, rank 166 of 209.
  • Japan: 178.4 in 2023, rank 11 of 209.
  • Germany: 129.2 in 2024, rank 60 of 209.
  • United Kingdom: 121.6 in 2024, rank 83 of 209.
  • France: 116.7 in 2023, rank 99 of 209.
  • Brazil: 101.9 in 2024, rank 134 of 209.
  • Canada: 94.1 in 2024, rank 150 of 209.
  • Nigeria: 70.8 in 2024, rank 177 of 209.

Compare these economies side by side

About mobile phone subscriptions

Subscriptions count SIM cards, not people. Many people carry two phones or a second SIM for work, travel or cheaper calls, so a country can have more than 100 subscriptions per 100 people, and the figure says nothing about how many people have no phone at all.

The figures come from the International Telecommunication Union, which collects them from national regulators and operators, published by the World Bank. Machine-to-machine SIMs, such as those in cars and meters, are excluded where operators report them separately.

About these figures

Definition. 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. (The publisher's definition of “Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)”, copied from the World Bank (World Development Indicators) on 2026-09-07.)

Unit. per 100 people

Coverage. 209 of 217 countries and territories have a figure. Each country shows its latest available year, from 2021 to 2024. The most common is 2024 (150 of 209 countries).

The median and any other summary on this page count each country once, so they are not world averages. Values are rounded for display; the CSV download has full precision.

The publisher revises past years when it updates the series, so a figure here can change after it first appears.

Questions about these figures

Which country has the highest mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people?

Hong Kong has the highest mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people: 364.8 in 2024. The figures come from the World Bank World Development Indicators.

Which country has the lowest mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people?

Micronesia has the lowest mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people: 20 in 2022.

How many countries are ranked, and for which years?

209 countries and territories have a figure in this ranking. Each country shows its latest available year, from 2021 to 2024. The most common is 2024 (150 of 209 countries).

What is the median mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people across countries?

The median is 115.3: half of the 209 countries are above it and half below. The most common year of the figures is 2024. It counts each country once, so it is not a world average.

Which country's mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people changed the most since 2014?

Among the 150 countries with figures for both 2014 and 2024, Hong Kong changed the most: +133.1 since 2014, to 364.8 in 2024.

Where does the United States rank on mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people?

The United States ranks 110 of 209, at 113.2 in 2024.

Which country has the highest mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in each region?

East Asia & Pacific: Hong Kong (364.8); Europe & Central Asia: Montenegro (221.7); Latin America & Caribbean: Sint Maarten (205.4, 2022); Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: the United Arab Emirates (203.2); North America: the United States (113.2); South Asia: the Maldives (148.1); Sub-Saharan Africa: Côte d'Ivoire (183.9). Figures are for 2024 unless another year is shown. Regions follow the World Bank's groups.

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