Telephones - mobile cellular (2008) | Telephones - mobile cellular (2003) | ||
Afghanistan | 2.52 million (2006) | NA | |
Albania | 1.53 million (2005) | 250,000 (2001) | |
Algeria | 20.998 million (2006) | 33,500 (1999) | |
American Samoa | 2,200 (2004) | 2,550 (1997) | |
Andorra | 64,600 (2005) | 14,117 (December 1998) | |
Angola | 2.264 million (2006) | 25,800 (2000) | |
Anguilla | 1,800 (2002) | 1,629 (2000) | |
Antarctica | - | NA; Iridium system in use | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 102,000 (2006) | 1,300 (1996) | |
Argentina | 31.51 million (2006) | 3 million (December 1999) | |
Armenia | 318,000 (2005) | 50,000 (2002) | |
Aruba | 108,200 (2005) | 3,402 (1997) | |
Australia | 19.76 million (2006) | 8.6 million (2000) | |
Austria | 9.255 million (2006) | 6 million (2001) | |
Azerbaijan | 3.324 million (2006) | 800,000 (2002) | |
Bahamas, The | 227,800 (2005) | 6,152 (1997) | |
Bahrain | 898,900 (2006) | 58,543 (1997) | |
Bangladesh | 19.131 million (2006) | 283,000 (2000) | |
Barbados | 206,200 (2005) | 8,013 (1997) | |
Belarus | 5.96 million (2006) | 8,167 (1997) | |
Belgium | 9.66 million (2006) | 974,494 (1997) | |
Belize | 118,300 (2006) | 3,023 (1997) | |
Benin | 1.056 million (2006) | 55,500 (2000) | |
Bermuda | 60,100 (2006) | 7,980 (1996) | |
Bhutan | 82,100 (2006) | NA | |
Bolivia | 2.421 million (2005) | 116,000 (1997) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.888 million (2006) | 9,000 (1997) | |
Botswana | 979,800 (2006) | 270,000 (September 2001) | |
Brazil | 99.919 million (2006) | 4.4 million (1997) | |
British Virgin Islands | 8,000 (2002) | NA | |
Brunei | 254,000 (2006) | 43,524 (1996) | |
Bulgaria | 8.253 million (2006) | 1.054 million (2001) | |
Burkina Faso | 1.017 million (2006) | 25,200 (2000) | |
Burma | 214,200 (2006) | 8,492 (1997) | |
Burundi | 153,000 (2005) | 30,000 (2002) | |
Cambodia | 1.14 million (2006) | 80,000 (2000) | |
Cameroon | 2.253 million (2005) | 300,000 (2002) | |
Canada | 17.017 million (2005) | 8,751,300 (1997) | |
Cape Verde | 108,900 (2006) | 28,119 (2002) | |
Cayman Islands | 17,000 (2002) | 2,534 (1995) | |
Central African Republic | 100,000 (2005) | 710 (1998) | |
Chad | 466,100 (2006) | 5,500 (2000) | |
Chile | 12.451 million (2006) | 944,225 (1998) | |
China | 461.1 million (2006) | 65 million (January 2001) | |
Christmas Island | - | NA | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | - | NA | |
Colombia | 29.763 million (2006) | 1,800,229 (December 1998) | |
Comoros | 16,100 (2005) | NA | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 4.415 million (2006) | 15,000 (2000) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 490,000 (2005) | 3,300 (1998) | |
Cook Islands | 1,500 (2002) | 0 (1994) | |
Costa Rica | 1.444 million (2006) | 143,000 (2000) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 4.065 million (2006) | 450,000 (2000) | |
Croatia | 4.47 million (2006) | 1.3 million (2001) | |
Cuba | 152,700 (2006) | 2,994 (1997) | |
Cyprus | area under government control: 777,500 (2006); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 143,178 (2002) | Greek Cypriot area: 68,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 70,000 (1999) | |
Czech Republic | 12.15 million (2006) | 4.346 million (2000) | |
Denmark | 5.841 million (2006) | 1,444,016 (1997) | |
Djibouti | 44,100 (2005) | 5,000 (2002) | |
Dominica | 41,800 (2004) | 461 (1996) | |
Dominican Republic | 4.606 million (2006) | 130,149 (1997) | |
East Timor | - | NA | |
Ecuador | 8.485 million (2006) | 384,000 (1999) | |
Egypt | 18.001 million (2006) | 380,000 (1999) | |
El Salvador | 3.852 million (2006) | 40,163 (1997) | |
Equatorial Guinea | 96,900 (2005) | 300 (1998) | |
Eritrea | 62,000 (2006) | NA; note - mobile cellular service was introduced in May 2001 | |
Estonia | 1.659 million (2006) | 711,000 (yearend 2001) | |
Ethiopia | 866,700 (2006) | 17,800 (2000) | |
European Union | 466 million (2005) | - | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 0 (2001) | NA | |
Faroe Islands | 50,000 (2006) | 10,761 (1999) | |
Fiji | 205,000 (2005) | 5,200 (1997) | |
Finland | 5.67 million (2006) | 3,728,600 (2001) | |
France | 53.023 million; 51,662,000 (metropolitan France) (2006) | 11.078 million (yearend 1998) | |
French Guiana | - | NA | |
French Polynesia | 152,000 (2006) | 5,427 (1997) | |
Gabon | 764,700 (2006) | 120,000 (2000) | |
Gambia, The | 404,300 (2006) | 5,624 (2000) | |
Gaza Strip | 1.095 million (includes West Bank) (2005) | NA | |
Georgia | 2.4 million (2007) | 185,500 (2000) | |
Germany | 84.3 million (2006) | 55.3 million (June 2001) | |
Ghana | 5.207 million (2006) | 150,000 (2001) | |
Gibraltar | 9,797 (2002) | 1,620 (1997) | |
Greece | 11.098 million (2006) | 937,700 (1997) | |
Greenland | 32,200 (2004) | 12,676 (yearend 1999) | |
Grenada | 46,200 (2006) | 976 (1997) | |
Guadeloupe | - | NA | |
Guam | 98,000 (2004) | 55,000 (1998) | |
Guatemala | 7.179 million (2006) | 663,296 (September 2000) | |
Guernsey | 43,800 (2004) | 12,000 (1997) | |
Guinea | 189,000 (2005) | 21,567 (1998) | |
Guinea-Bissau | 95,000 (2005) | 0 (2001) | |
Guyana | 281,400 (2005) | 6,100 (2000) | |
Haiti | 500,200 (2005) | over 180,000 (January 2003) | |
Holy See (Vatican City) | - | NA | |
Honduras | 2.241 million (2006) | 14,427 (1997) | |
Hong Kong | 9.913 million (2007) | 3.7 million (December 1999) | |
Hungary | 9.965 million (2006) | 1.269 million (July 1999) | |
Iceland | 328,500 (2006) | 248,131 (221,231 GSM, 26,900 NMT) (2001) | |
India | 166.1 million (2006) | 2.93 million (November 2000) | |
Indonesia | 63.803 million (2006) | 1.07 million (1998) | |
Iran | 13.659 million (2006) | 265,000 (August 1998) | |
Iraq | 10.9 million (2007) | NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001) | |
Ireland | 4.69 million (2006) | 3 million (2002) | |
Isle of Man | - | NA | |
Israel | 8.404 million (2006) | 2.5 million (1999) | |
Italy | 71.5 million (2005) | 20.5 million (1999) | |
Jamaica | 2.804 million (2005) | 54,640 (1996) | |
Japan | 101.7 million (2006) | 63.88 million (2000) | |
Jersey | 83,900 (2004) | 4,400 (1997) | |
Jordan | 4.343 million (2006) | 11,500 (1995) | |
Kazakhstan | 7.83 million (2006) | 400,000 (2001) | |
Kenya | 6.485 million (2006) | 540,000 (2001) | |
Kiribati | 600 (2004) | NA | |
Korea, North | - | NA | |
Korea, South | 40.197 million (2006) | 28 million (September 2000) | |
Kosovo | 562,000 (2006) | - | |
Kuwait | 2.536 million (2006) | 210,000 (1997) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 541,700 (2005) | NA | |
Laos | 638,200 (2006) | 4,915 (1997) | |
Latvia | 2.184 million (2006) | 401,263 (2000) | |
Lebanon | 1.103 million (2006) | 580,000 (1999) | |
Lesotho | 249,800 (2005) | 21,600 (2000) | |
Liberia | 160,000 (2005) | 0 (1998) | |
Libya | 3.928 million (2006) | 20,000 (1998) | |
Liechtenstein | 27,500 (2005) | NA | |
Lithuania | 4.718 million (2006) | 500,000 (2001) | |
Luxembourg | 713,800 (2006) | 215,741 (2000) | |
Macau | 794,323 (2007) | 158,251 (November 2001) | |
Macedonia | 1.417 million (2006) | - | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | - | 12,362 (1997) | |
Madagascar | 1.046 million (2006) | 63,100 (2000) | |
Malawi | 429,300 (2005) | 49,000 (2000) | |
Malaysia | 19.464 million (2006) | 5 million (2000) | |
Maldives | 262,600 (2006) | 1,290 (1997) | |
Mali | 1.513 million (2006) | 40,000 (2001) | |
Malta | 346,800 (2006) | 17,691 (1997) | |
Marshall Islands | 600 (2004) | 489 (2001) | |
Martinique | - | 15,000 (1997) | |
Mauritania | 1.06 million (2006) | 35,000 (2001) | |
Mauritius | 772,400 (2006) | 180,000 (2000) | |
Mayotte | 48,100 (2005) | 0 (2000) | |
Mexico | 57.016 million (2006) | 2.02 million (1998) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 14,100 (2005) | newly installed in Pohnpei and Yap | |
Moldova | 1.358 million (2006) | 2,200 (1997) | |
Monaco | 17,200 (2005) | NA | |
Mongolia | 775,300 (2006) | 110,000 (2001) | |
Montenegro | 821,800 (2006) | - | |
Montserrat | NA | 70 (1994) | |
Morocco | 16.005 million (2006) | 116,645 (1998) | |
Mozambique | 2.339 million (2006) | 287,000 (2002) | |
Namibia | 495,000 (2005) | 82,000 (2000 est.) | |
Nauru | 1,500 (2002) | 450 (1994) | |
Nepal | 1.042 million (2006) | NA | |
Netherlands | 15.834 million (2005) | 4,081,891 (April 1999) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 200,000 (2004) | 13,977 (1996) | |
New Caledonia | 134,300 (2005) | 13,040 (1998) | |
New Zealand | 3.53 million (2005) | 2.2 million (2000) | |
Nicaragua | 1.83 million (2006) | 7,911 (1997) | |
Niger | 323,900 (2005) | 6,700 (2002) | |
Nigeria | 32.322 million (2006) | 200,000 (2001) | |
Niue | 400 (2002) | 0 (1991) | |
Norfolk Island | 0; note - proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum (2002) | 0 (1983) | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 20,500 (2004) | 1,200 (1995) | |
Norway | 5.041 million (2006) | 2,080,408 (1998) | |
Oman | 1.818 million (2006) | 59,822 (1997) | |
Pakistan | 63.16 million (2007) | 158,000 (1998) | |
Palau | 1,000 (2002) | 1,000 (2002) | |
Panama | 1.694 million (2005) | 17,000 (1997) | |
Papua New Guinea | 75,000 (2005) | 3,053 (1996) | |
Paraguay | 3.233 million (2006) | 510,000 (2001) | |
Peru | 8.5 million (2006) | 504,995 (1998) | |
Philippines | 42.869 million (2006) | 11.35 million (2001) | |
Poland | 36.746 million (2006) | 13 million (2002) | |
Portugal | 12.226 million (2006) | 3,074,194 (1999) | |
Puerto Rico | 3.354 million (2005) | 169,265 (1996) | |
Qatar | 919,800 (2006) | 43,476 (1997) | |
Reunion | - | 197,000 (September 2000) | |
Romania | 17.4 million (2006) | 645,500 (1999) | |
Russia | 150 million (2006) | 19 million (January 2003) | |
Rwanda | 290,000 (2005) | 81,000 (2001)
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several prefecture capitals (2002) |
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Saint Helena | - | 0 (1997) | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10,000 (2004) | 205 (1997) | |
Saint Lucia | 105,700 (2005) | 1,600 (1997) | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 0 (1994) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 87,600 (2006) | NA | |
Samoa | 24,000 (2005) | 1,545 (February 1998) | |
San Marino | 17,390 (2006) | 3,010 (1998) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 12,000 (2005) | 6,942 (1997) | |
Saudi Arabia | 19.663 million (2006) | 2.9 million (2002 est.) | |
Senegal | 2.983 million (2006) | 373,965 (2001) | |
Serbia | 6.644 million (2006) | - | |
Serbia and Montenegro | - | 87,000 (1997) | |
Seychelles | 70,300 (2006) | 16,316 (1999) | |
Sierra Leone | 113,200 (2003) | 30,000 (2001) | |
Singapore | 4.789 million (2006) | 2.74 million (2000) | |
Slovakia | 4.893 million (2006) | 736,662 (April 1999) | |
Slovenia | 1.82 million (2006) | 1 million (2000) | |
Solomon Islands | 6,000 (2005) | 658 (1997) | |
Somalia | 500,000 (2005) | NA | |
South Africa | 39.66 million (2006) | 7.06 million (2001) | |
Spain | 46.152 million (2006) | 8.394 million (1999) | |
Sri Lanka | 7.983 million (2007) | 228,604 (1999) | |
Sudan | 4.683 million (2006) | 20,000 (2000) | |
Suriname | 320,000 (2006) | 4,090 (1997) | |
Svalbard | - | NA | |
Swaziland | 250,000 (2006) | 45,000 (2001) | |
Sweden | 9.087 million (2005) | 3.835 million (October 1998) | |
Switzerland | 7.418 million (2006) | 1.967 million (1999) | |
Syria | 4.675 million (2006) | NA | |
Taiwan | 23.249 million (2006) | 16 million (September 2000) | |
Tajikistan | 265,000 (2005) | 2,500 (1997) | |
Tanzania | 6.72 million (2007) | 30,000 (1999) | |
Thailand | 40.816 million (2006) | 3.1 million (2002) | |
Timor-Leste | 49,100 (2006) | - | |
Togo | 708,000 (2006) | 2,995 (1997) | |
Tokelau | - | 0 (2001) | |
Tonga | 29,900 (2005) | 302 (1996) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1.655 million (2006) | 17,411 (1997) | |
Tunisia | 7.339 million (2006) | 50,000 (1998) | |
Turkey | 52.663 million (2006) | 17.1 million (2001) | |
Turkmenistan | 105,000 (2005) | 4,300 (1998) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,700 (1999) | 0 (1994) | |
Tuvalu | 1,300 (2005) | 0 (1994) | |
Uganda | 2.009 million (2006) | 9,000 (1998) | |
Ukraine | 49.076 million (2006) | 236,000 (1998) | |
United Arab Emirates | 5.519 million (2006) | 1 million (1999) | |
United Kingdom | 69.657 million (2006) | 43.5 million (yearend 1998) | |
United States | 233 million (2006) | 69.209 million (1998) | |
Uruguay | 2.333 million (2006) | 350,000 (2001) | |
Uzbekistan | 5.8 million (2007) | 130,000 (2003) | |
Vanuatu | 12,700 (2005) | 310 (2000) | |
Venezuela | 18.79 million (2006) | 2 million (1998) | |
Vietnam | 33.2 million (2007) | 730,155 (2000) | |
Virgin Islands | 80,300 (2005) | 2,000 (1992) | |
Wallis and Futuna | 0 (1994) | 0 (1994) | |
West Bank | 1.095 million (includes Gaza Strip) (2005) | NA | |
Western Sahara | 0 (1999) | 0 (1999) | |
World | 2,168,433,600 (2005) | NA | |
Yemen | 2 million (2006) | 32,042 (2000) | |
Zambia | 1,663,300 (2006) | 90,000 (2002) | |
Zimbabwe | 832,500 (2006) | 111,000 (2001) |