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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)
Highest in 2023 361 per 100 people Fiji Lowest in 2023 34 per 100 people Papua New Guinea
World, 2023 110 per 100 people Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2023 172 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

172 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.

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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), 2001 to 2023
Period ParaguayTuvalu
2023 127 per 100 people –
2022 128 per 100 people 99 per 100 people
2021 119 per 100 people 88 per 100 people
2020 119 per 100 people 87 per 100 people
2019 119 per 100 people 85 per 100 people
2018 116 per 100 people 79 per 100 people
2017 118 per 100 people 74 per 100 people
2016 120 per 100 people 70 per 100 people
2015 120 per 100 people 60 per 100 people
2014 120 per 100 people 35 per 100 people
2013 118 per 100 people 31 per 100 people
2012 115 per 100 people 26 per 100 people
2011 112 per 100 people 20 per 100 people
2010 103 per 100 people 15 per 100 people
2009 99 per 100 people 10 per 100 people
2008 103 per 100 people –
2007 84 per 100 people 18 per 100 people
2006 59 per 100 people 16 per 100 people
2005 35 per 100 people 13 per 100 people
2004 32 per 100 people 5 per 100 people
2003 33 per 100 people 0 per 100 people
2002 32 per 100 people 0 per 100 people
2001 22 per 100 people 0 per 100 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 172 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Fiji (361 per 100 people) and the lowest Papua New Guinea (34 per 100 people).
  • Half of the countries are above 119 per 100 people and half below.
  • From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 20 countries and fell in 3.
  • The figure for the world was 110 per 100 people in 2023, against 103 per 100 people in 2018 (+7).

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

All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Fiji 361 per 100 people
  2. 2 Hong Kong SAR, China 319 per 100 people
  3. 3 Montenegro 207 per 100 people
  4. 4 United Arab Emirates 199 per 100 people
  5. 5 Macao SAR, China 192 per 100 people
  6. 6 Russia 181 per 100 people
  7. 7 El Salvador 180 per 100 people
  8. 8 Botswana 179 per 100 people
  9. 9 Japan 178 per 100 people
  10. 10 Singapore 173 per 100 people
  11. 11 Côte d'Ivoire 172 per 100 people
  12. 12 South Africa 172 per 100 people
  13. 13 Thailand 169 per 100 people
  14. 14 Kuwait 168 per 100 people
  15. 15 Colombia 167 per 100 people
  16. 16 Iran 166 per 100 people
  17. 17 Mauritius 165 per 100 people
  18. 18 South Korea 162 per 100 people
  19. 19 Qatar 158 per 100 people
  20. 20 Saudi Arabia 158 per 100 people
  21. 21 Suriname 157 per 100 people
  22. 22 Panama 157 per 100 people
  23. 23 Andorra 156 per 100 people
  24. 24 Georgia 155 per 100 people
  25. 25 Bahrain 154 per 100 people
  26. 26 Israel 153 per 100 people
  27. 27 Estonia 150 per 100 people
  28. 28 Cyprus 148 per 100 people
  29. 29 Morocco 148 per 100 people
  30. 30 Luxembourg 144 per 100 people
  31. 31 Malaysia 143 per 100 people
  32. 32 Sri Lanka 142 per 100 people
  33. 33 Uruguay 142 per 100 people
  34. 34 Maldives 142 per 100 people
  35. 35 Mongolia 141 per 100 people
  36. 36 Malta 141 per 100 people
  37. 37 Sweden 140 per 100 people
  38. 38 Slovakia 138 per 100 people
  39. 39 Argentina 138 per 100 people
  40. 40 Lithuania 137 per 100 people
  41. 41 Chile 136 per 100 people
  42. 42 Palau 135 per 100 people
  43. 43 Poland 135 per 100 people
  44. 44 Armenia 135 per 100 people
  45. 45 Trinidad and Tobago 134 per 100 people
  46. 46 Costa Rica 134 per 100 people
  47. 47 Ukraine 133 per 100 people
  48. 48 Tunisia 133 per 100 people
  49. 49 Italy 132 per 100 people
  50. 50 Viet Nam 131 per 100 people
  51. 51 Switzerland 130 per 100 people
  52. 52 Moldova 130 per 100 people
  53. 53 Seychelles 129 per 100 people
  54. 54 Slovenia 129 per 100 people
  55. 55 Belarus 129 per 100 people
  56. 56 Serbia 128 per 100 people
  57. 57 Eswatini 128 per 100 people
  58. 58 China 128 per 100 people
  59. 59 Guinea-Bissau 128 per 100 people
  60. 60 Spain 128 per 100 people
  61. 61 Finland 127 per 100 people
  62. 62 Kazakhstan 127 per 100 people
  63. 63 Liechtenstein 127 per 100 people
  64. 64 New Zealand 127 per 100 people
  65. 65 Denmark 127 per 100 people
  66. 66 Paraguay 127 per 100 people
  67. 67 Czechia 126 per 100 people
  68. 68 Netherlands 125 per 100 people
  69. 69 Indonesia 125 per 100 people
  70. 70 Germany 125 per 100 people
  71. 71 Puerto Rico (US) 125 per 100 people
  72. 72 Senegal 124 per 100 people
  73. 73 Romania 123 per 100 people
  74. 74 Portugal 123 per 100 people
  75. 75 United Kingdom 123 per 100 people
  76. 76 Gabon 123 per 100 people
  77. 77 Oman 122 per 100 people
  78. 78 Peru 122 per 100 people
  79. 79 Austria 122 per 100 people
  80. 80 Iceland 121 per 100 people
  81. 81 Myanmar 121 per 100 people
  82. 82 Cambodia 121 per 100 people
  83. 83 Kenya 121 per 100 people
  84. 84 Latvia 120 per 100 people
  85. 85 Saint Kitts and Nevis 119 per 100 people
  86. 86 French Polynesia 119 per 100 people
  87. 87 Brunei 119 per 100 people
  88. 88 Bulgaria 118 per 100 people
  89. 89 Nepal 118 per 100 people
  90. 90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 118 per 100 people
  91. 91 Philippines 117 per 100 people
  92. 92 Gambia 117 per 100 people
  93. 93 Croatia 117 per 100 people
  94. 94 France 117 per 100 people
  95. 95 Burkina Faso 116 per 100 people
  96. 96 Benin 116 per 100 people
  97. 97 Jamaica 115 per 100 people
  98. 98 Guatemala 114 per 100 people
  99. 99 Cabo Verde 113 per 100 people
  100. 100 Timor-Leste 113 per 100 people
  101. 101 Australia 113 per 100 people
  102. 102 United States 112 per 100 people
  103. 103 Mexico 112 per 100 people
  104. 104 Algeria 112 per 100 people
  105. 105 Bangladesh 111 per 100 people
  106. 106 Ireland 111 per 100 people
  107. 107 Greece 111 per 100 people
  108. 108 Comoros 110 per 100 people
  109. 109 Norway 110 per 100 people
  110. 110 Kyrgyzstan 109 per 100 people
  111. 111 Azerbaijan 108 per 100 people
  112. 112 Uzbekistan 107 per 100 people
  113. 113 North Macedonia 106 per 100 people
  114. 114 Nicaragua 106 per 100 people
  115. 115 Türkiye 106 per 100 people
  116. 116 Tanzania 105 per 100 people
  117. 117 Hungary 105 per 100 people
  118. 118 Monaco 104 per 100 people
  119. 119 Belgium 103 per 100 people
  120. 120 Zambia 102 per 100 people
  121. 121 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 102 per 100 people
  122. 122 Iraq 101 per 100 people
  123. 123 Ecuador 101 per 100 people
  124. 124 Brazil 101 per 100 people
  125. 125 Bahamas 100 per 100 people
  126. 126 Ghana 99 per 100 people
  127. 127 Nigeria 98 per 100 people
  128. 128 Guinea 98 per 100 people
  129. 129 Cameroon 96 per 100 people
  130. 130 Bhutan 96 per 100 people
  131. 131 Republic of the Congo 95 per 100 people
  132. 132 Canada 94 per 100 people
  133. 133 Curaçao 94 per 100 people
  134. 134 Albania 93 per 100 people
  135. 135 Egypt 93 per 100 people
  136. 136 Dominican Republic 92 per 100 people
  137. 137 Zimbabwe 92 per 100 people
  138. 138 Rwanda 91 per 100 people
  139. 139 British Virgin Islands 91 per 100 people
  140. 140 Mauritania 91 per 100 people
  141. 141 Vanuatu 89 per 100 people
  142. 142 Namibia 88 per 100 people
  143. 143 India 81 per 100 people
  144. 144 West Bank and Gaza 77 per 100 people
  145. 145 Pakistan 77 per 100 people
  146. 146 Uganda 76 per 100 people
  147. 147 Tajikistan 76 per 100 people
  148. 148 Togo 76 per 100 people
  149. 149 Madagascar 75 per 100 people
  150. 150 Honduras 74 per 100 people
  151. 151 Syria 72 per 100 people
  152. 152 Venezuela 70 per 100 people
  153. 153 Chad 70 per 100 people
  154. 154 Angola 70 per 100 people
  155. 155 Cuba 70 per 100 people
  156. 156 Lesotho 69 per 100 people
  157. 157 Jordan 68 per 100 people
  158. 158 Niger 66 per 100 people
  159. 159 Laos 65 per 100 people
  160. 160 São Tomé and Príncipe 63 per 100 people
  161. 161 Burundi 63 per 100 people
  162. 162 Malawi 61 per 100 people
  163. 163 Ethiopia 60 per 100 people
  164. 164 Afghanistan 56 per 100 people
  165. 165 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 54 per 100 people
  166. 166 Democratic Republic of the Congo 53 per 100 people
  167. 167 Kiribati 51 per 100 people
  168. 168 Yemen 51 per 100 people
  169. 169 Djibouti 48 per 100 people
  170. 170 Mozambique 48 per 100 people
  171. 171 South Sudan 47 per 100 people
  172. 172 Papua New Guinea 34 per 100 people
  173. East Asia and Pacific 131 per 100 people
  174. Europe and Central Asia 130 per 100 people
  175. Latin America and Caribbean 113 per 100 people
  176. Middle East and North Africa 102 per 100 people
  177. North America 111 per 100 people
  178. South Asia 85 per 100 people
  179. Sub-Saharan Africa 90 per 100 people
  180. World 110 per 100 people
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