Telephones - mobile cellular (2005) | Telephones - mobile cellular (2006) | ||
Afghanistan | 15,000 (2002) | 1.2 million (2005) | |
Albania | 1.1 million (2003) | 1.259 million (2004) | |
Algeria | 1,447,310 (2003) | 13.661 million (2005) | |
American Samoa | 2,377 (1999) | 2,377 (1999) | |
Andorra | 23,500 (2001) | 64,600 (2005) | |
Angola | 130,000 (2002) | 1,094,100 (2005) | |
Anguilla | 1,800 (2002) | 1,800 (2002) | |
Antarctica | NA | NA | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 38,200 (2002) | 54,000 (2004) | |
Argentina | 6.5 million (2002) | 22.1 million (2005) | |
Armenia | 114,400 (2003) | 320,000 (2005) | |
Aruba | 53,000 (2001) | 98,400 (2004) | |
Australia | 14.347 million (2003) | 18.42 million (2005) | |
Austria | 7,094,500 (2003) | 8.16 million (2005) | |
Azerbaijan | 870,000 (2002) | 2.242 million (2005) | |
Bahamas, The | 121,800 (2002) | 186,000 (2004) | |
Bahrain | 443,100 (2003) | 748,700 (2005) | |
Bangladesh | 1.365 million (2003) | 9 million (2005) | |
Barbados | 140,000 (2003) | 206,200 (2005) | |
Belarus | 1.118 million (2003) | 4.098 million (2005) | |
Belgium | 8,135,500 (2002) | 9.46 million (2005) | |
Belize | 60,400 (2003) | 93,100 (2005) | |
Benin | 236,200 (2003) | 386,700 (2005) | |
Bermuda | 37,873 (2003) | 49,000 (2004) | |
Bhutan | 22,000 (2005) | 37,800 (2005) | |
Bolivia | 1,401,500 (2003) | 2.421 million (2005) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.05 million (2003) | 1.594 million (2005) | |
Botswana | 435,000 (2002) | 823,100 (2005) | |
Brazil | 46,373,300 (2003) | 86.21 million (2005) | |
British Virgin Islands | 8,000 (2002) | 8,000 (2002) | |
Brunei | 137,000 (2002) | 205,900 (2004) | |
Bulgaria | 2,597,500 (2002) | 6.245 million (2005) | |
Burkina Faso | 227,000 (2003) | 572,200 (2005) | |
Burma | 66,500 (2003) | 183,400 (2005) | |
Burundi | 64,000 (2003) | 153,000 (2005) | |
Cambodia | 380,000 (2002) | 1.062 million (2005) | |
Cameroon | 1.077 million (2003) | 2.259 million (2005) | |
Canada | 13,221,800 (2003) | 16.6 million (2005) | |
Cape Verde | 53,300 (2003) | 81,700 (2005) | |
Cayman Islands | 17,000 (2002) | 17,000 (2002) | |
Central African Republic | 13,000 (2003) | 60,000 (2004) | |
Chad | 65,000 (2003) | 210,000 (2005) | |
Chile | 6,445,700 (2002) | 10.57 million (2005) | |
China | 269 million (2003) | 393.428 million (2005) | |
Christmas Island | NA | NA | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | note - analog cellular service available | note - analog cellular service available | |
Colombia | 6,186,200 (2003) | 21.85 million (2005) | |
Comoros | 2,000 (2003) | 16,100 (2005) | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1 million (2003) | 2.746 million (2005) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 330,000 (2003) | 490,000 (2005) | |
Cook Islands | 1,500 (2002) | 1,500 (2002) | |
Costa Rica | 528,047 (2002) | 1.101 million (2005) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 1.236 million (2003) | 2.19 million (2005) | |
Croatia | 2.553 million (2003) | 2.984 million (2005) | |
Cuba | 17,900 (2002) | 134,500 (2005) | |
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 417,900 (2002); north Cyprus: 143,178 (2002) | Republic of Cyprus: 718,800 (2005); north Cyprus: 143,178 (2002) | |
Czech Republic | 9,708,700 (2003) | 11.776 million (2005) | |
Denmark | 4,785,300 (2003) | 5.469 million (2005) | |
Djibouti | 23,000 (2003) | 34,500 (2004) | |
Dominica | 9,400 (2002) | 41,800 (2004) | |
Dominican Republic | 2,120,400 (2003) | 3.623 million (2005) | |
East Timor | NA | NA | |
Ecuador | 2,394,400 (2003) | 6.246 million (2005) | |
Egypt | 8,583,940 (2005) | 14,045,134 (2005) | |
El Salvador | 1,149,800 (2003) | 2.412 million (2005) | |
Equatorial Guinea | 41,500 (2003) | 96,900 (2005) | |
Eritrea | NA | 40,400 (2005) | |
Estonia | 881,000 (2002) | 1.445 million (2005) | |
Ethiopia | 97,800 (2003) | 410,600 (2005) | |
European Union | 314,644,700 (2002) | 314,644,700 (2002) | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 0 (2001) | 0 (2001) | |
Faroe Islands | 30,700 (2002) | 42,500 (2005) | |
Fiji | 109,900 (2003) | 142,200 (2004) | |
Finland | 4.7 million (2003) | 5.231 million (2005) | |
France | 41,683,100 (2003) | 48.058 million (2005) | |
French Guiana | 138,200 (2002) | 98,000 (2004) | |
French Polynesia | 90,000 (2002) | 87,000 (2005) | |
Gabon | 300,000 (2003) | 649,800 (2005) | |
Gambia, The | 100,000 (2002) | 247,500 (2005) | |
Gaza Strip | 320,000 (cellular subscribers in both Gaza Strip and West Bank) (2002) | 1.095 million (includes West Bank) (2005) | |
Georgia | 522,300 (2003) | 1.459 million (2005) | |
Germany | 64.8 million (2003) | 79.2 million (2005) | |
Ghana | 799,900 (2003) | 2.842 million (2005) | |
Gibraltar | 9,797 (2002) | 9,797 (2002) | |
Greece | 8,936,200 (2003) | 10.043 million (2005) | |
Greenland | 16,747 (2001) | 32,200 (2004) | |
Grenada | 7,600 (2002) | 43,300 (2004) | |
Guadeloupe | 323,500 (2002) | 314,700 (2004) | |
Guam | 32,600 (2001) | 98,000 (2004) | |
Guatemala | 1,577,100 (2002) | 3,168,300 (2004) | |
Guernsey | 31,500 (2001) | 43,800 (2004) | |
Guinea | 111,500 (2003) | 189,000 (2005) | |
Guinea-Bissau | 1,300 (2003) | 67,000 (2005) | |
Guyana | 87,300 (2002) | 281,400 (2005) | |
Haiti | 140,000 (2002) | 400,000 (2004) | |
Holy See (Vatican City) | NA | NA | |
Honduras | 326,500 (2002) | 1.282 million (2005) | |
Hong Kong | 7,241,400 (2003) | 8.693 million (2005) | |
Hungary | 6,862,800 (2002) | 9.32 million (2005) | |
Iceland | 279,100 (2003) | 304,000 (2005) | |
India | 26,154,400 (2003) | 69,193,321 (2006) | |
Indonesia | 11.7 million (2002) | 46.91 million (2005) | |
Iran | 3,376,500 (2003) | 7.222 million (2005) | |
Iraq | 20,000 (2002) | 574,000 (2004) | |
Ireland | 3.4 million (2003) | 4.21 million (2005) | |
Isle of Man | NA | NA | |
Israel | 6.334 million (2002) | 7.757 million (2005) | |
Italy | 55.918 million (2003) | 72.2 million (2005) | |
Jamaica | 1.4 million (2002) | 2.7 million (2005) | |
Japan | 86,658,600 (2003) | 94.745 million (2005) | |
Jersey | 61,400 (2001) | 83,900 (2004) | |
Jordan | 1,325,300 (2003) | 1,594,500 (2004) | |
Kazakhstan | 1.027 million (2002) | 4.955 million (2005) | |
Kenya | 1,590,800 (2003) | 4.612 million (2005) | |
Kiribati | 500 (2002) | 600 (2004) | |
Korea, North | NA | NA | |
Korea, South | 33,591,800 (2003) | 38.342 million (2005) | |
Kuwait | 1.42 million (2003) | 2.38 million (2005) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 53,100 (2002) | 541,700 (2005) | |
Laos | 55,200 (2002) | 520,546 (2006) | |
Latvia | 1,219,600 (2003) | 1.872 million (2005) | |
Lebanon | 775,100 (2002) | 990,000 (2005) | |
Lesotho | 92,000 (2002) | 245,100 (2005) | |
Liberia | 2,000 (2001) | 160,000 (2005) | |
Libya | 100,000 (2003) | 234,800 (2004) | |
Liechtenstein | 11,400 (2002) | 11,400 (2002) | |
Lithuania | 2,169,900 (2003) | 4.353 million (2005) | |
Luxembourg | 473,000 (2002) | 720,000 (2005) | |
Macau | 364,000 (2003) | 532,800 (2005) | |
Macedonia | 830,000 (2005) | 1.261 million (2005) | |
Madagascar | 279,500 (2003) | 504,700 (2005) | |
Malawi | 135,100 (2003) | 429,300 (2005) | |
Malaysia | 11,124,100 (2003) | 19.545 million (2005) | |
Maldives | 41,900 (2002) | 153,400 (2005) | |
Mali | 250,000 (2003) | 869,600 (2005) | |
Malta | 290,000 (2003) | 324,000 (2005) | |
Marshall Islands | 600 (2002) | 1,198 (2004) | |
Martinique | 319,900 (2002) | 319,900 (2002) | |
Mauritania | 300,000 (2003) | 745,600 (2005) | |
Mauritius | 462,400 (2003) | 713,300 (2005) | |
Mayotte | 21,700 (2002) | 48,100 (2004) | |
Mexico | 28.125 million (2003) | 47.462 million (2005) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 1,800 (2002) | 14,100 (2005) | |
Moldova | 338,200 (2002) | 1.09 million (2005) | |
Monaco | 19,300 (2002) | 19,300 (2002) | |
Mongolia | 404,400 (2004) | 557,200 (2005) | |
Montenegro | - | 543,220 (2005) | |
Montserrat | 70 (1994) | 70 (1994) | |
Morocco | 7,332,800 (2003) | 12.393 million (2005) | |
Mozambique | 428,900 (2003) | 1.22 million (2005) | |
Namibia | 223,700 (2003) | 495,000 (2005) | |
Nauru | 1,500 (2002) | 1,500 (2002) | |
Nepal | 50,400 (2003) | 248,800 (2005) | |
Netherlands | 12.5 million (2003) | 15.834 million (2005) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 81,000 (2001) | 200,000 (2004) | |
New Caledonia | 80,000 (2002) | 134,300 (2005) | |
New Zealand | 2.599 million (2003) | 3.53 million (2005) | |
Nicaragua | 202,800 (2002) | 1.119 million (2005) | |
Niger | 24,000 (2003) | 299,900 (2005) | |
Nigeria | 3,149,500 (2003) | 21,571,131 (2006) | |
Niue | 400 (2002) | 400 (2002) | |
Norfolk Island | 0 (proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum) (2002) | 0 (proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum) (2002) | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 3,000 (2000) | 20,500 (2004) | |
Norway | 4,163,400 (2003) | 4.755 million (2005) | |
Oman | 464,900 (2002) | 1.333 million (2005) | |
Pakistan | 2,624,800 (2003) | 12.771 million (2005) | |
Palau | 1,000 (2002) | 1,000 (2002) | |
Panama | 834,000 (2003) | 1.352 million (2005) | |
Papua New Guinea | 15,000 (2002) | 26,000 (2005) | |
Paraguay | 1,770,300 (2003) | 1.887 million (2005) | |
Peru | 2,908,800 (2003) | 5.583 million (2005) | |
Philippines | 15.201 million (2002) | 32.81 million (2005) | |
Poland | 17.401 million (2003) | 29,166,400 (2005) | |
Portugal | 9,341,400 (2003) | 11.448 million (2005) | |
Puerto Rico | 1,211,111 (2001) | 2.682 million (2004) | |
Qatar | 376,500 (2003) | 716,800 (2005) | |
Reunion | 489,800 (2002) | 579,200 (2004) | |
Romania | 6.9 million (2003) | 13.354 million (2005) | |
Russia | 17,608,800 (2002) | 120 million (2005) | |
Rwanda | 134,000
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several provincial capitals (2003) |
290,000
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several provincial capitals (2005) |
|
Saint Helena | 0 (1997) | NA | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5,000 (2002) | 10,000 (2004) | |
Saint Lucia | 14,300 (2002) | 93,000 (2004) | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 (1994) | NA | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10,000 (2002) | 70,600 (2005) | |
Samoa | 2,700 (2002) | 24,000 (2005) | |
San Marino | 16,800 (2002) | 16,800 (2002) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 4,800 (2003) | 12,000 (2005) | |
Saudi Arabia | 7,238,200 (2003) | 13.3 million (2005) | |
Senegal | 575,900 (2003) | 1.73 million (2005) | |
Serbia | - | 5.229 million (2005) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 3,634,600 (2003) | - | |
Seychelles | 54,500 (2003) | 57,000 (2005) | |
Sierra Leone | 67,000 (2002) | 113,200 (2003) | |
Singapore | 3,521,800 (2004) | 4.385 million (2005) | |
Slovakia | 3,678,800 (2003) | 4.54 million (2005) | |
Slovenia | 1,739,100 (2003) | 1.759 million (2005) | |
Solomon Islands | 1,000 (2002) | 6,000 (2005) | |
Somalia | 35,000 (2002) | 500,000 (2005) | |
South Africa | 16.86 million (2003) | 33.96 million (2005) | |
Spain | 37,506,700 (2003) | 41.328 million (2005) | |
Sri Lanka | 931,600 (2002) | 3.362 million (2005) | |
Sudan | 650,000 (2003) | 1.828 million (2005) | |
Suriname | 168,100 (2003) | 232,800 (2005) | |
Svalbard | NA | NA | |
Swaziland | 88,000 (2003) | 200,000 (2005) | |
Sweden | 7.949 million (2002) | 8.436 million (2005) | |
Switzerland | 6.172 million (2003) | 6.847 million (2005) | |
Syria | 400,000 (2002) | 2.95 million (2005) | |
Taiwan | 25,089,600 (2003) | 22.17 million (2005) | |
Tajikistan | 47,600 (2003) | 265,000 (2005) | |
Tanzania | 891,200 (2003) | 1.942 million (2005) | |
Thailand | 26.5 million (2005) | 27.379 million (2005) | |
Togo | 220,000 (2003) | 443,600 (2005) | |
Tokelau | 0 (2001) | 0 (2001) | |
Tonga | 9,000 (2004) | 16,400 (2004) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 361,900 (2002) | 800,000 (2005) | |
Tunisia | 1,899,900 (2003) | 5.681 million (2005) | |
Turkey | 27,887,500 (2003) | 43.609 million (2005) | |
Turkmenistan | 52,000 (2004) | 52,000 (2004) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,700 (1999) | 1,700 (1999) | |
Tuvalu | 0 (2004) | 0 (2004) | |
Uganda | 776,200 (2003) | 1.525 million (2005) | |
Ukraine | 4.2 million (2002) | 17.214 million (2005) | |
United Arab Emirates | 2,972,300 (2003) | 4.535 million (2005) | |
United Kingdom | 49.677 million (2002) | 61.091 million (2004) | |
United States | 158.722 million (2003) | 219.4 million (2005) | |
Uruguay | 652,000 (2002) | 600,000 (2004) | |
Uzbekistan | 320,800 (2003) | 720,000 (2005) | |
Vanuatu | 7,800 (2003) | 12,700 (2005) | |
Venezuela | 6,463,600 (2002) | 12.496 million (2005) | |
Vietnam | 2.742 million (2003) | 9.593 million (2005) | |
Virgin Islands | 41,000 (2002) | 64,200 (2004) | |
Wallis and Futuna | 0 (1994) | 0 (1994) | |
West Bank | 480,000 (cellular subscribers in both West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2003) | 1.095 million (includes Gaza Strip) (2005) | |
Western Sahara | 0 (1999) | 0 (1999) | |
World | NA | 2,168,433,600 (2005) | |
Yemen | 411,100 (2002) | 2 million (2005) | |
Zambia | 241,000 (2003) | 946,600 (2005) | |
Zimbabwe | 379,100 (2003) | 699,000 (2005) |