Telephones - mobile cellular (2005) | Telephones - mobile cellular (2003) | ||
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) | 30,000 (2002) | |
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) | over 180,000 (January 2003) | |
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) | 287,000 (2002) | |
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) | 11.35 million (2001) | |
Poland | 17.401 million (2003) | 13 million (2002) | |
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) | 19 million (January 2003) | |
Rwanda | 134,000
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several provincial capitals (2003) |
81,000 (2001)
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) | 2.9 million (2002 est.) | |
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) | 90,000 (2002) | |
Zimbabwe | 379,100 (2003) | 111,000 (2001) |