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List of countries by number of mobile phones in use

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

Contents [hide] 1 List 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References

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Rank	Country or region	Number of mobile phones	Population	% of population	Last updated
—	World	4,600,000,000	6,797,100,000	60.6	2009[1]
1	China	780,000,000	1,335,330,000	58.5	Mar. 2010[2]
2	India	584,323,402	1,178,071,000	49.6	Mar 2010[3]
3	United States	285,610,580	308,505,000	91.0	Dec. 2009[4] [5]
4	Russia	208,330,000	141,927,297	146.8	Jan. 2010[6] [7]
5	Brazil	180,765,438	191,480,630	94.40	Apr. 2010 [8]
6	Indonesia	140,200,000	231,369,500	60.53	Dec. 2008[9]
7	Japan	107,490,000	127,530,000	84.11	Mar. 2009[10]
8	Germany	107,000,000	81,882,342	130.15	2009[11]
9	Pakistan	97,579,940	168,500,500	59.60	Dec.2008[12]
10	Italy	88,580,000	60,090,400	147.41	Dec.2008[13]
11	Mexico	83,500,000	111,212,000	75.08	Apr.2010[14]
12	United Kingdom	75,750,000	61,612,300	122.95	Dec. 2008[15]
13	Vietnam	70,000,000	87,375,000	80.11	2009[16]
14	Philippines	67,900,000	92,226,600	73.62	Dec. 2008[17]
15	Turkey	66,000,000	71,517,100	92.29	2009[18]
16	Nigeria	64,000,000	154,729,000	41.36	Dec. 2009[19]
17	France	58,730,000	65,073,842	90.25	Dec. 2008[20]
18	Ukraine	55,170,908	46,143,700	119.56	April. 2009[21]
19	Thailand	51,377,000	65,000,000	79.0	2008
20	Spain	50,890,000	45,828,172	111.05	Dec. 2008[22]
21	Bangladesh	50,400,000	162,221,000	31.11	Aug 2009[23]
22	South Korea	47,000,000	48,333,000	97.24	2009[24]
23	Argentina	40,402,000	40,482,000	99.8	2007
24	South Africa	42,300,000	47,850,700	82.9	2007
25	Iran	39,400,000	71,208,000	54.2	2008
26	Poland	36,746,000	38,115,967	96.4	2006
27	Colombia	29,763,000	44,068,000	67.5	2006
28	Egypt	30,065,000	75,498,000	23.8	2007
29	Algeria	28,500,000	33,858,000	92	2006
30	Venezuela	27,400,000	28,200,000	98.0	2008
31	Taiwan	23,249,000	22,958,000	101.3	2006
32	Romania	22,800,000	21,438,000	108.5	March 2008
33	Peru	24,650,000	29,000,000	85.0	Dec. 2009
34	Canada	21,455,000	33,487,208	64.2	2008[25]
35	Morocco	20,029,000	34,343,000	58.4	2007[26]
36	Australia	19,760,000	21,179,211	93.3	2006
37	Saudi Arabia	19,663,000	24,735,000	79.5	2006
38	Malaysia	19,464,000	27,484,000	70.8	2006
39	Netherlands	18,914,000	16,402,414	115.3	Sept. 2007[27]
40	Chile	15,768,000	16,598,074	95	July 2008
41	Portugal	14,500,000	10,632,000	137	2008
42	Hungary	11,732,000	10,020,000	115.1	Dec. 2009
43	Hong Kong	10,550,000	7,008,900[28]	150.5	2009
44	Azerbaijan	7,000,000	8,900,000	31.4	November 2009 [29]
45	Jordan	6,010,000	5,950,000	101	March 2010 [30]
45	Singapore	4,770,000	6,400,000	74.5	November 2009
46	New Zealand	4,245,000	4,173,460	101.7	2006[31]
47	Estonia	1,982,000	1,340,602	147.8	April 2009
48	Lebanon	1,260,000	4,017,095	31.4	2007[32]
49	Lithuania	4,960,000	3,341,966	148.4	February 2010[33]

[edit] See also

• List of countries by number of telephone lines in use

[edit] Notes

1. ^ "ITU Corporate Annual Report 2009" (PDF). http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-s/opb/conf/S-CONF-AREP-2008-E06-PDF-E.pdf. 
2. ^ Adam Hwang. (2010-04-23) China – Mobile phone users rose by 29.49 million to 780 million. Tmt.interfaxchina.com. Retrieved on 2010-04-23.
3. ^ "TRAI Press release" (PDF). http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/PressReleases/732/pr26apr10no20.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-26. 
4. ^ "USA Saw Lowest Ever Annual Subscriber Growth in 2009". Cellular-news.com. 2009-03-29. http://files.ctia.org/pdf/CTIA_Survey_Midyear_2009_Graphics.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
5. ^ "U.S. and World Population Clocks — POPClocks". Census.gov. http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
6. ^ "Число пользователей сотовой связи в РФ в январе 2010 г. выросло до 208,33 млн". CNews. http://www.cnews.ru/news/line/index.shtml?2010/02/27/380886. Retrieved 02 March 2010. 
7. ^ "Демография". RosStat. http://www.gks.ru/wps/portal/OSI_N/DEM. Retrieved 02 March 2010. 
8. ^ http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/dinheiro/ult91u738236.shtml
9. ^ "Indonesia Overtakes Japan to Take Third Place in Asia Subscriber Rankings". Cellular News. 21 April 2009. http://www.cellular-news.com/story/37104.php?s=h. Retrieved 5 November 2009. 
10. ^ "Japan subscriber base totals 107.49Mn, Softbank leads again". http://wirelessfederation.com/news/15071-japan-subscriber-base-totals-107.49mn-softbank-leads-again/. 
11. ^ "Research and Markets Adds Report: Germany — Telecoms, IP Networks and Digital Media". TMCnews. 12 June 2009. http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/06/12/4222607.htm. Retrieved 5 November 2009. 
12. ^ "Pakistan Telecom Indicators, PTA". http://www.pta.gov.pk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=650&Itemid=603. 
13. ^ https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/35260?199
14. ^ "México: millones podrían quedarse sin línea de celular". bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/america_latina/2010/04/100409_1129_mexico_celulares_gtg.shtml. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
15. ^ "Vodafone Sees Loss of UK Market Share and Lower ARPUs". Cellular-news.com. 2009-04-23. http://www.cellular-news.com/story/37159.php?s=h. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
16. ^ dT();. "IFC helps improve retail payment system in Vietnam — IFC helps improve retail payment system in Vietnam". Vovnews.Vn. http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/IFC-helps-improve-retail-payment-system-in-Vietnam/20096/104995.vov. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
17. ^ "ICT Statistics Newslog — Mobile penetration rate reaches the mark of 75% at 2008-end (Philippines)". Itu.int. 2009-03-11. http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/newslog/Mobile+Penetration+Rate+Reaches+The+Mark+Of+75+At+2008end+Philippines.aspx. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
18. ^ "Turkish Mobile Market: Opportunity Beckons With Summer Launch of 3G Network". Smartphone.BIZ-NEWS.COM. 2009-03-24. http://smartphone.biz-news.com/news/2009/03/24/0049. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
19. ^ "Nigeria's mobile subscriber base hits 63 mln". Telecompaper. http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=661317. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
20. ^ "ICT Statistics Newslog — French mobile base tops 58m at end-2008". Itu.int. 2009-02-18. http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/newslog/French+Mobile+Base+Tops+58m+At+End2008.aspx. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
21. ^ "Procontent Ru AC&M Ukrainian Cellular Subscriber Base April 2009". Slideshare.net. http://www.slideshare.net/Toshenci/procontent-ru-acm-ukrainian-cellular-subscriber-base-april-2009. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
22. ^ "ICT Statistics Newslog — Spain ends 2008 with a subscriber base of 50.89Mn". Itu.int. 2009-02-18. http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/newslog/Spain+Ends+2008+With+A+Subscriber+Base+Of+5089Mn.aspx. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
23. ^ "Mobile Phone Subscribers in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission". Btrc.gov.bd. http://www.btrc.gov.bd/newsandevents/mobile_phone_subscribers/mobile_phone_subscribers_july_2009.php. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
24. ^ "S.Korea anticipates 20Mn 3G mobile subscribers in June". Wirelessfederation.com. http://wirelessfederation.com/news/16254-s.korea-anticipates-20mn-3g-mobile-subscribers-in-june/. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
25. ^ [1]
26. ^ Number of mobile phones by the CIA
27. ^ "China mobile phone subscribers pass 600 million mark". Networkworld.com. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/072408-china-mobile-phone-subscribers-pass.html. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
28. ^ "Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department". Censtatd.gov.hk. http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/hong_kong_statistics/statistics_by_subject/index.jsp?subjectID=1&charsetID=1&displayMode=T. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
29. ^ Category:Telecommunications companies of Azerbaijan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. En.wikipedia.org (2007-09-04). Retrieved on 2010-02-09.
30. ^ [2]. Ammonnews.net (2010-03-23). Retrieved on 2010-03-23 | 23.
31. ^ CIA World Factbook - New Zealand
32. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/le.html
33. ^ {{[3]}}

[edit] References

• The World Factbook accessed in September 2007.

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