Mobile phone subscriptions
per 100 people · no best or worst — smallest to largest
210 of 216 countries report a figure for mobile phone subscriptions
World average: 116
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #210 | Federated States of Micronesia | 20 | 2022 | |
| #209 | North Korea | 24 | 2022 | |
| #208 | Liberia | 32 | 2022 | |
| #207 | Kosovo | 35 | 2022 | |
| #206 | Papua New Guinea | 39 | 2024 | |
| #205 | Central African Republic | 39 | 2022 | |
| #204 | Marshall Islands | 40 | 2022 | |
| #203 | South Sudan | 47 | 2023 | |
| #202 | Djibouti | 48 | 2023 | |
| #201 | Mozambique | 50 | 2024 | |
| #200 | Equatorial Guinea | 50 | 2022 | |
| #199 | Yemen | 51 | 2023 | |
| #198 | Kiribati | 54 | 2024 | |
| #197 | Somalia | 54 | 2023 | |
| #196 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 59 | 2024 | |
| #195 | Eritrea | 59 | 2022 | |
| #194 | Afghanistan | 60 | 2024 | |
| #193 | Niger | 61 | 2024 | |
| #192 | Tonga | 62 | 2022 | |
| #191 | Solomon Islands | 62 | 2022 | |
| #190 | Samoa | 62 | 2022 | |
| #189 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 62 | 2024 | |
| #188 | Burundi | 63 | 2023 | |
| #187 | Laos | 65 | 2023 | |
| #186 | Ethiopia | 65 | 2024 | |
| #185 | Haiti | 65 | 2022 | |
| #184 | Belize | 67 | 2022 | |
| #183 | Malawi | 69 | 2024 | |
| #182 | Jordan | 70 | 2024 | |
| #181 | Angola | 70 | 2024 | |
| #180 | Sudan | 70 | 2022 | |
| #179 | Lesotho | 70 | 2024 | |
| #178 | Nigeria | 71 | 2024 | |
| #177 | Honduras | 71 | 2024 | |
| #176 | Venezuela | 71 | 2024 | |
| #175 | Syria | 71 | 2024 | |
| #174 | Chad | 73 | 2024 | |
| #173 | Cuba | 73 | 2024 | |
| #172 | Lebanon | 74 | 2022 | |
| #171 | Madagascar | 75 | 2023 | |
| #170 | Tajikistan | 76 | 2023 | |
| #169 | Palestine | 77 | 2023 | |
| #168 | Pakistan | 77 | 2024 | |
| #167 | India | 79 | 2024 | |
| #166 | Togo | 81 | 2024 | |
| #165 | Uganda | 83 | 2024 | |
| #164 | Namibia | 85 | 2024 | |
| #163 | Dominica | 85 | 2022 | |
| #162 | Nauru | 87 | 2022 | |
| #161 | Turkmenistan | 88 | 2021 | |
| #160 | Albania | 89 | 2024 | |
| #159 | Vanuatu | 89 | 2023 | |
| #158 | United States Virgin Islands | 91 | 2022 | |
| #157 | New Caledonia | 92 | 2022 | |
| #156 | Mauritania | 92 | 2024 | |
| #155 | British Virgin Islands | 93 | 2024 | |
| #154 | Rwanda | 93 | 2024 | |
| #153 | Dominican Republic | 94 | 2024 | |
| #152 | Curaçao | 94 | 2023 | |
| #151 | Canada | 94 | 2024 | |
| #150 | Zimbabwe | 94 | 2024 | |
| #149 | Republic of the Congo | 96 | 2024 | |
| #148 | Grenada | 96 | 2022 | |
| #147 | Bermuda | 97 | 2024 | |
| #146 | The Bahamas | 97 | 2024 | |
| #145 | Egypt | 97 | 2024 | |
| #144 | Gibraltar | 98 | 2022 | |
| #143 | Guinea | 98 | 2023 | |
| #142 | Bolivia | 98 | 2024 | |
| #141 | Saint Lucia | 99 | 2022 | |
| #140 | Tuvalu | 99 | 2022 | |
| #139 | Bhutan | 100 | 2024 | |
| #138 | Nepal | 100 | 2024 | |
| #137 | Iraq | 100 | 2024 | |
| #136 | Ecuador | 102 | 2024 | |
| #135 | Brazil | 102 | 2024 | |
| #134 | Belgium | 104 | 2024 | |
| #133 | Hungary | 105 | 2024 | |
| #132 | Faroe Islands | 106 | 2022 | |
| #131 | Nicaragua | 106 | 2024 | |
| #130 | Monaco | 107 | 2024 | |
| #129 | Kyrgyzstan | 107 | 2024 | |
| #128 | Turkey | 108 | 2024 | |
| #127 | Sierra Leone | 108 | 2022 | |
| #126 | Bangladesh | 108 | 2024 | |
| #125 | Cameroon | 108 | 2024 | |
| #124 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 108 | 2024 | |
| #123 | North Macedonia | 108 | 2024 | |
| #122 | Zambia | 109 | 2024 | |
| #121 | Norway | 109 | 2024 | |
| #120 | Azerbaijan | 110 | 2024 | |
| #119 | Comoros | 110 | 2023 | |
| #118 | Uzbekistan | 110 | 2024 | |
| #117 | Cape Verde | 112 | 2024 | |
| #116 | Mali | 112 | 2022 | |
| #115 | Guatemala | 113 | 2024 | |
| #114 | Guyana | 113 | 2022 | |
| #113 | Australia | 113 | 2024 | |
| #112 | Ireland | 113 | 2024 | |
| #111 | United States | 113 | 2024 | |
| #110 | Greece | 114 | 2024 | |
| #109 | Ghana | 114 | 2024 | |
| #108 | Myanmar | 114 | 2024 | |
| #107 | Barbados | 115 | 2022 | |
| #106 | Philippines | 115 | 2024 | |
| #105 | Algeria | 115 | 2024 | |
| #104 | Cambodia | 116 | 2024 | |
| #103 | Timor-Leste | 116 | 2024 | |
| #102 | Mexico | 116 | 2024 | |
| #101 | Burkina Faso | 117 | 2024 | |
| #100 | France | 117 | 2023 | |
| #99 | Tunisia | 118 | 2024 | |
| #98 | Jamaica | 118 | 2024 | |
| #97 | Bulgaria | 118 | 2024 | |
| #96 | Brunei | 118 | 2024 | |
| #95 | Greenland | 119 | 2022 | |
| #94 | French Polynesia | 119 | 2023 | |
| #93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 119 | 2024 | |
| #92 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 119 | 2023 | |
| #91 | Romania | 120 | 2024 | |
| #90 | Moldova | 120 | 2024 | |
| #89 | San Marino | 120 | 2022 | |
| #88 | Oman | 121 | 2024 | |
| #87 | Iceland | 121 | 2024 | |
| #86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 121 | 2024 | |
| #85 | Latvia | 121 | 2024 | |
| #84 | United Kingdom | 122 | 2024 | |
| #83 | Croatia | 122 | 2024 | |
| #82 | Indonesia | 123 | 2024 | |
| #81 | Serbia | 124 | 2024 | |
| #80 | Senegal | 124 | 2024 | |
| #79 | Portugal | 124 | 2024 | |
| #78 | Austria | 124 | 2024 | |
| #77 | Peru | 125 | 2024 | |
| #76 | Gabon | 125 | 2024 | |
| #75 | Seychelles | 126 | 2024 | |
| #74 | Finland | 126 | 2024 | |
| #73 | Benin | 126 | 2024 | |
| #72 | The Gambia | 126 | 2024 | |
| #71 | Puerto Rico | 126 | 2024 | |
| #70 | Kenya | 126 | 2024 | |
| #69 | Tanzania | 127 | 2024 | |
| #68 | Czech Republic | 127 | 2024 | |
| #67 | Paraguay | 127 | 2023 | |
| #66 | Denmark | 127 | 2024 | |
| #65 | Kazakhstan | 127 | 2024 | |
| #64 | Vietnam | 128 | 2024 | |
| #63 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 129 | 2024 | |
| #62 | Liechtenstein | 129 | 2024 | |
| #61 | Germany | 129 | 2024 | |
| #60 | Switzerland | 129 | 2024 | |
| #59 | New Zealand | 130 | 2024 | |
| #58 | Spain | 130 | 2024 | |
| #57 | Aruba | 131 | 2022 | |
| #56 | Slovenia | 131 | 2024 | |
| #55 | Belarus | 131 | 2024 | |
| #54 | People's Republic of China | 132 | 2024 | |
| #53 | Sri Lanka | 133 | 2024 | |
| #52 | Italy | 133 | 2024 | |
| #51 | Chile | 133 | 2024 | |
| #50 | Ukraine | 133 | 2023 | |
| #49 | Armenia | 135 | 2024 | |
| #48 | Palau | 135 | 2023 | |
| #47 | Costa Rica | 136 | 2024 | |
| #46 | Poland | 138 | 2024 | |
| #45 | Lithuania | 139 | 2024 | |
| #44 | Cayman Islands | 139 | 2022 | |
| #43 | Malaysia | 140 | 2024 | |
| #42 | Eswatini | 140 | 2024 | |
| #41 | Slovakia | 140 | 2024 | |
| #40 | Argentina | 140 | 2024 | |
| #39 | Mongolia | 141 | 2024 | |
| #38 | Sweden | 141 | 2024 | |
| #37 | Malta | 142 | 2024 | |
| #36 | Suriname | 142 | 2024 | |
| #35 | Luxembourg | 144 | 2023 | |
| #34 | Uruguay | 146 | 2024 | |
| #33 | Guinea-Bissau | 147 | 2024 | |
| #32 | Maldives | 148 | 2024 | |
| #31 | Estonia | 151 | 2024 | |
| #30 | Morocco | 153 | 2024 | |
| #29 | Qatar | 154 | 2024 | |
| #28 | Andorra | 156 | 2024 | |
| #27 | Cyprus | 156 | 2024 | |
| #26 | Panama | 157 | 2023 | |
| #25 | Bahrain | 160 | 2024 | |
| #24 | Saudi Arabia | 160 | 2024 | |
| #23 | Thailand | 161 | 2024 | |
| #22 | Georgia | 161 | 2024 | |
| #21 | Botswana | 164 | 2024 | |
| #20 | Kuwait | 168 | 2023 | |
| #19 | Singapore | 171 | 2024 | |
| #18 | South Korea | 173 | 2024 | |
| #17 | Mauritius | 173 | 2024 | |
| #16 | Iran | 174 | 2024 | |
| #15 | Colombia | 174 | 2024 | |
| #14 | El Salvador | 177 | 2024 | |
| #13 | Israel | 177 | 2024 | |
| #12 | Japan | 178 | 2023 | |
| #11 | South Africa | 179 | 2024 | |
| #10 | Ivory Coast | 184 | 2024 | |
| #9 | Russia | 186 | 2024 | |
| #8 | Libya | 193 | 2022 | |
| #7 | Antigua and Barbuda | 201 | 2022 | |
| #6 | Macau | 201 | 2024 | |
| #5 | United Arab Emirates | 203 | 2024 | |
| #4 | Sint Maarten | 205 | 2022 | |
| #3 | Montenegro | 222 | 2024 | |
| #2 | Hong Kong | 365 | 2024 | |
| #1 | Fiji | 574 | 2024 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)