Telephones - mobile cellular (2003) | Telephones - mobile cellular (2006) | ||
Afghanistan | NA | 1.2 million (2005) | |
Albania | 250,000 (2001) | 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 | 25,800 (2000) | 1,094,100 (2005) | |
Anguilla | 1,629 (2000) | 1,800 (2002) | |
Antarctica | NA; Iridium system in use | NA | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1,300 (1996) | 54,000 (2004) | |
Argentina | 3 million (December 1999) | 22.1 million (2005) | |
Armenia | 50,000 (2002) | 320,000 (2005) | |
Aruba | 3,402 (1997) | 98,400 (2004) | |
Australia | 8.6 million (2000) | 18.42 million (2005) | |
Austria | 6 million (2001) | 8.16 million (2005) | |
Azerbaijan | 800,000 (2002) | 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 | 55,500 (2000) | 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 | 270,000 (September 2001) | 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 | 1.054 million (2001) | 6.245 million (2005) | |
Burkina Faso | 25,200 (2000) | 572,200 (2005) | |
Burma | 8,492 (1997) | 183,400 (2005) | |
Burundi | 30,000 (2002) | 153,000 (2005) | |
Cambodia | 80,000 (2000) | 1.062 million (2005) | |
Cameroon | 300,000 (2002) | 2.259 million (2005) | |
Canada | 8,751,300 (1997) | 16.6 million (2005) | |
Cape Verde | 28,119 (2002) | 81,700 (2005) | |
Cayman Islands | 2,534 (1995) | 17,000 (2002) | |
Central African Republic | 710 (1998) | 60,000 (2004) | |
Chad | 5,500 (2000) | 210,000 (2005) | |
Chile | 944,225 (1998) | 10.57 million (2005) | |
China | 65 million (January 2001) | 393.428 million (2005) | |
Christmas Island | NA | NA | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA | 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 | 15,000 (2000) | 2.746 million (2005) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 3,300 (1998) | 490,000 (2005) | |
Cook Islands | 0 (1994) | 1,500 (2002) | |
Costa Rica | 143,000 (2000) | 1.101 million (2005) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 450,000 (2000) | 2.19 million (2005) | |
Croatia | 1.3 million (2001) | 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 | 5,000 (2002) | 34,500 (2004) | |
Dominica | 461 (1996) | 41,800 (2004) | |
Dominican Republic | 130,149 (1997) | 3.623 million (2005) | |
East Timor | NA | NA | |
Ecuador | 384,000 (1999) | 6.246 million (2005) | |
Egypt | 380,000 (1999) | 14,045,134 (2005) | |
El Salvador | 40,163 (1997) | 2.412 million (2005) | |
Equatorial Guinea | 300 (1998) | 96,900 (2005) | |
Eritrea | NA; note - mobile cellular service was introduced in May 2001 | 40,400 (2005) | |
Estonia | 711,000 (yearend 2001) | 1.445 million (2005) | |
Ethiopia | 17,800 (2000) | 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 | 3,728,600 (2001) | 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 | 120,000 (2000) | 649,800 (2005) | |
Gambia, The | 5,624 (2000) | 247,500 (2005) | |
Gaza Strip | NA | 1.095 million (includes West Bank) (2005) | |
Georgia | 185,500 (2000) | 1.459 million (2005) | |
Germany | 55.3 million (June 2001) | 79.2 million (2005) | |
Ghana | 150,000 (2001) | 2.842 million (2005) | |
Gibraltar | 1,620 (1997) | 9,797 (2002) | |
Greece | 937,700 (1997) | 10.043 million (2005) | |
Greenland | 12,676 (yearend 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 | 21,567 (1998) | 189,000 (2005) | |
Guinea-Bissau | 0 (2001) | 67,000 (2005) | |
Guyana | 6,100 (2000) | 281,400 (2005) | |
Haiti | over 180,000 (January 2003) | 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 | 248,131 (221,231 GSM, 26,900 NMT) (2001) | 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 | 3 million (2002) | 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 | 400,000 (2001) | 4.955 million (2005) | |
Kenya | 540,000 (2001) | 4.612 million (2005) | |
Kiribati | NA | 600 (2004) | |
Korea, North | NA | NA | |
Korea, South | 28 million (September 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 | 401,263 (2000) | 1.872 million (2005) | |
Lebanon | 580,000 (1999) | 990,000 (2005) | |
Lesotho | 21,600 (2000) | 245,100 (2005) | |
Liberia | 0 (1998) | 160,000 (2005) | |
Libya | 20,000 (1998) | 234,800 (2004) | |
Liechtenstein | NA | 11,400 (2002) | |
Lithuania | 500,000 (2001) | 4.353 million (2005) | |
Luxembourg | 215,741 (2000) | 720,000 (2005) | |
Macau | 158,251 (November 2001) | 532,800 (2005) | |
Macedonia | - | 1.261 million (2005) | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 12,362 (1997) | - | |
Madagascar | 63,100 (2000) | 504,700 (2005) | |
Malawi | 49,000 (2000) | 429,300 (2005) | |
Malaysia | 5 million (2000) | 19.545 million (2005) | |
Maldives | 1,290 (1997) | 153,400 (2005) | |
Mali | 40,000 (2001) | 869,600 (2005) | |
Malta | 17,691 (1997) | 324,000 (2005) | |
Marshall Islands | 489 (2001) | 1,198 (2004) | |
Martinique | 15,000 (1997) | 319,900 (2002) | |
Mauritania | 35,000 (2001) | 745,600 (2005) | |
Mauritius | 180,000 (2000) | 713,300 (2005) | |
Mayotte | 0 (2000) | 48,100 (2004) | |
Mexico | 2.02 million (1998) | 47.462 million (2005) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | newly installed in Pohnpei and Yap | 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 | 287,000 (2002) | 1.22 million (2005) | |
Namibia | 82,000 (2000 est.) | 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 | 2.2 million (2000) | 3.53 million (2005) | |
Nicaragua | 7,911 (1997) | 1.119 million (2005) | |
Niger | 6,700 (2002) | 299,900 (2005) | |
Nigeria | 200,000 (2001) | 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 | 1,000 (2002) | 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 | 11.35 million (2001) | 32.81 million (2005) | |
Poland | 13 million (2002) | 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 | 197,000 (September 2000) | 579,200 (2004) | |
Romania | 645,500 (1999) | 13.354 million (2005) | |
Russia | 19 million (January 2003) | 120 million (2005) | |
Rwanda | 81,000 (2001)
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several prefecture capitals (2002) |
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 | 2.9 million (2002 est.) | 13.3 million (2005) | |
Senegal | 373,965 (2001) | 1.73 million (2005) | |
Serbia | - | 5.229 million (2005) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 87,000 (1997) | - | |
Seychelles | 16,316 (1999) | 57,000 (2005) | |
Sierra Leone | 30,000 (2001) | 113,200 (2003) | |
Singapore | 2.74 million (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 | 7.06 million (2001) | 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 | 45,000 (2001) | 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 | 3.1 million (2002) | 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 | 17.1 million (2001) | 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 | 43.5 million (yearend 1998) | 61.091 million (2004) | |
United States | 69.209 million (1998) | 219.4 million (2005) | |
Uruguay | 350,000 (2001) | 600,000 (2004) | |
Uzbekistan | 130,000 (2003) | 720,000 (2005) | |
Vanuatu | 310 (2000) | 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) | |
Zambia | 90,000 (2002) | 946,600 (2005) | |
Zimbabwe | 111,000 (2001) | 699,000 (2005) |