Telephones - mobile cellular (2005) | Telephones - mobile cellular (2002) | ||
Afghanistan | 15,000 (2002) | NA | |
Albania | 1.1 million (2003) | 250,000 (2001) | |
Algeria | 1,447,310 (2003) | 33,500 (1999) | |
American Samoa | 2,377 (1999) | 2,550 (1997) | |
Andorra | 23,500 (2001) | 14,117 (December 1998) | |
Angola | 130,000 (2002) | 25,800 (2000) | |
Anguilla | 1,800 (2002) | 1,629 (2000) | |
Antarctica | NA | NA; Iridium system in use | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 38,200 (2002) | 1,300 (1996) | |
Argentina | 6.5 million (2002) | 3 million (December 1999) | |
Armenia | 114,400 (2003) | 50,000 (2002) | |
Aruba | 53,000 (2001) | 3,402 (1997) | |
Australia | 14.347 million (2003) | 8.6 million (2000) | |
Austria | 7,094,500 (2003) | 6 million (2001) | |
Azerbaijan | 870,000 (2002) | 800,000 (2002) | |
Bahamas, The | 121,800 (2002) | 6,152 (1997) | |
Bahrain | 443,100 (2003) | 58,543 (1997) | |
Bangladesh | 1.365 million (2003) | 283,000 (2000) | |
Barbados | 140,000 (2003) | 8,013 (1997) | |
Belarus | 1.118 million (2003) | 8,167 (1997) | |
Belgium | 8,135,500 (2002) | 974,494 (1997) | |
Belize | 60,400 (2003) | 3,023 (1997) | |
Benin | 236,200 (2003) | 55,500 (2000) | |
Bermuda | 37,873 (2003) | 7,980 (1996) | |
Bhutan | 22,000 (2005) | NA | |
Bolivia | 1,401,500 (2003) | 116,000 (1997) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.05 million (2003) | 9,000 (1997) | |
Botswana | 435,000 (2002) | 270,000 (September 2001) | |
Brazil | 46,373,300 (2003) | 4.4 million (1997) | |
British Virgin Islands | 8,000 (2002) | NA | |
Brunei | 137,000 (2002) | 43,524 (1996) | |
Bulgaria | 2,597,500 (2002) | 1.054 million (2001) | |
Burkina Faso | 227,000 (2003) | 25,200 (2000) | |
Burma | 66,500 (2003) | 8,492 (1997) | |
Burundi | 64,000 (2003) | 16,300 (2000) | |
Cambodia | 380,000 (2002) | 80,000 (2000) | |
Cameroon | 1.077 million (2003) | 300,000 (2002) | |
Canada | 13,221,800 (2003) | 8,751,300 (1997) | |
Cape Verde | 53,300 (2003) | 28,119 (2002) | |
Cayman Islands | 17,000 (2002) | 2,534 (1995) | |
Central African Republic | 13,000 (2003) | 710 (1998) | |
Chad | 65,000 (2003) | 5,500 (2000) | |
Chile | 6,445,700 (2002) | 944,225 (1998) | |
China | 269 million (2003) | 65 million (January 2001) | |
Christmas Island | NA | NA | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | note - analog cellular service available | NA | |
Colombia | 6,186,200 (2003) | 1,800,229 (December 1998) | |
Comoros | 2,000 (2003) | NA | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1 million (2003) | 15,000 (2000) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 330,000 (2003) | 3,300 (1998) | |
Cook Islands | 1,500 (2002) | 0 (1994) | |
Costa Rica | 528,047 (2002) | 143,000 (2000) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 1.236 million (2003) | 450,000 (2000) | |
Croatia | 2.553 million (2003) | 1.3 million (2001) | |
Cuba | 17,900 (2002) | 2,994 (1997) | |
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 417,900 (2002); north Cyprus: 143,178 (2002) | Greek Cypriot area: 68,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 70,000 (1999) | |
Czech Republic | 9,708,700 (2003) | 4.346 million (2000) | |
Denmark | 4,785,300 (2003) | 1,444,016 (1997) | |
Djibouti | 23,000 (2003) | 5,000 (2002) | |
Dominica | 9,400 (2002) | 461 (1996) | |
Dominican Republic | 2,120,400 (2003) | 130,149 (1997) | |
East Timor | NA | NA | |
Ecuador | 2,394,400 (2003) | 384,000 (1999) | |
Egypt | 8,583,940 (2005) | 380,000 (1999) | |
El Salvador | 1,149,800 (2003) | 40,163 (1997) | |
Equatorial Guinea | 41,500 (2003) | 300 (1998) | |
Eritrea | NA | NA; note - mobile cellular service was introduced in May 2001 | |
Estonia | 881,000 (2002) | 711,000 (yearend 2001) | |
Ethiopia | 97,800 (2003) | 17,800 (2000) | |
European Union | 314,644,700 (2002) | - | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 0 (2001) | NA | |
Faroe Islands | 30,700 (2002) | 10,761 (1999) | |
Fiji | 109,900 (2003) | 5,200 (1997) | |
Finland | 4.7 million (2003) | 3,728,600 (2001) | |
France | 41,683,100 (2003) | 11.078 million (yearend 1998) | |
French Guiana | 138,200 (2002) | NA | |
French Polynesia | 90,000 (2002) | 5,427 (1997) | |
Gabon | 300,000 (2003) | 120,000 (2000) | |
Gambia, The | 100,000 (2002) | 5,624 (2000) | |
Gaza Strip | 320,000 (cellular subscribers in both Gaza Strip and West Bank) (2002) | NA | |
Georgia | 522,300 (2003) | 185,500 (2000) | |
Germany | 64.8 million (2003) | 55.3 million (June 2001) | |
Ghana | 799,900 (2003) | 150,000 (2001) | |
Gibraltar | 9,797 (2002) | 1,620 (1997) | |
Greece | 8,936,200 (2003) | 937,700 (1997) | |
Greenland | 16,747 (2001) | 12,676 (yearend 1999) | |
Grenada | 7,600 (2002) | 976 (1997) | |
Guadeloupe | 323,500 (2002) | NA | |
Guam | 32,600 (2001) | 55,000 (1998) | |
Guatemala | 1,577,100 (2002) | 663,296 (September 2000) | |
Guernsey | 31,500 (2001) | 12,000 (1997) | |
Guinea | 111,500 (2003) | 21,567 (1998) | |
Guinea-Bissau | 1,300 (2003) | 0 (2001) | |
Guyana | 87,300 (2002) | 6,100 (2000) | |
Haiti | 140,000 (2002) | 0 (1995) | |
Holy See (Vatican City) | NA | NA | |
Honduras | 326,500 (2002) | 14,427 (1997) | |
Hong Kong | 7,241,400 (2003) | 3.7 million (December 1999) | |
Hungary | 6,862,800 (2002) | 1.269 million (July 1999) | |
Iceland | 279,100 (2003) | 248,131 (221,231 GSM, 26,900 NMT) (2001) | |
India | 26,154,400 (2003) | 2.93 million (November 2000) | |
Indonesia | 11.7 million (2002) | 1.07 million (1998) | |
Iran | 3,376,500 (2003) | 265,000 (August 1998) | |
Iraq | 20,000 (2002) | NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001) | |
Ireland | 3.4 million (2003) | 3 million (2002) | |
Isle of Man | NA | NA | |
Israel | 6.334 million (2002) | 2.5 million (1999) | |
Italy | 55.918 million (2003) | 20.5 million (1999) | |
Jamaica | 1.4 million (2002) | 54,640 (1996) | |
Japan | 86,658,600 (2003) | 63.88 million (2000) | |
Jersey | 61,400 (2001) | 4,400 (1997) | |
Jordan | 1,325,300 (2003) | 11,500 (1995) | |
Kazakhstan | 1.027 million (2002) | 400,000 (2001) | |
Kenya | 1,590,800 (2003) | 540,000 (2001) | |
Kiribati | 500 (2002) | NA | |
Korea, North | NA | NA | |
Korea, South | 33,591,800 (2003) | 28 million (September 2000) | |
Kuwait | 1.42 million (2003) | 210,000 (1997) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 53,100 (2002) | NA | |
Laos | 55,200 (2002) | 4,915 (1997) | |
Latvia | 1,219,600 (2003) | 401,263 (2000) | |
Lebanon | 775,100 (2002) | 580,000 (1999) | |
Lesotho | 92,000 (2002) | 21,600 (2000) | |
Liberia | 2,000 (2001) | 0 (1998) | |
Libya | 100,000 (2003) | 20,000 (1998) | |
Liechtenstein | 11,400 (2002) | NA | |
Lithuania | 2,169,900 (2003) | 500,000 (2001) | |
Luxembourg | 473,000 (2002) | 215,741 (2000) | |
Macau | 364,000 (2003) | 158,251 (November 2001) | |
Macedonia | 830,000 (2005) | - | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | - | 12,362 (1997) | |
Madagascar | 279,500 (2003) | 63,100 (2000) | |
Malawi | 135,100 (2003) | 49,000 (2000) | |
Malaysia | 11,124,100 (2003) | 5 million (2000) | |
Maldives | 41,900 (2002) | 1,290 (1997) | |
Mali | 250,000 (2003) | 40,000 (2001) | |
Malta | 290,000 (2003) | 17,691 (1997) | |
Marshall Islands | 600 (2002) | 489 (2001) | |
Martinique | 319,900 (2002) | 15,000 (1997) | |
Mauritania | 300,000 (2003) | 35,000 (2001) | |
Mauritius | 462,400 (2003) | 180,000 (2000) | |
Mayotte | 21,700 (2002) | 0 (2000) | |
Mexico | 28.125 million (2003) | 2.02 million (1998) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 1,800 (2002) | newly installed in Pohnpei and Yap | |
Moldova | 338,200 (2002) | 2,200 (1997) | |
Monaco | 19,300 (2002) | NA | |
Mongolia | 404,400 (2004) | 110,000 (2001) | |
Montserrat | 70 (1994) | 70 (1994) | |
Morocco | 7,332,800 (2003) | 116,645 (1998) | |
Mozambique | 428,900 (2003) | 100,000 (June 2001 est) | |
Namibia | 223,700 (2003) | 82,000 (2000 est) | |
Nauru | 1,500 (2002) | 450 (1994) | |
Nepal | 50,400 (2003) | NA | |
Netherlands | 12.5 million (2003) | 4,081,891 (April 1999) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 81,000 (2001) | 13,977 (1996) | |
New Caledonia | 80,000 (2002) | 13,040 (1998) | |
New Zealand | 2.599 million (2003) | 2.2 million (2000) | |
Nicaragua | 202,800 (2002) | 7,911 (1997) | |
Niger | 24,000 (2003) | 6,700 (2002) | |
Nigeria | 3,149,500 (2003) | 200,000 (2001) | |
Niue | 400 (2002) | 0 (1991) | |
Norfolk Island | 0 (proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum) (2002) | 0 (1983) | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 3,000 (2000) | 1,200 (1995) | |
Norway | 4,163,400 (2003) | 2,080,408 (1998) | |
Oman | 464,900 (2002) | 59,822 (1997) | |
Pakistan | 2,624,800 (2003) | 158,000 (1998) | |
Palau | 1,000 (2002) | 1,000 (2002) | |
Panama | 834,000 (2003) | 17,000 (1997) | |
Papua New Guinea | 15,000 (2002) | 3,053 (1996) | |
Paraguay | 1,770,300 (2003) | 510,000 (2001) | |
Peru | 2,908,800 (2003) | 504,995 (1998) | |
Philippines | 15.201 million (2002) | 6.5 million (2000) | |
Poland | 17.401 million (2003) | 1.78 million (1998) | |
Portugal | 9,341,400 (2003) | 3,074,194 (1999) | |
Puerto Rico | 1,211,111 (2001) | 169,265 (1996) | |
Qatar | 376,500 (2003) | 43,476 (1997) | |
Reunion | 489,800 (2002) | 197,000 (September 2000) | |
Romania | 6.9 million (2003) | 645,500 (1999) | |
Russia | 17,608,800 (2002) | 2.5 million (October 2000) | |
Rwanda | 134,000
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several provincial capitals (2003) |
11,000 (1999)
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several prefecture capitals (2002) |
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Saint Helena | 0 (1997) | 0 (1997) | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5,000 (2002) | 205 (1997) | |
Saint Lucia | 14,300 (2002) | 1,600 (1997) | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 (1994) | 0 (1994) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10,000 (2002) | NA | |
Samoa | 2,700 (2002) | 1,545 (February 1998) | |
San Marino | 16,800 (2002) | 3,010 (1998) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 4,800 (2003) | 6,942 (1997) | |
Saudi Arabia | 7,238,200 (2003) | 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) |
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Senegal | 575,900 (2003) | 373,965 (2001) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 3,634,600 (2003) | 87,000 (1997) | |
Seychelles | 54,500 (2003) | 16,316 (1999) | |
Sierra Leone | 67,000 (2002) | 30,000 (2001) | |
Singapore | 3,521,800 (2004) | 2.74 million (2000) | |
Slovakia | 3,678,800 (2003) | 736,662 (April 1999) | |
Slovenia | 1,739,100 (2003) | 1 million (2000) | |
Solomon Islands | 1,000 (2002) | 658 (1997) | |
Somalia | 35,000 (2002) | NA | |
South Africa | 16.86 million (2003) | 7.06 million (2001) | |
Spain | 37,506,700 (2003) | 8.394 million (1999) | |
Sri Lanka | 931,600 (2002) | 228,604 (1999) | |
Sudan | 650,000 (2003) | 20,000 (2000) | |
Suriname | 168,100 (2003) | 4,090 (1997) | |
Svalbard | NA | NA | |
Swaziland | 88,000 (2003) | 45,000 (2001) | |
Sweden | 7.949 million (2002) | 3.835 million (October 1998) | |
Switzerland | 6.172 million (2003) | 1.967 million (1999) | |
Syria | 400,000 (2002) | NA | |
Taiwan | 25,089,600 (2003) | 16 million (September 2000) | |
Tajikistan | 47,600 (2003) | 2,500 (1997) | |
Tanzania | 891,200 (2003) | 30,000 (1999) | |
Thailand | 26.5 million (2005) | 3.1 million (2002) | |
Togo | 220,000 (2003) | 2,995 (1997) | |
Tokelau | 0 (2001) | 0 (2001) | |
Tonga | 9,000 (2004) | 302 (1996) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 361,900 (2002) | 17,411 (1997) | |
Tunisia | 1,899,900 (2003) | 50,000 (1998) | |
Turkey | 27,887,500 (2003) | 17.1 million (2001) | |
Turkmenistan | 52,000 (2004) | 4,300 (1998) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,700 (1999) | 0 (1994) | |
Tuvalu | 0 (2004) | 0 (1994) | |
Uganda | 776,200 (2003) | 9,000 (1998) | |
Ukraine | 4.2 million (2002) | 236,000 (1998) | |
United Arab Emirates | 2,972,300 (2003) | 1 million (1999) | |
United Kingdom | 49.677 million (2002) | 43.5 million (yearend 1998) | |
United States | 158.722 million (2003) | 69.209 million (1998) | |
Uruguay | 652,000 (2002) | 350,000 (2001) | |
Uzbekistan | 320,800 (2003) | 130,000 (2003) | |
Vanuatu | 7,800 (2003) | 310 (2000) | |
Venezuela | 6,463,600 (2002) | 2 million (1998) | |
Vietnam | 2.742 million (2003) | 730,155 (2000) | |
Virgin Islands | 41,000 (2002) | 2,000 (1992) | |
Wallis and Futuna | 0 (1994) | 0 (1994) | |
West Bank | 480,000 (cellular subscribers in both West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2003) | NA | |
Western Sahara | 0 (1999) | 0 (1999) | |
World | NA | NA | |
Yemen | 411,100 (2002) | 32,042 (2000) | |
Zambia | 241,000 (2003) | 75,000 (2001) | |
Zimbabwe | 379,100 (2003) | 111,000 (2001) |