List of countries by number of mobile phones in use
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| Rank | Country or region | Number of mobile phones | Population | Phones per 100 citizens | Data evaluaton date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | World | 6,800,000,000+ | 7,012,000,000[1] | 87 | 2013[2][3] |
| 01 |  China |
1,227,360,000[4] | 1,349,585,838[5] | 89.2 | December 2013[4] |
| 02 |  India |
904,480,000 | 1,220,800,359[6] | 74.96 | 31 October 2013[7] |
| 03 |  United States |
327,577,529 | 310,866,000[8] | 103.9 | June 2013[9] |
| 04 |  Brazil |
268,440,423 | 192,379,287[10] | 135.4 | August 2013[11] |
| 05 |  Russia |
256,116,000 | 142,905,200[10] | 155.5 | July 2013[12] |
| 06 |  Indonesia |
236,800,000 | 237,556,363 | 99.68 | September 2013[10] |
| 07 |  Pakistan |
130,583,076 | 188,854,781[13] | 69.18 | December 2013[14] |
| 08 |  Japan |
121,246,700 | 127,628,095 | 95.1 | June 2013[15] |
| 09 |  Nigeria |
114,000,000 | 165,200,000 | 69 | May 2013[16] |
| 10 |  Bangladesh |
110,675,000 | 165,039,000 | 73.8 | September 2013[17] |
| 11 |  Germany |
107,000,000 | 81,882,342 | 130.1 | 2013[18] |
| 12 |  Philippines |
106,987,098 | 94,013,200 | 113.8 | October 2013[19] |
| 13 |  Iran |
96,165,000 | 73,973,000 | 130 | February 2013[20] |
| 14 |  Mexico |
92,900,000 | 112,322,757 | 82.7 | Dec. 2011[21] |
| 15 |  Italy |
88,580,000 | 60,090,400 | 147.4 | Dec. 2013[22] |
| 16 |  United Kingdom |
75,750,000 | 61,612,300 | 122.9 | Dec. 2013[23] |
| 17 |  Vietnam |
72,300,000 | 90,549,390 | 79 | October 2013[24] |
| 18 |  France |
72,180,000 | 63,573,842 | 114.2 | Dec. 2013[25] |
| 19 |  Egypt |
92,640,000 | 82,120,000 | 112.81 | Egypt Ministry of Communications & IT, August 2013[26] |
| 20 |  Thailand |
69,000,000 | 65,001,021 | 105 | 2013[27] |
| 21 |  Turkey |
68,000,000 | 75,627,384 | 89.9 | 2013[28] |
| 22 |  Ukraine |
57,505,555 | 45,579,904 | 126.0 | Dec. 2013[29] |
| 23 |  Spain |
55,740,000 | 47,265,321 | 118.0 | Feb. 2013[30] |
| 25 |  South Korea |
52,510,000 | 48,580,000 | 108.1 | 2013[31] |
| 25 |  Argentina |
56,725,200 | 40,134,425 | 141.34 | 2013[32] |
| 26 |  Poland |
47,153,200 | 38,186,860[33] | 123.48 | 2013[34] |
| 27 |  Colombia |
49,066,359 | 47,000,000 | 104.4 | 2013[35] |
| 28 |  South Africa |
59,474,500 | 50,586,757 | 117.6 | 2013 GSM African Mobile Observatory report [36] |
| 29 |  Algeria |
33,000,000 | 35,000,000 | 94.2 | 2013[37] |
| 30 |  Taiwan |
28,610,000 | 23,197,947 | 123.33 | September 2013[38] |
| 31 |  Kenya |
28,080,000 | 42,000,000 | 71.3 | 2013[39] |
| 32 |  Venezuela |
27,400,000 | 28,200,000 | 98.0 | 2013[citation needed] |
| 33 |  Peru |
33,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 110.0 | Oct. 2013[40] |
| 34 |  Romania |
22,800,000 | 21,438,000 | 108.5 | March 20[citation needed] |
| 35 |  Canada |
26,543,780 | 34,466,423 | 74.1 | Q3 2013[41] |
| 36 |  Morocco |
36,550,000 | 31,968,361 | 113.6 | Q1 2013[42] |
| 37 |  Netherlands |
20,000,000 | 16,515,057 | 121.1 | Nov. 2013[43] |
| 38 |  Australia |
30,200,000[44] | 22,700,000[45] | 133.0 | December 2013 |
| 39 |  Saudi Arabia |
46,000,000 | 27,137,000 | 169.5 | Jun 2013[46] |
| 40 |  Malaysia |
30,379,000 | 28,250,000 | 106 | 2013[47] |
| 41 |  Chile |
21,000,000 | 17,094,270 | 122.9 | Dec. 2013[48] |
| 42 |  Nepal |
18,240,670 | 26,620,020 | 68.5 | Mar. 2013[49] |
| 42 |  Ethiopia |
18,000,000 | 85,000,020 | 21.8 | Dec. 2013[50] |
| 43 |  Guatemala |
17,571,895 | 14,713,763 | 119.4 | Jun. 2013[51] |
| 44 |  Sri Lanka |
17,359,312 | 21,000,000 | 80.95 | Dec. 2013[52] |
| 45 |  Ecuador |
15,900,000 | 14,300,000 | 111.18 | Jan. 2013[53] |
| 46 |  Portugal |
13,400,000 | 10,562,178 | 126.87 | November 2013 |
| 47 |  Hong Kong |
13,264,896 | 7,008,900[54] | 187.9 | Nov. 2013[55] |
| 48 |  Belgium |
11,822,000 | 10,414,000 | 113.6 | 2013[citation needed] |
| 49 |  Hungary |
11,561,890 | 9,908,798 | 116.7 | Nov. 2013[56] |
| 50 |  United Arab Emirates |
11,540,040 | 8,264,070 | 139.6 | Nov 2013[57] |
| 51 |  Sweden |
11,194,000 | 9,103,788 | 122.9 | (July 2012 est.) |
| 52 |  Bulgaria |
10,655,000 | 7,600,000 | 140.2 | 2008[49] |
| 53 |  Israel |
9,319,000 | 7,310,000 | 127.5 | 2008[49] |
| 54 |  Denmark |
7,000,000 | 5,543,819 | 126.2 | February 2008[58] |
| 55 |  Azerbaijan |
7,000,000 | 8,900,000 | 78.7 | November 2009 |
| 56 |  Jordan |
6,010,000 | 5,950,000 | 101.0 | March 2010[59] |
| 57 |  Singapore |
7,289,000 | 5,076,700 | 143.5 | December 2010[60] |
| 58 |  New Zealand |
4,620,000 | 4,252,277 | 108.6 | 2008[61] |
| 59 |  Estonia |
1,982,000 | 1,340,602 | 147.8 | April 2009[citation needed] |
| 60 |  Lebanon |
2,720,000 | 4,224,000 | 64.4 | Oct 2010[62] |
| 61 |  Lithuania |
4,940,000 | 2,955,986[63] | 167.1 | End of Q2 2013 (Tentative)[64] |
| 62 |  Cuba |
1,300,000 | 11,200,000 | 11.6 | December 2011[65] |
| 63 |  North Korea |
2,000,000 | 24,451,285 | 8.3 | April 2013[66] |
| 64 |  Panama |
6,900,000 | 3,405,813 | 202.5 | July 2013[67] |
| - |  Malta |
452,515 | 554,651 | 122.57 | June 2013[68] |
