Telephones - mobile cellular (2001) | Telephones - mobile cellular (2006) | ||
Afghanistan | NA | 1.2 million (2005) | |
Albania | 3,100 (1999) | 1.259 million (2004) | |
Algeria | 33,500 (1999) | 13.661 million (2005) | |
American Samoa | 2,550 (1997) | 2,377 (1999) | |
Andorra | 14,117 (December 1998) | 64,600 (2005) | |
Angola | 7,052 (1997) | 1,094,100 (2005) | |
Anguilla | NA | 1,800 (2002) | |
Antarctica | NA | NA | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1,300 (1996) | 54,000 (2004) | |
Argentina | 3 million (December 1999) | 22.1 million (2005) | |
Armenia | 6,220 (1997) | 320,000 (2005) | |
Aruba | 3,402 (1997) | 98,400 (2004) | |
Australia | 6.4 million (1998) | 18.42 million (2005) | |
Austria | 4.5 million (2000) | 8.16 million (2005) | |
Azerbaijan | 40,000 (1997) | 2.242 million (2005) | |
Bahamas, The | 6,152 (1997) | 186,000 (2004) | |
Bahrain | 58,543 (1997) | 748,700 (2005) | |
Bangladesh | 283,000 (2000) | 9 million (2005) | |
Barbados | 8,013 (1997) | 206,200 (2005) | |
Belarus | 8,167 (1997) | 4.098 million (2005) | |
Belgium | 974,494 (1997) | 9.46 million (2005) | |
Belize | 3,023 (1997) | 93,100 (2005) | |
Benin | 4,295 (1997) | 386,700 (2005) | |
Bermuda | 7,980 (1996) | 49,000 (2004) | |
Bhutan | NA | 37,800 (2005) | |
Bolivia | 116,000 (1997) | 2.421 million (2005) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,000 (1997) | 1.594 million (2005) | |
Botswana | NA | 823,100 (2005) | |
Brazil | 4.4 million (1997) | 86.21 million (2005) | |
British Virgin Islands | NA | 8,000 (2002) | |
Brunei | 43,524 (1996) | 205,900 (2004) | |
Bulgaria | 596,000 (2000) | 6.245 million (2005) | |
Burkina Faso | 1,503 (1997) | 572,200 (2005) | |
Burma | 8,492 (1997) | 183,400 (2005) | |
Burundi | 619 (1997) | 153,000 (2005) | |
Cambodia | 80,000 (2000) | 1.062 million (2005) | |
Cameroon | 4,200 (1997) | 2.259 million (2005) | |
Canada | 4.207 million (1997) | 16.6 million (2005) | |
Cape Verde | 19,729 (1997) | 81,700 (2005) | |
Cayman Islands | 2,534 (1995) | 17,000 (2002) | |
Central African Republic | 570 (1997) | 60,000 (2004) | |
Chad | NA | 210,000 (2005) | |
Chile | 944,225 (1998) | 10.57 million (2005) | |
China | 65 million (January 2001) | 393.428 million (2005) | |
Christmas Island | 0 (1999) | NA | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 0 (1999) | note - analog cellular service available | |
Colombia | 1,800,229 (December 1998) | 21.85 million (2005) | |
Comoros | NA | 16,100 (2005) | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 8,900 (1997) | 2.746 million (2005) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 1,000 (1996) | 490,000 (2005) | |
Cook Islands | 0 (1994) | 1,500 (2002) | |
Costa Rica | 143,000 (2000) | 1.101 million (2005) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 322,500 (May 2000) | 2.19 million (2005) | |
Croatia | 187,000 (yearend 1998) | 2.984 million (2005) | |
Cuba | 2,994 (1997) | 134,500 (2005) | |
Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: 68,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 70,000 (1999) | Republic of Cyprus: 718,800 (2005); north Cyprus: 143,178 (2002) | |
Czech Republic | 4.346 million (2000) | 11.776 million (2005) | |
Denmark | 1,444,016 (1997) | 5.469 million (2005) | |
Djibouti | 203 (1997) | 34,500 (2004) | |
Dominica | 461 (1996) | 41,800 (2004) | |
Dominican Republic | 130,149 (1997) | 3.623 million (2005) | |
East Timor | - | NA | |
Ecuador | 160,061 (1997) | 6.246 million (2005) | |
Egypt | 380,000 (1999) | 14,045,134 (2005) | |
El Salvador | 40,163 (1997) | 2.412 million (2005) | |
Equatorial Guinea | NA | 96,900 (2005) | |
Eritrea | NA | 40,400 (2005) | |
Estonia | 475,000 (yearend 2000) | 1.445 million (2005) | |
Ethiopia | 4,000 (1999) | 410,600 (2005) | |
European Union | - | 314,644,700 (2002) | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA | 0 (2001) | |
Faroe Islands | 10,761 (1999) | 42,500 (2005) | |
Fiji | 5,200 (1997) | 142,200 (2004) | |
Finland | 2,162,574 (1997) | 5.231 million (2005) | |
France | 11.078 million (yearend 1998) | 48.058 million (2005) | |
French Guiana | NA | 98,000 (2004) | |
French Polynesia | 5,427 (1997) | 87,000 (2005) | |
Gabon | 9,500 (1997) | 649,800 (2005) | |
Gambia, The | 5,624 (2000) | 247,500 (2005) | |
Gaza Strip | NA | 1.095 million (includes West Bank) (2005) | |
Georgia | 30,000 (1997) | 1.459 million (2005) | |
Germany | 15.318 million (April 1999) | 79.2 million (2005) | |
Ghana | 30,000 (yearend 1998) | 2.842 million (2005) | |
Gibraltar | 1,620 (1997) | 9,797 (2002) | |
Greece | 937,700 (1997) | 10.043 million (2005) | |
Greenland | 12,676 (end 1999) | 32,200 (2004) | |
Grenada | 976 (1997) | 43,300 (2004) | |
Guadeloupe | NA | 314,700 (2004) | |
Guam | 55,000 (1998) | 98,000 (2004) | |
Guatemala | 663,296 (September 2000) | 3,168,300 (2004) | |
Guernsey | 12,000 (1997) | 43,800 (2004) | |
Guinea | 2,868 (1997) | 189,000 (2005) | |
Guinea-Bissau | NA | 67,000 (2005) | |
Guyana | 6,100 (2000) | 281,400 (2005) | |
Haiti | 0 (1995) | 400,000 (2004) | |
Holy See (Vatican City) | NA | NA | |
Honduras | 14,427 (1997) | 1.282 million (2005) | |
Hong Kong | 3.7 million (December 1999) | 8.693 million (2005) | |
Hungary | 1.269 million (July 1999) | 9.32 million (2005) | |
Iceland | 65,746 (1997) | 304,000 (2005) | |
India | 2.93 million (November 2000) | 69,193,321 (2006) | |
Indonesia | 1.07 million (1998) | 46.91 million (2005) | |
Iran | 265,000 (August 1998) | 7.222 million (2005) | |
Iraq | NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001) | 574,000 (2004) | |
Ireland | 2 million (2001) | 4.21 million (2005) | |
Isle of Man | NA | NA | |
Israel | 2.5 million (1999) | 7.757 million (2005) | |
Italy | 20.5 million (1999) | 72.2 million (2005) | |
Jamaica | 54,640 (1996) | 2.7 million (2005) | |
Japan | 63.88 million (2000) | 94.745 million (2005) | |
Jersey | 4,400 (1997) | 83,900 (2004) | |
Jordan | 11,500 (1995) | 1,594,500 (2004) | |
Kazakhstan | 11,202 (1997) | 4.955 million (2005) | |
Kenya | 5,345 (1997) | 4.612 million (2005) | |
Kiribati | NA | 600 (2004) | |
Korea, North | NA | NA | |
Korea, South | 27 million (June 2000) | 38.342 million (2005) | |
Kuwait | 210,000 (1997) | 2.38 million (2005) | |
Kyrgyzstan | NA | 541,700 (2005) | |
Laos | 4,915 (1997) | 520,546 (2006) | |
Latvia | 77,100 (1997) | 1.872 million (2005) | |
Lebanon | 580,000 (1999) | 990,000 (2005) | |
Lesotho | 1,262 (1996) | 245,100 (2005) | |
Liberia | 0 (1995) | 160,000 (2005) | |
Libya | NA | 234,800 (2004) | |
Liechtenstein | NA | 11,400 (2002) | |
Lithuania | 297,500 (November 1998) | 4.353 million (2005) | |
Luxembourg | 215,741 (2000) | 720,000 (2005) | |
Macau | 120,957 (2000) | 532,800 (2005) | |
Macedonia | - | 1.261 million (2005) | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 12,362 (1997) | - | |
Madagascar | 4,000 (1997) | 504,700 (2005) | |
Malawi | 7,000 (1997) | 429,300 (2005) | |
Malaysia | 2.698 million (1999) | 19.545 million (2005) | |
Maldives | 1,290 (1997) | 153,400 (2005) | |
Mali | 2,842 (1997) | 869,600 (2005) | |
Malta | 17,691 (1997) | 324,000 (2005) | |
Marshall Islands | 365 (1996) | 1,198 (2004) | |
Martinique | 15,000 (1997) | 319,900 (2002) | |
Mauritania | NA | 745,600 (2005) | |
Mauritius | 37,000 (1997) | 713,300 (2005) | |
Mayotte | 0 (2000) | 48,100 (2004) | |
Mexico | 2.02 million (1998) | 47.462 million (2005) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | NA | 14,100 (2005) | |
Moldova | 2,200 (1997) | 1.09 million (2005) | |
Monaco | NA | 19,300 (2002) | |
Mongolia | 110,000 (2001) | 557,200 (2005) | |
Montenegro | - | 543,220 (2005) | |
Montserrat | 70 (1994) | 70 (1994) | |
Morocco | 116,645 (1998) | 12.393 million (2005) | |
Mozambique | 18,500 (2000) | 1.22 million (2005) | |
Namibia | NA | 495,000 (2005) | |
Nauru | 450 (1994) | 1,500 (2002) | |
Nepal | NA | 248,800 (2005) | |
Netherlands | 4,081,891 (April 1999) | 15.834 million (2005) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 13,977 (1996) | 200,000 (2004) | |
New Caledonia | 13,040 (1998) | 134,300 (2005) | |
New Zealand | 588,000 (1998) | 3.53 million (2005) | |
Nicaragua | 7,911 (1997) | 1.119 million (2005) | |
Niger | 13,000 (1995) | 299,900 (2005) | |
Nigeria | 26,700 (1997) | 21,571,131 (2006) | |
Niue | 0 (1991) | 400 (2002) | |
Norfolk Island | 0 (1983) | 0 (proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum) (2002) | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 1,200 (1995) | 20,500 (2004) | |
Norway | 2,080,408 (1998) | 4.755 million (2005) | |
Oman | 59,822 (1997) | 1.333 million (2005) | |
Pakistan | 158,000 (1998) | 12.771 million (2005) | |
Palau | 0 (1988) | 1,000 (2002) | |
Panama | 17,000 (1997) | 1.352 million (2005) | |
Papua New Guinea | 3,053 (1996) | 26,000 (2005) | |
Paraguay | 510,000 (2001) | 1.887 million (2005) | |
Peru | 504,995 (1998) | 5.583 million (2005) | |
Philippines | 1.959 million (1998) | 32.81 million (2005) | |
Poland | 1.78 million (1998) | 29,166,400 (2005) | |
Portugal | 3,074,194 (1999) | 11.448 million (2005) | |
Puerto Rico | 169,265 (1996) | 2.682 million (2004) | |
Qatar | 43,476 (1997) | 716,800 (2005) | |
Reunion | 85,000 (1999) | 579,200 (2004) | |
Romania | 645,500 (1999) | 13.354 million (2005) | |
Russia | 2.5 million (October 2000) | 120 million (2005) | |
Rwanda | NA
note: however, Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several prefecture capitals (2000) |
290,000
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several provincial capitals (2005) |
|
Saint Helena | 0 (1997) | NA | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 205 (1997) | 10,000 (2004) | |
Saint Lucia | 1,600 (1997) | 93,000 (2004) | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 (1994) | NA | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | NA | 70,600 (2005) | |
Samoa | 1,545 (February 1998) | 24,000 (2005) | |
San Marino | 3,010 (1998) | 16,800 (2002) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 6,942 (1997) | 12,000 (2005) | |
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) |
13.3 million (2005) | |
Senegal | 1,149 (1996) | 1.73 million (2005) | |
Serbia | - | 5.229 million (2005) | |
Seychelles | 16,316 (1999) | 57,000 (2005) | |
Sierra Leone | 650 (1999) | 113,200 (2003) | |
Singapore | 2.333 million (November 2000) | 4.385 million (2005) | |
Slovakia | 736,662 (April 1999) | 4.54 million (2005) | |
Slovenia | 1 million (2000) | 1.759 million (2005) | |
Solomon Islands | 658 (1997) | 6,000 (2005) | |
Somalia | NA | 500,000 (2005) | |
South Africa | over 2,000,000 (1999) | 33.96 million (2005) | |
Spain | 8.394 million (1999) | 41.328 million (2005) | |
Sri Lanka | 228,604 (1999) | 3.362 million (2005) | |
Sudan | 20,000 (2000) | 1.828 million (2005) | |
Suriname | 4,090 (1997) | 232,800 (2005) | |
Svalbard | NA | NA | |
Swaziland | 30,000 (2000) | 200,000 (2005) | |
Sweden | 3.835 million (October 1998) | 8.436 million (2005) | |
Switzerland | 1.967 million (1999) | 6.847 million (2005) | |
Syria | NA | 2.95 million (2005) | |
Taiwan | 16 million (September 2000) | 22.17 million (2005) | |
Tajikistan | 2,500 (1997) | 265,000 (2005) | |
Tanzania | 30,000 (1999) | 1.942 million (2005) | |
Thailand | 2.3 million (1998) | 27.379 million (2005) | |
Togo | 2,995 (1997) | 443,600 (2005) | |
Tokelau | 0 (2001) | 0 (2001) | |
Tonga | 302 (1996) | 16,400 (2004) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 17,411 (1997) | 800,000 (2005) | |
Tunisia | 50,000 (1998) | 5.681 million (2005) | |
Turkey | 12.1 million (1999) | 43.609 million (2005) | |
Turkmenistan | 4,300 (1998) | 52,000 (2004) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 (1994) | 1,700 (1999) | |
Tuvalu | 0 (1994) | 0 (2004) | |
Uganda | 9,000 (1998) | 1.525 million (2005) | |
Ukraine | 236,000 (1998) | 17.214 million (2005) | |
United Arab Emirates | 1 million (1999) | 4.535 million (2005) | |
United Kingdom | 13 million (yearend 1998) | 61.091 million (2004) | |
United States | 69.209 million (1998) | 219.4 million (2005) | |
Uruguay | 300,000 (2000) | 600,000 (2004) | |
Uzbekistan | 26,000 (1998) | 720,000 (2005) | |
Vanuatu | 154 (1996) | 12,700 (2005) | |
Venezuela | 2 million (1998) | 12.496 million (2005) | |
Vietnam | 730,155 (2000) | 9.593 million (2005) | |
Virgin Islands | 2,000 (1992) | 64,200 (2004) | |
Wallis and Futuna | 0 (1994) | 0 (1994) | |
West Bank | NA | 1.095 million (includes Gaza Strip) (2005) | |
Western Sahara | 0 (1999) | 0 (1999) | |
World | NA | 2,168,433,600 (2005) | |
Yemen | 32,042 (2000) | 2 million (2005) | |
Yugoslavia | 87,000 (1997) | - | |
Zambia | 6,000 (1998) | 946,600 (2005) | |
Zimbabwe | 70,000 (1999) | 699,000 (2005) |