Telephones - mobile cellular (2001) | Telephones - mobile cellular (2008) | ||
Afghanistan | NA | 2.52 million (2006) | |
Albania | 3,100 (1999) | 1.53 million (2005) | |
Algeria | 33,500 (1999) | 20.998 million (2006) | |
American Samoa | 2,550 (1997) | 2,200 (2004) | |
Andorra | 14,117 (December 1998) | 64,600 (2005) | |
Angola | 7,052 (1997) | 2.264 million (2006) | |
Anguilla | NA | 1,800 (2002) | |
Antarctica | NA | - | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1,300 (1996) | 102,000 (2006) | |
Argentina | 3 million (December 1999) | 31.51 million (2006) | |
Armenia | 6,220 (1997) | 318,000 (2005) | |
Aruba | 3,402 (1997) | 108,200 (2005) | |
Australia | 6.4 million (1998) | 19.76 million (2006) | |
Austria | 4.5 million (2000) | 9.255 million (2006) | |
Azerbaijan | 40,000 (1997) | 3.324 million (2006) | |
Bahamas, The | 6,152 (1997) | 227,800 (2005) | |
Bahrain | 58,543 (1997) | 898,900 (2006) | |
Bangladesh | 283,000 (2000) | 19.131 million (2006) | |
Barbados | 8,013 (1997) | 206,200 (2005) | |
Belarus | 8,167 (1997) | 5.96 million (2006) | |
Belgium | 974,494 (1997) | 9.66 million (2006) | |
Belize | 3,023 (1997) | 118,300 (2006) | |
Benin | 4,295 (1997) | 1.056 million (2006) | |
Bermuda | 7,980 (1996) | 60,100 (2006) | |
Bhutan | NA | 82,100 (2006) | |
Bolivia | 116,000 (1997) | 2.421 million (2005) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,000 (1997) | 1.888 million (2006) | |
Botswana | NA | 979,800 (2006) | |
Brazil | 4.4 million (1997) | 99.919 million (2006) | |
British Virgin Islands | NA | 8,000 (2002) | |
Brunei | 43,524 (1996) | 254,000 (2006) | |
Bulgaria | 596,000 (2000) | 8.253 million (2006) | |
Burkina Faso | 1,503 (1997) | 1.017 million (2006) | |
Burma | 8,492 (1997) | 214,200 (2006) | |
Burundi | 619 (1997) | 153,000 (2005) | |
Cambodia | 80,000 (2000) | 1.14 million (2006) | |
Cameroon | 4,200 (1997) | 2.253 million (2005) | |
Canada | 4.207 million (1997) | 17.017 million (2005) | |
Cape Verde | 19,729 (1997) | 108,900 (2006) | |
Cayman Islands | 2,534 (1995) | 17,000 (2002) | |
Central African Republic | 570 (1997) | 100,000 (2005) | |
Chad | NA | 466,100 (2006) | |
Chile | 944,225 (1998) | 12.451 million (2006) | |
China | 65 million (January 2001) | 461.1 million (2006) | |
Christmas Island | 0 (1999) | - | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 0 (1999) | - | |
Colombia | 1,800,229 (December 1998) | 29.763 million (2006) | |
Comoros | NA | 16,100 (2005) | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 8,900 (1997) | 4.415 million (2006) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 1,000 (1996) | 490,000 (2005) | |
Cook Islands | 0 (1994) | 1,500 (2002) | |
Costa Rica | 143,000 (2000) | 1.444 million (2006) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 322,500 (May 2000) | 4.065 million (2006) | |
Croatia | 187,000 (yearend 1998) | 4.47 million (2006) | |
Cuba | 2,994 (1997) | 152,700 (2006) | |
Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: 68,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 70,000 (1999) | area under government control: 777,500 (2006); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 143,178 (2002) | |
Czech Republic | 4.346 million (2000) | 12.15 million (2006) | |
Denmark | 1,444,016 (1997) | 5.841 million (2006) | |
Djibouti | 203 (1997) | 44,100 (2005) | |
Dominica | 461 (1996) | 41,800 (2004) | |
Dominican Republic | 130,149 (1997) | 4.606 million (2006) | |
Ecuador | 160,061 (1997) | 8.485 million (2006) | |
Egypt | 380,000 (1999) | 18.001 million (2006) | |
El Salvador | 40,163 (1997) | 3.852 million (2006) | |
Equatorial Guinea | NA | 96,900 (2005) | |
Eritrea | NA | 62,000 (2006) | |
Estonia | 475,000 (yearend 2000) | 1.659 million (2006) | |
Ethiopia | 4,000 (1999) | 866,700 (2006) | |
European Union | - | 466 million (2005) | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA | 0 (2001) | |
Faroe Islands | 10,761 (1999) | 50,000 (2006) | |
Fiji | 5,200 (1997) | 205,000 (2005) | |
Finland | 2,162,574 (1997) | 5.67 million (2006) | |
France | 11.078 million (yearend 1998) | 53.023 million; 51,662,000 (metropolitan France) (2006) | |
French Guiana | NA | - | |
French Polynesia | 5,427 (1997) | 152,000 (2006) | |
Gabon | 9,500 (1997) | 764,700 (2006) | |
Gambia, The | 5,624 (2000) | 404,300 (2006) | |
Gaza Strip | NA | 1.095 million (includes West Bank) (2005) | |
Georgia | 30,000 (1997) | 2.4 million (2007) | |
Germany | 15.318 million (April 1999) | 84.3 million (2006) | |
Ghana | 30,000 (yearend 1998) | 5.207 million (2006) | |
Gibraltar | 1,620 (1997) | 9,797 (2002) | |
Greece | 937,700 (1997) | 11.098 million (2006) | |
Greenland | 12,676 (end 1999) | 32,200 (2004) | |
Grenada | 976 (1997) | 46,200 (2006) | |
Guadeloupe | NA | - | |
Guam | 55,000 (1998) | 98,000 (2004) | |
Guatemala | 663,296 (September 2000) | 7.179 million (2006) | |
Guernsey | 12,000 (1997) | 43,800 (2004) | |
Guinea | 2,868 (1997) | 189,000 (2005) | |
Guinea-Bissau | NA | 95,000 (2005) | |
Guyana | 6,100 (2000) | 281,400 (2005) | |
Haiti | 0 (1995) | 500,200 (2005) | |
Holy See (Vatican City) | NA | - | |
Honduras | 14,427 (1997) | 2.241 million (2006) | |
Hong Kong | 3.7 million (December 1999) | 9.913 million (2007) | |
Hungary | 1.269 million (July 1999) | 9.965 million (2006) | |
Iceland | 65,746 (1997) | 328,500 (2006) | |
India | 2.93 million (November 2000) | 166.1 million (2006) | |
Indonesia | 1.07 million (1998) | 63.803 million (2006) | |
Iran | 265,000 (August 1998) | 13.659 million (2006) | |
Iraq | NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001) | 10.9 million (2007) | |
Ireland | 2 million (2001) | 4.69 million (2006) | |
Isle of Man | NA | - | |
Israel | 2.5 million (1999) | 8.404 million (2006) | |
Italy | 20.5 million (1999) | 71.5 million (2005) | |
Jamaica | 54,640 (1996) | 2.804 million (2005) | |
Japan | 63.88 million (2000) | 101.7 million (2006) | |
Jersey | 4,400 (1997) | 83,900 (2004) | |
Jordan | 11,500 (1995) | 4.343 million (2006) | |
Kazakhstan | 11,202 (1997) | 7.83 million (2006) | |
Kenya | 5,345 (1997) | 6.485 million (2006) | |
Kiribati | NA | 600 (2004) | |
Korea, North | NA | - | |
Korea, South | 27 million (June 2000) | 40.197 million (2006) | |
Kosovo | - | 562,000 (2006) | |
Kuwait | 210,000 (1997) | 2.536 million (2006) | |
Kyrgyzstan | NA | 541,700 (2005) | |
Laos | 4,915 (1997) | 638,200 (2006) | |
Latvia | 77,100 (1997) | 2.184 million (2006) | |
Lebanon | 580,000 (1999) | 1.103 million (2006) | |
Lesotho | 1,262 (1996) | 249,800 (2005) | |
Liberia | 0 (1995) | 160,000 (2005) | |
Libya | NA | 3.928 million (2006) | |
Liechtenstein | NA | 27,500 (2005) | |
Lithuania | 297,500 (November 1998) | 4.718 million (2006) | |
Luxembourg | 215,741 (2000) | 713,800 (2006) | |
Macau | 120,957 (2000) | 794,323 (2007) | |
Macedonia | - | 1.417 million (2006) | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 12,362 (1997) | - | |
Madagascar | 4,000 (1997) | 1.046 million (2006) | |
Malawi | 7,000 (1997) | 429,300 (2005) | |
Malaysia | 2.698 million (1999) | 19.464 million (2006) | |
Maldives | 1,290 (1997) | 262,600 (2006) | |
Mali | 2,842 (1997) | 1.513 million (2006) | |
Malta | 17,691 (1997) | 346,800 (2006) | |
Marshall Islands | 365 (1996) | 600 (2004) | |
Martinique | 15,000 (1997) | - | |
Mauritania | NA | 1.06 million (2006) | |
Mauritius | 37,000 (1997) | 772,400 (2006) | |
Mayotte | 0 (2000) | 48,100 (2005) | |
Mexico | 2.02 million (1998) | 57.016 million (2006) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | NA | 14,100 (2005) | |
Moldova | 2,200 (1997) | 1.358 million (2006) | |
Monaco | NA | 17,200 (2005) | |
Mongolia | 110,000 (2001) | 775,300 (2006) | |
Montenegro | - | 821,800 (2006) | |
Montserrat | 70 (1994) | NA | |
Morocco | 116,645 (1998) | 16.005 million (2006) | |
Mozambique | 18,500 (2000) | 2.339 million (2006) | |
Namibia | NA | 495,000 (2005) | |
Nauru | 450 (1994) | 1,500 (2002) | |
Nepal | NA | 1.042 million (2006) | |
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) | 1.83 million (2006) | |
Niger | 13,000 (1995) | 323,900 (2005) | |
Nigeria | 26,700 (1997) | 32.322 million (2006) | |
Niue | 0 (1991) | 400 (2002) | |
Norfolk Island | 0 (1983) | 0; note - proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum (2002) | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 1,200 (1995) | 20,500 (2004) | |
Norway | 2,080,408 (1998) | 5.041 million (2006) | |
Oman | 59,822 (1997) | 1.818 million (2006) | |
Pakistan | 158,000 (1998) | 63.16 million (2007) | |
Palau | 0 (1988) | 1,000 (2002) | |
Panama | 17,000 (1997) | 1.694 million (2005) | |
Papua New Guinea | 3,053 (1996) | 75,000 (2005) | |
Paraguay | 510,000 (2001) | 3.233 million (2006) | |
Peru | 504,995 (1998) | 8.5 million (2006) | |
Philippines | 1.959 million (1998) | 42.869 million (2006) | |
Poland | 1.78 million (1998) | 36.746 million (2006) | |
Portugal | 3,074,194 (1999) | 12.226 million (2006) | |
Puerto Rico | 169,265 (1996) | 3.354 million (2005) | |
Qatar | 43,476 (1997) | 919,800 (2006) | |
Reunion | 85,000 (1999) | - | |
Romania | 645,500 (1999) | 17.4 million (2006) | |
Russia | 2.5 million (October 2000) | 150 million (2006) | |
Rwanda | NA
note: however, Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several prefecture capitals (2000) |
290,000 (2005) | |
Saint Helena | 0 (1997) | - | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 205 (1997) | 10,000 (2004) | |
Saint Lucia | 1,600 (1997) | 105,700 (2005) | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 (1994) | - | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | NA | 87,600 (2006) | |
Samoa | 1,545 (February 1998) | 24,000 (2005) | |
San Marino | 3,010 (1998) | 17,390 (2006) | |
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) |
19.663 million (2006) | |
Senegal | 1,149 (1996) | 2.983 million (2006) | |
Serbia | - | 6.644 million (2006) | |
Seychelles | 16,316 (1999) | 70,300 (2006) | |
Sierra Leone | 650 (1999) | 113,200 (2003) | |
Singapore | 2.333 million (November 2000) | 4.789 million (2006) | |
Slovakia | 736,662 (April 1999) | 4.893 million (2006) | |
Slovenia | 1 million (2000) | 1.82 million (2006) | |
Solomon Islands | 658 (1997) | 6,000 (2005) | |
Somalia | NA | 500,000 (2005) | |
South Africa | over 2,000,000 (1999) | 39.66 million (2006) | |
Spain | 8.394 million (1999) | 46.152 million (2006) | |
Sri Lanka | 228,604 (1999) | 7.983 million (2007) | |
Sudan | 20,000 (2000) | 4.683 million (2006) | |
Suriname | 4,090 (1997) | 320,000 (2006) | |
Svalbard | NA | - | |
Swaziland | 30,000 (2000) | 250,000 (2006) | |
Sweden | 3.835 million (October 1998) | 9.087 million (2005) | |
Switzerland | 1.967 million (1999) | 7.418 million (2006) | |
Syria | NA | 4.675 million (2006) | |
Taiwan | 16 million (September 2000) | 23.249 million (2006) | |
Tajikistan | 2,500 (1997) | 265,000 (2005) | |
Tanzania | 30,000 (1999) | 6.72 million (2007) | |
Thailand | 2.3 million (1998) | 40.816 million (2006) | |
Timor-Leste | - | 49,100 (2006) | |
Togo | 2,995 (1997) | 708,000 (2006) | |
Tokelau | 0 (2001) | - | |
Tonga | 302 (1996) | 29,900 (2005) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 17,411 (1997) | 1.655 million (2006) | |
Tunisia | 50,000 (1998) | 7.339 million (2006) | |
Turkey | 12.1 million (1999) | 52.663 million (2006) | |
Turkmenistan | 4,300 (1998) | 105,000 (2005) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 (1994) | 1,700 (1999) | |
Tuvalu | 0 (1994) | 1,300 (2005) | |
Uganda | 9,000 (1998) | 2.009 million (2006) | |
Ukraine | 236,000 (1998) | 49.076 million (2006) | |
United Arab Emirates | 1 million (1999) | 5.519 million (2006) | |
United Kingdom | 13 million (yearend 1998) | 69.657 million (2006) | |
United States | 69.209 million (1998) | 233 million (2006) | |
Uruguay | 300,000 (2000) | 2.333 million (2006) | |
Uzbekistan | 26,000 (1998) | 5.8 million (2007) | |
Vanuatu | 154 (1996) | 12,700 (2005) | |
Venezuela | 2 million (1998) | 18.79 million (2006) | |
Vietnam | 730,155 (2000) | 33.2 million (2007) | |
Virgin Islands | 2,000 (1992) | 80,300 (2005) | |
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 (2006) | |
Yugoslavia | 87,000 (1997) | - | |
Zambia | 6,000 (1998) | 1,663,300 (2006) | |
Zimbabwe | 70,000 (1999) | 832,500 (2006) |