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List of countries by number of mobile numbers in use

This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phone numbers in use.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This list does NOT provide the "number of mobile phones in use." Nobody knows that data. This is a count of phone numbers by country. In fact, often each SIM card has a separate phone number, so those with a dozen SIM cards (for each city they frequent) will have a dozen phone numbers.

In some countries, it's true that one person might have two mobile phones. Also, some mobile phone numbers may be used by machines as a modem (examples: intrusion detection systems, home automation, leak detection), or a local micro-cell.

Rankings Country or regions # of phone numbers Population Phone #'s/100 citizens Date of evaluation
World 7,950,000,000+ 7,621,018,958 104.32 2019/12[1][2]
1 China China 1,610,360,000 1,420,050,000 113.38 2020/10[3][4]
2 India India 1,515,971,713 1,375,245,994 110.18 2020/10[3][5]
3 Indonesia Indonesia 385,573,398 237,556,363 162.28 2016/07[6]
4 United States United States 380,577,528 327,874,628 116.27 2020/10[7][8]
5 Brazil Brazil 284,200,000 201,032,714 141.3 2015/05[6][9]
6 Russia Russia 256,116,000 142,905,200 155.5 2013/07[6][10]
7 Pakistan Pakistan 194,580,369 219,922,083 88.34 2022/06[11][12]
8 Nigeria Nigeria 190,475,494 190,551,754 99.5 2020/04[13]
9 Bangladesh Bangladesh 180,780,000 162,951,560 111.11 2022/03[14]
10 Japan Japan 146,649,600 127,300,000 115.2 2013[15]
11 Germany Germany 107,000,000 81,882,342 130.1 2013[16]
12 Philippines Philippines 106,987,098 94,013,200 113.8 2013/10[17]
13 Mexico Mexico 101,339,000 112,322,757 90.2 2013/07[18]
14 Iran Iran 96,165,000 86,330,703 130 2013/02[19]
15 Egypt Egypt 95,340,000 99,958,000 95.38 2019/12[20]
16 Italy Italy 88,580,000 60,790,400 147.4 2013/12[21]
17 United Kingdom United Kingdom 83,100,000 64,100,000 129.6 2013[22]
18 Vietnam Vietnam 72,300,000 90,549,390 79 2013/10[23]
19 Turkey Turkey 72,200,000 79,463,663 92.5 2015[24][25]
20 France France 72,180,000 63,573,842 114.2 2013/12[26]
21 Thailand Thailand 69,000,000 67,480,000 105 2015[27]
22 South Africa South Africa 59,474,500 50,586,757 117.6 2013[28]
23 Colombia Colombia 57,900,472 49,375,617 118.9 2017[29][30][31]
24 Ukraine Ukraine 57,505,555 45,579,904 126.0 2013/12[32]
25 Argentina Argentina 56,725,200 40,134,425 141.34 2013[33]
26 Tanzania Tanzania 56,313,438 62,715,877 86.5 2020/03[34]
27 South Korea South Korea 56,004,887 50,219,669 111.5 2014[35]
28 Spain Spain 55,740,000 47,265,321 118.0 2013/12[36]
29 Poland Poland 47,153,200 38,186,860 123.48 2013[37][38]
30 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 46,000,000 27,137,000 169.5 2013/12[39]
31 Morocco Morocco 44,450,000 33,818,662 131 2015[40]
32 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 38,849,812 21,671,000 179.3 2018/12[41]
33 Peru Peru 34,235,000 31,179,417 109.8 2015[42]
34 Nepal Nepal 34,172,058 26,620,020 134.41 2018: NTA_MIS_128,2018[43]
35 Algeria Algeria 33,000,000 35,000,000 94.2 2013[44]
36 Venezuela Venezuela 32,019,086 30,163,157 106.15 2014[45]
37 Canada Canada 31,210,628 36,885,049 84.6 2018[46]
38 Taiwan Taiwan 28,610,000 23,197,947 123.33 2013/12[47]
39 Malaysia Malaysia 30,379,000 28,250,000 143.8 2014/04[48]
40 Kenya Kenya 28,080,000 42,000,000 71.3 2013[49]
41 Romania Romania 26,000,000 21,438,000 123.45 2010/12/16 [50]
42 Chile Chile 21,000,000 17,094,270 122.9 2013/12[51]
43 Australia Australia 20,570,000 23,490,700 87.6 2014/11[52][53]
44 Netherlands Netherlands 20,000,000 16,515,057 121.1 2013/11[54]
45 Hong Kong Hong Kong 19,207,578 7,482,500 256.7 2018/09[55][56]
46 Ethiopia Ethiopia 18,000,000 85,000,020 21.8 2013/12[57]
47 Guatemala Guatemala 17,571,895 14,713,763 119.4 2013/06[58]
48 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 17,132,724 8,410,763 203.7 2014/11[59]
49 Ecuador Ecuador 15,900,000 14,300,000 111.18 2013/01[60]
50 Sweden Sweden 14,500,000 9,906,331 146.4 2016/06[61]
51 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 13,518,887 13,060,000 103.5 2014/01 [62]
52 Portugal Portugal 13,400,000 10,562,178 126.87 2013/11
53 Belgium Belgium 11,822,000 10,414,000 113.6 2013[citation needed]
54  Hungary 11,561,890 9,908,798 116.7 2013/11[63]
55 Bulgaria Bulgaria 10,454,400 7,200,000 145.2 2013[15]
56 Israel Israel 9,701,200 7,900,000 122.8 2013[15]
57 Finland Finland 9,470,000 5,487,308 172.6 2015[64]
58 Costa Rica Costa Rica 8,300,000[65] 4,872,000 156[66] 2017/06[65]
59 Singapore Singapore 8,106,700 5,399,000 150.1 2015/01[67]
60 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 7,000,000 5,543,819 126.2 2008/02[68]
61 Denmark Denmark 7,000,000 5,700,000 127.5 2013[15]
62 Panama Panama 6,900,000 3,405,813 202.5 2013/07[69]
63 Jordan Jordan 6,010,000 5,950,000 101.0 2010/03[70]
64 Republic of Ireland Ireland 5,770,638 4,581,269 125.9 2015 [71]
65 Lithuania Lithuania 4,940,000 2,955,986 167.1 2013 Q2 [72] [73]
66  New Zealand 4,761,000 4,500,000 111.1 2013[15]
67 Mongolia Mongolia 3,500,000 2,980,000 117.4 2013[74]
68 Lebanon Lebanon 2,720,000 4,224,000 64.4 2010/10[75]
69 Latvia Latvia 2,579,000 1,986,705 129.8 2015/07[76]
70 North Korea North Korea 3,000,000 24,451,285 12.3 2015[77]
71 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 2,060,000 1,363,985 151.6 2019 Q2[78]
72 Estonia Estonia 1,904,000 1,269,420 150.5 2015/07[79]
73 Cuba Cuba 1,300,000 11,200,000 11.6 2011/12[80]
74 Montenegro Montenegro 1,117,500 620,029 180.23 2015/09[81]
75 Malta Malta 554,651 452,515 122.57 2013/06[82]
76 Maldives Maldives 776,716 417,492 245.92 2017/07[83]

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