Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people

Subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service, including prepaid accounts active in the last three months, per 100 people. People can hold several subscriptions, so values above 100 are common.

Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Frequency: Annual Coverage: 214 countries and 11 groups 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank (original data: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database)

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Subscriptions per 100 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people (subscriptions per 100 people), 2016 to 2023
Period Paraguay
2023 127 per 100 people
2022 128 per 100 people
2021 119 per 100 people
2020 119 per 100 people
2019 119 per 100 people
2018 116 per 100 people
2017 118 per 100 people
2016 120 per 100 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

About this measure

Definition
Subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service, including prepaid accounts active in the last three months, per 100 people. People can hold several subscriptions, so values above 100 are common.
Population covered
Total population
Unit
Subscriptions per 100 people
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in the same unit (per 100 people)

Source and dates

Original producer
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database

Latest value for each country Each value is the country's most recent figure. Years differ, so check the period beside each value before comparing.

  1. 1 Fiji 574 per 100 people2024
  2. 2 Hong Kong SAR, China 365 per 100 people2024
  3. 3 Montenegro 222 per 100 people2024
  4. 4 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 205 per 100 people2022
  5. 5 United Arab Emirates 203 per 100 people2024
  6. 6 Macao SAR, China 201 per 100 people2024
  7. 7 Antigua and Barbuda 201 per 100 people2022
  8. 8 Libya 193 per 100 people2022
  9. 9 Russia 186 per 100 people2024
  10. 10 Côte d'Ivoire 184 per 100 people2024
  11. 11 South Africa 179 per 100 people2024
  12. 12 Japan 178 per 100 people2023
  13. 13 Israel 177 per 100 people2024
  14. 14 El Salvador 177 per 100 people2024
  15. 15 Colombia 174 per 100 people2024
  16. 16 Iran 174 per 100 people2024
  17. 17 Mauritius 173 per 100 people2024
  18. 18 South Korea 173 per 100 people2024
  19. 19 Singapore 171 per 100 people2024
  20. 20 Kuwait 168 per 100 people2023
  21. 21 Botswana 164 per 100 people2024
  22. 22 Georgia 161 per 100 people2024
  23. 23 Thailand 161 per 100 people2024
  24. 24 Saudi Arabia 160 per 100 people2024
  25. 25 Bahrain 160 per 100 people2024
  26. 26 Panama 157 per 100 people2023
  27. 27 Cyprus 156 per 100 people2024
  28. 28 Andorra 156 per 100 people2024
  29. 29 Qatar 154 per 100 people2024
  30. 30 Morocco 153 per 100 people2024
  31. 31 Estonia 151 per 100 people2024
  32. 32 Maldives 148 per 100 people2024
  33. 33 Guinea-Bissau 147 per 100 people2024
  34. 34 Uruguay 146 per 100 people2024
  35. 35 Luxembourg 144 per 100 people2023
  36. 36 Suriname 142 per 100 people2024
  37. 37 Malta 142 per 100 people2024
  38. 38 Sweden 141 per 100 people2024
  39. 39 Mongolia 141 per 100 people2024
  40. 40 Argentina 140 per 100 people2024
  41. 41 Slovakia 140 per 100 people2024
  42. 42 Eswatini 140 per 100 people2024
  43. 43 Malaysia 140 per 100 people2024
  44. 44 Cayman Islands 139 per 100 people2022
  45. 45 Lithuania 139 per 100 people2024
  46. 46 Poland 138 per 100 people2024
  47. 47 Costa Rica 136 per 100 people2024
  48. 48 Palau 135 per 100 people2023
  49. 49 Armenia 135 per 100 people2024
  50. 50 Ukraine 133 per 100 people2023
  51. 51 Chile 133 per 100 people2024
  52. 52 Italy 133 per 100 people2024
  53. 53 Sri Lanka 133 per 100 people2024
  54. 54 China 132 per 100 people2024
  55. 55 Belarus 131 per 100 people2024
  56. 56 Slovenia 131 per 100 people2024
  57. 57 Aruba 131 per 100 people2022
  58. 58 Spain 130 per 100 people2024
  59. 59 New Zealand 130 per 100 people2024
  60. 60 Switzerland 129 per 100 people2024
  61. 61 Germany 129 per 100 people2024
  62. 62 Liechtenstein 129 per 100 people2024
  63. 63 Netherlands 129 per 100 people2024
  64. 64 Viet Nam 128 per 100 people2024
  65. 65 Kazakhstan 127 per 100 people2024
  66. 66 Denmark 127 per 100 people2024
  67. 67 Paraguay 127 per 100 people2023
  68. 68 Czechia 127 per 100 people2024
  69. 69 Tanzania 127 per 100 people2024
  70. 70 Kenya 126 per 100 people2024
  71. 71 Puerto Rico (US) 126 per 100 people2024
  72. 72 Gambia 126 per 100 people2024
  73. 73 Benin 126 per 100 people2024
  74. 74 Finland 126 per 100 people2024
  75. 75 Seychelles 126 per 100 people2024
  76. 76 Gabon 125 per 100 people2024
  77. 77 Peru 125 per 100 people2024
  78. 78 Austria 124 per 100 people2024
  79. 79 Portugal 124 per 100 people2024
  80. 80 Senegal 124 per 100 people2024
  81. 81 Serbia 124 per 100 people2024
  82. 82 Indonesia 123 per 100 people2024
  83. 83 Croatia 122 per 100 people2024
  84. 84 United Kingdom 122 per 100 people2024
  85. 85 Latvia 121 per 100 people2024
  86. 86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 121 per 100 people2024
  87. 87 Iceland 121 per 100 people2024
  88. 88 Oman 121 per 100 people2024
  89. 89 San Marino 120 per 100 people2022
  90. 90 Moldova 120 per 100 people2024
  91. 91 Romania 120 per 100 people2024
  92. 92 Saint Kitts and Nevis 119 per 100 people2023
  93. 93 Trinidad and Tobago 119 per 100 people2024
  94. 94 French Polynesia 119 per 100 people2023
  95. 95 Greenland 119 per 100 people2022
  96. 96 Brunei 118 per 100 people2024
  97. 97 Bulgaria 118 per 100 people2024
  98. 98 Jamaica 118 per 100 people2024
  99. 99 Tunisia 118 per 100 people2024
  100. 100 France 117 per 100 people2023
  101. 101 Burkina Faso 117 per 100 people2024
  102. 102 Mexico 116 per 100 people2024
  103. 103 Timor-Leste 116 per 100 people2024
  104. 104 Cambodia 116 per 100 people2024
  105. 105 Algeria 115 per 100 people2024
  106. 106 Philippines 115 per 100 people2024
  107. 107 Barbados 115 per 100 people2022
  108. 108 Myanmar 114 per 100 people2024
  109. 109 Ghana 114 per 100 people2024
  110. 110 Greece 114 per 100 people2024
  111. 111 United States 113 per 100 people2024
  112. 112 Ireland 113 per 100 people2024
  113. 113 Australia 113 per 100 people2024
  114. 114 Guyana 113 per 100 people2022
  115. 115 Guatemala 113 per 100 people2024
  116. 116 Mali 112 per 100 people2022
  117. 117 Cabo Verde 112 per 100 people2024
  118. 118 Uzbekistan 110 per 100 people2024
  119. 119 Comoros 110 per 100 people2023
  120. 120 Turks and Caicos Islands 110 per 100 people2004
  121. 121 Azerbaijan 110 per 100 people2024
  122. 122 Norway 109 per 100 people2024
  123. 123 Zambia 109 per 100 people2024
  124. 124 North Macedonia 108 per 100 people2024
  125. 125 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 108 per 100 people2024
  126. 126 Cameroon 108 per 100 people2024
  127. 127 Bangladesh 108 per 100 people2024
  128. 128 Sierra Leone 108 per 100 people2022
  129. 129 Türkiye 108 per 100 people2024
  130. 130 Kyrgyzstan 107 per 100 people2024
  131. 131 Monaco 107 per 100 people2024
  132. 132 Nicaragua 106 per 100 people2024
  133. 133 Faroe Islands 106 per 100 people2022
  134. 134 Hungary 105 per 100 people2024
  135. 135 Belgium 104 per 100 people2024
  136. 136 Brazil 102 per 100 people2024
  137. 137 Ecuador 102 per 100 people2024
  138. 138 Iraq 100 per 100 people2024
  139. 139 Nepal 100 per 100 people2024
  140. 140 Bhutan 100 per 100 people2024
  141. 141 Tuvalu 99 per 100 people2022
  142. 142 Saint Lucia 99 per 100 people2022
  143. 143 Bolivia 98 per 100 people2024
  144. 144 Guinea 98 per 100 people2023
  145. 145 Gibraltar 98 per 100 people2022
  146. 146 Egypt 97 per 100 people2024
  147. 147 Bahamas 97 per 100 people2024
  148. 148 Bermuda 97 per 100 people2024
  149. 149 Grenada 96 per 100 people2022
  150. 150 Republic of the Congo 96 per 100 people2024
  151. 151 Zimbabwe 94 per 100 people2024
  152. 152 Canada 94 per 100 people2024
  153. 153 Curaçao 94 per 100 people2023
  154. 154 Dominican Republic 94 per 100 people2024
  155. 155 Rwanda 93 per 100 people2024
  156. 156 British Virgin Islands 93 per 100 people2024
  157. 157 Mauritania 92 per 100 people2024
  158. 158 New Caledonia 92 per 100 people2022
  159. 159 US Virgin Islands 91 per 100 people2022
  160. 160 Vanuatu 89 per 100 people2023
  161. 161 Albania 89 per 100 people2024
  162. 162 Turkmenistan 88 per 100 people2021
  163. 163 Naoero 87 per 100 people2022
  164. 164 Dominica 85 per 100 people2022
  165. 165 Namibia 85 per 100 people2024
  166. 166 Uganda 83 per 100 people2024
  167. 167 Togo 81 per 100 people2024
  168. 168 India 79 per 100 people2024
  169. 169 Pakistan 77 per 100 people2024
  170. 170 West Bank and Gaza 77 per 100 people2023
  171. 171 Tajikistan 76 per 100 people2023
  172. 172 Madagascar 75 per 100 people2023
  173. 173 Lebanon 74 per 100 people2022
  174. 174 Cuba 73 per 100 people2024
  175. 175 Chad 73 per 100 people2024
  176. 176 Syria 71 per 100 people2024
  177. 177 Venezuela 71 per 100 people2024
  178. 178 Honduras 71 per 100 people2024
  179. 179 Nigeria 71 per 100 people2024
  180. 180 Lesotho 70 per 100 people2024
  181. 181 Sudan 70 per 100 people2022
  182. 182 Angola 70 per 100 people2024
  183. 183 Jordan 70 per 100 people2024
  184. 184 Malawi 69 per 100 people2024
  185. 185 Belize 67 per 100 people2022
  186. 186 Haiti 65 per 100 people2022
  187. 187 Ethiopia 65 per 100 people2024
  188. 188 Laos 65 per 100 people2023
  189. 189 Burundi 63 per 100 people2023
  190. 190 São Tomé and Príncipe 62 per 100 people2024
  191. 191 Samoa 62 per 100 people2022
  192. 192 Solomon Islands 62 per 100 people2022
  193. 193 Tonga 62 per 100 people2022
  194. 194 Niger 61 per 100 people2024
  195. 195 Afghanistan 60 per 100 people2024
  196. 196 Guam 60 per 100 people2004
  197. 197 Eritrea 59 per 100 people2022
  198. 198 Democratic Republic of the Congo 59 per 100 people2024
  199. 199 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 54 per 100 people2023
  200. 200 Kiribati 54 per 100 people2024
  201. 201 Yemen 51 per 100 people2023
  202. 202 Equatorial Guinea 50 per 100 people2022
  203. 203 Mozambique 50 per 100 people2024
  204. 204 Djibouti 48 per 100 people2023
  205. 205 South Sudan 47 per 100 people2023
  206. 206 Marshall Islands 40 per 100 people2022
  207. 207 Central African Republic 39 per 100 people2022
  208. 208 Papua New Guinea 39 per 100 people2024
  209. 209 Kosovo 35 per 100 people2022
  210. 210 Liberia 32 per 100 people2022
  211. 211 Northern Mariana Islands 32 per 100 people2004
  212. 212 North Korea 24 per 100 people2022
  213. 213 Micronesia 20 per 100 people2022
  214. 214 American Samoa 4 per 100 people2004
  215. East Asia and Pacific 135 per 100 people2025
  216. Euro area 124 per 100 people2022
  217. Europe and Central Asia 135 per 100 people2025
  218. European Union 124 per 100 people2022
  219. Latin America and Caribbean 117 per 100 people2025
  220. Middle East and North Africa 107 per 100 people2025
  221. North America 112 per 100 people2025
  222. OECD members 122 per 100 people2022
  223. South Asia 82 per 100 people2025
  224. Sub-Saharan Africa 90 per 100 people2025
  225. World 112 per 100 people2025
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