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	Telephones - mobile cellular (2001)	Telephones - mobile cellular (2003)
Afghanistan	NA	NA
Albania	3,100 (1999)	250,000 (2001)
Algeria	33,500 (1999)	33,500 (1999)
American Samoa	2,550 (1997)	2,550 (1997)
Andorra	14,117 (December 1998)	14,117 (December 1998)
Angola	7,052 (1997)	25,800 (2000)
Anguilla	NA	1,629 (2000)
Antarctica	NA	NA; Iridium system in use
Antigua and Barbuda	1,300 (1996)	1,300 (1996)
Argentina	3 million (December 1999)	3 million (December 1999)
Armenia	6,220 (1997)	50,000 (2002)
Aruba	3,402 (1997)	3,402 (1997)
Australia	6.4 million (1998)	8.6 million (2000)
Austria	4.5 million (2000)	6 million (2001)
Azerbaijan	40,000 (1997)	800,000 (2002)
Bahamas, The	6,152 (1997)	6,152 (1997)
Bahrain	58,543 (1997)	58,543 (1997)
Bangladesh	283,000 (2000)	283,000 (2000)
Barbados	8,013 (1997)	8,013 (1997)
Belarus	8,167 (1997)	8,167 (1997)
Belgium	974,494 (1997)	974,494 (1997)
Belize	3,023 (1997)	3,023 (1997)
Benin	4,295 (1997)	55,500 (2000)
Bermuda	7,980 (1996)	7,980 (1996)
Bhutan	NA	NA
Bolivia	116,000 (1997)	116,000 (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9,000 (1997)	9,000 (1997)
Botswana	NA	270,000 (September 2001)
Brazil	4.4 million (1997)	4.4 million (1997)
British Virgin Islands	NA	NA
Brunei	43,524 (1996)	43,524 (1996)
Bulgaria	596,000 (2000)	1.054 million (2001)
Burkina Faso	1,503 (1997)	25,200 (2000)
Burma	8,492 (1997)	8,492 (1997)
Burundi	619 (1997)	30,000 (2002)
Cambodia	80,000 (2000)	80,000 (2000)
Cameroon	4,200 (1997)	300,000 (2002)
Canada	4.207 million (1997)	8,751,300 (1997)
Cape Verde	19,729 (1997)	28,119 (2002)
Cayman Islands	2,534 (1995)	2,534 (1995)
Central African Republic	570 (1997)	710 (1998)
Chad	NA	5,500 (2000)
Chile	944,225 (1998)	944,225 (1998)
China	65 million (January 2001)	65 million (January 2001)
Christmas Island	0 (1999)	NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0 (1999)	NA
Colombia	1,800,229 (December 1998)	1,800,229 (December 1998)
Comoros	NA	NA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	8,900 (1997)	15,000 (2000)
Congo, Republic of the	1,000 (1996)	3,300 (1998)
Cook Islands	0 (1994)	0 (1994)
Costa Rica	143,000 (2000)	143,000 (2000)
Cote d'Ivoire	322,500 (May 2000)	450,000 (2000)
Croatia	187,000 (yearend 1998)	1.3 million (2001)
Cuba	2,994 (1997)	2,994 (1997)
Cyprus	Greek Cypriot area: 68,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 70,000 (1999)	Greek Cypriot area: 68,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 70,000 (1999)
Czech Republic	4.346 million (2000)	4.346 million (2000)
Denmark	1,444,016 (1997)	1,444,016 (1997)
Djibouti	203 (1997)	5,000 (2002)
Dominica	461 (1996)	461 (1996)
Dominican Republic	130,149 (1997)	130,149 (1997)
East Timor	-	NA
Ecuador	160,061 (1997)	384,000 (1999)
Egypt	380,000 (1999)	380,000 (1999)
El Salvador	40,163 (1997)	40,163 (1997)
Equatorial Guinea	NA	300 (1998)
Eritrea	NA	NA; note - mobile cellular service was introduced in May 2001
Estonia	475,000 (yearend 2000)	711,000 (yearend 2001)
Ethiopia	4,000 (1999)	17,800 (2000)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA	NA
Faroe Islands	10,761 (1999)	10,761 (1999)
Fiji	5,200 (1997)	5,200 (1997)
Finland	2,162,574 (1997)	3,728,600 (2001)
France	11.078 million (yearend 1998)	11.078 million (yearend 1998)
French Guiana	NA	NA
French Polynesia	5,427 (1997)	5,427 (1997)
Gabon	9,500 (1997)	120,000 (2000)
Gambia, The	5,624 (2000)	5,624 (2000)
Gaza Strip	NA	NA
Georgia	30,000 (1997)	185,500 (2000)
Germany	15.318 million (April 1999)	55.3 million (June 2001)
Ghana	30,000 (yearend 1998)	150,000 (2001)
Gibraltar	1,620 (1997)	1,620 (1997)
Greece	937,700 (1997)	937,700 (1997)
Greenland	12,676 (end 1999)	12,676 (yearend 1999)
Grenada	976 (1997)	976 (1997)
Guadeloupe	NA	NA
Guam	55,000 (1998)	55,000 (1998)
Guatemala	663,296 (September 2000)	663,296 (September 2000)
Guernsey	12,000 (1997)	12,000 (1997)
Guinea	2,868 (1997)	21,567 (1998)
Guinea-Bissau	NA	0 (2001)
Guyana	6,100 (2000)	6,100 (2000)
Haiti	0 (1995)	over 180,000 (January 2003)
Holy See (Vatican City)	NA	NA
Honduras	14,427 (1997)	14,427 (1997)
Hong Kong	3.7 million (December 1999)	3.7 million (December 1999)
Hungary	1.269 million (July 1999)	1.269 million (July 1999)
Iceland	65,746 (1997)	248,131 (221,231 GSM, 26,900 NMT) (2001)
India	2.93 million (November 2000)	2.93 million (November 2000)
Indonesia	1.07 million (1998)	1.07 million (1998)
Iran	265,000 (August 1998)	265,000 (August 1998)
Iraq	NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001)	NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001)
Ireland	2 million (2001)	3 million (2002)
Isle of Man	NA	NA
Israel	2.5 million (1999)	2.5 million (1999)
Italy	20.5 million (1999)	20.5 million (1999)
Jamaica	54,640 (1996)	54,640 (1996)
Japan	63.88 million (2000)	63.88 million (2000)
Jersey	4,400 (1997)	4,400 (1997)
Jordan	11,500 (1995)	11,500 (1995)
Kazakhstan	11,202 (1997)	400,000 (2001)
Kenya	5,345 (1997)	540,000 (2001)
Kiribati	NA	NA
Korea, North	NA	NA
Korea, South	27 million (June 2000)	28 million (September 2000)
Kuwait	210,000 (1997)	210,000 (1997)
Kyrgyzstan	NA	NA
Laos	4,915 (1997)	4,915 (1997)
Latvia	77,100 (1997)	401,263 (2000)
Lebanon	580,000 (1999)	580,000 (1999)
Lesotho	1,262 (1996)	21,600 (2000)
Liberia	0 (1995)	0 (1998)
Libya	NA	20,000 (1998)
Liechtenstein	NA	NA
Lithuania	297,500 (November 1998)	500,000 (2001)
Luxembourg	215,741 (2000)	215,741 (2000)
Macau	120,957 (2000)	158,251 (November 2001)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	12,362 (1997)	12,362 (1997)
Madagascar	4,000 (1997)	63,100 (2000)
Malawi	7,000 (1997)	49,000 (2000)
Malaysia	2.698 million (1999)	5 million (2000)
Maldives	1,290 (1997)	1,290 (1997)
Mali	2,842 (1997)	40,000 (2001)
Malta	17,691 (1997)	17,691 (1997)
Marshall Islands	365 (1996)	489 (2001)
Martinique	15,000 (1997)	15,000 (1997)
Mauritania	NA	35,000 (2001)
Mauritius	37,000 (1997)	180,000 (2000)
Mayotte	0 (2000)	0 (2000)
Mexico	2.02 million (1998)	2.02 million (1998)
Micronesia, Federated States of	NA	newly installed in Pohnpei and Yap
Moldova	2,200 (1997)	2,200 (1997)
Monaco	NA	NA
Mongolia	110,000 (2001)	110,000 (2001)
Montserrat	70 (1994)	70 (1994)
Morocco	116,645 (1998)	116,645 (1998)
Mozambique	18,500 (2000)	287,000 (2002)
Namibia	NA	82,000 (2000 est.)
Nauru	450 (1994)	450 (1994)
Nepal	NA	NA
Netherlands	4,081,891 (April 1999)	4,081,891 (April 1999)
Netherlands Antilles	13,977 (1996)	13,977 (1996)
New Caledonia	13,040 (1998)	13,040 (1998)
New Zealand	588,000 (1998)	2.2 million (2000)
Nicaragua	7,911 (1997)	7,911 (1997)
Niger	13,000 (1995)	6,700 (2002)
Nigeria	26,700 (1997)	200,000 (2001)
Niue	0 (1991)	0 (1991)
Norfolk Island	0 (1983)	0 (1983)
Northern Mariana Islands	1,200 (1995)	1,200 (1995)
Norway	2,080,408 (1998)	2,080,408 (1998)
Oman	59,822 (1997)	59,822 (1997)
Pakistan	158,000 (1998)	158,000 (1998)
Palau	0 (1988)	1,000 (2002)
Panama	17,000 (1997)	17,000 (1997)
Papua New Guinea	3,053 (1996)	3,053 (1996)
Paraguay	510,000 (2001)	510,000 (2001)
Peru	504,995 (1998)	504,995 (1998)
Philippines	1.959 million (1998)	11.35 million (2001)
Poland	1.78 million (1998)	13 million (2002)
Portugal	3,074,194 (1999)	3,074,194 (1999)
Puerto Rico	169,265 (1996)	169,265 (1996)
Qatar	43,476 (1997)	43,476 (1997)
Reunion	85,000 (1999)	197,000 (September 2000)
Romania	645,500 (1999)	645,500 (1999)
Russia	2.5 million (October 2000)	19 million (January 2003)
Rwanda	NA note: however, Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several prefecture capitals (2000)	81,000 (2001) note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several prefecture capitals (2002)
Saint Helena	0 (1997)	0 (1997)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	205 (1997)	205 (1997)
Saint Lucia	1,600 (1997)	1,600 (1997)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0 (1994)	0 (1994)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA	NA
Samoa	1,545 (February 1998)	1,545 (February 1998)
San Marino	3,010 (1998)	3,010 (1998)
Sao Tome and Principe	6,942 (1997)	6,942 (1997)
Saudi Arabia	1 million note: in 1998, the government contracted for the installation of 575,000 additional Group Speciale Mobile (GSM) cellular telephone lines over 15 months to raise the total number of subscribers to more than one million; Riyadh planned to further expand the GSM system in 1999 by adding an additional one million lines (1998)	2.9 million (2002 est.)
Senegal	1,149 (1996)	373,965 (2001)
Serbia and Montenegro	-	87,000 (1997)
Seychelles	16,316 (1999)	16,316 (1999)
Sierra Leone	650 (1999)	30,000 (2001)
Singapore	2.333 million (November 2000)	2.74 million (2000)
Slovakia	736,662 (April 1999)	736,662 (April 1999)
Slovenia	1 million (2000)	1 million (2000)
Solomon Islands	658 (1997)	658 (1997)
Somalia	NA	NA
South Africa	over 2,000,000 (1999)	7.06 million (2001)
Spain	8.394 million (1999)	8.394 million (1999)
Sri Lanka	228,604 (1999)	228,604 (1999)
Sudan	20,000 (2000)	20,000 (2000)
Suriname	4,090 (1997)	4,090 (1997)
Svalbard	NA	NA
Swaziland	30,000 (2000)	45,000 (2001)
Sweden	3.835 million (October 1998)	3.835 million (October 1998)
Switzerland	1.967 million (1999)	1.967 million (1999)
Syria	NA	NA
Taiwan	16 million (September 2000)	16 million (September 2000)
Tajikistan	2,500 (1997)	2,500 (1997)
Tanzania	30,000 (1999)	30,000 (1999)
Thailand	2.3 million (1998)	3.1 million (2002)
Togo	2,995 (1997)	2,995 (1997)
Tokelau	0 (2001)	0 (2001)
Tonga	302 (1996)	302 (1996)
Trinidad and Tobago	17,411 (1997)	17,411 (1997)
Tunisia	50,000 (1998)	50,000 (1998)
Turkey	12.1 million (1999)	17.1 million (2001)
Turkmenistan	4,300 (1998)	4,300 (1998)
Turks and Caicos Islands	0 (1994)	0 (1994)
Tuvalu	0 (1994)	0 (1994)
Uganda	9,000 (1998)	9,000 (1998)
Ukraine	236,000 (1998)	236,000 (1998)
United Arab Emirates	1 million (1999)	1 million (1999)
United Kingdom	13 million (yearend 1998)	43.5 million (yearend 1998)
United States	69.209 million (1998)	69.209 million (1998)
Uruguay	300,000 (2000)	350,000 (2001)
Uzbekistan	26,000 (1998)	130,000 (2003)
Vanuatu	154 (1996)	310 (2000)
Venezuela	2 million (1998)	2 million (1998)
Vietnam	730,155 (2000)	730,155 (2000)
Virgin Islands	2,000 (1992)	2,000 (1992)
Wallis and Futuna	0 (1994)	0 (1994)
West Bank	NA	NA
Western Sahara	0 (1999)	0 (1999)
World	NA	NA
Yemen	32,042 (2000)	32,042 (2000)
Yugoslavia	87,000 (1997)	-
Zambia	6,000 (1998)	90,000 (2002)
Zimbabwe	70,000 (1999)	111,000 (2001)