This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phone numbers in use. As an important caveat, this list does not provide the number of mobile phones in use. It is common for each SIM card has a separate phone number, so phones with multiple SIM cards will have multiple phone numbers. As another caveat, some mobile phone numbers may be used by machines as a modem, such as intrusion detection systems, home automation, or leak detection, and some numbers may be used as a local micro-cell.

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+ Rankings Country or regions # of phone numbers Population Phone #'s/100 citizens Date of evaluation World 7,950,000,000+7,621,018,958 104.32 2019/12 1 China 1,610,360,000 1,420,050,000 113.38 2020/10 2 India 1,515,971,713 1,375,245,994 110.18 2020/10 3 Indonesia 385,573,398 237,556,363 162.28 2016/07 4 United States 380,577,528 327,874,628 116.27 2020/10 5 Brazil 284,200,000 201,032,714 141.3 2015/05 6 Russia 256,116,000 142,905,200 155.5 2013/07 7 Pakistan 196,017,287 241,422,083 80.1 2024/12 8 Nigeria 190,475,494 190,551,754 99.5 2020/04 9 Bangladesh 180,780,000 162,951,560 111.11 2022/03 10 Japan 146,649,600 127,300,000 115.2 2013 11 Germany 107,000,000 81,882,342 130.1 2013 12 Philippines 106,987,098 94,013,200 113.8 2013/10 13 Mexico 101,339,000 112,322,757 90.2 2013/07 14 Iran 96,165,000 86,330,703 130 2013/02 15 Egypt 95,340,000 99,958,000 95.38 2019/12 16 Turkey 92,200,000 85,372,377 108.2 2024 17 Italy 88,580,000 60,790,400 147.4 2013/12https://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/35260?199 18 Ethiopia 87,300,000 126,500,000 69 2023/24Ethio Telecom's net profit and revenue surge with 8.9% subscriber base increase. Retrieved on 13/01/2025.Safaricom users in Ethiopia tick up Retrieved on 13/01/2025. 19 United Kingdom 83,100,000 64,100,000 129.6 2013 20 Vietnam 72,300,000 90,549,390 79 2013/10 21 France 72,180,000 63,573,842 114.2 2013/12 22 Thailand 69,000,000 67,480,000 105 2015 23 South Africa 59,474,500 50,586,757 117.6 2013 24 Colombia 57,900,472 49,375,617 118.9 2017 25 Ukraine 57,505,555 45,579,904 126.0 2013/12 26 Argentina 56,725,200 40,134,425 141.34 2013 27 Tanzania 56,313,438 62,715,877 86.5 2020/03 28 South Korea 56,004,887 50,219,669 111.5 2014 29 Spain 55,740,000 47,265,321 118.0 2013/12 30 Poland 47,153,200 38,186,860 123.48 2013 31 Saudi Arabia 46,000,000 27,137,000 169.5 2013/12 32 Morocco 44,450,000 33,818,662 131 2015 33 Sri Lanka 38,849,812 21,671,000 179.3 2018/12 34 Peru 34,235,000 31,179,417 109.8 2015 35 Nepal 34,172,058 26,620,020 134.41 2018: NTA_MIS_128,2018 36 Algeria 33,000,000 35,000,000 94.2 2013 37 Venezuela 32,019,086 30,163,157 106.15 2014 38 Canada 31,210,628 36,885,049 84.6 2018 39 Taiwan 28,610,000 23,197,947 123.33 2013/12Key Index of Communication Industry , National Communications Commission, Taiwan 40 Malaysia 30,379,000 28,250,000 143.8 2014/04 41 Kenya 28,080,000 42,000,000 71.3 2013 42 Romania 26,000,000 21,438,000 123.45 2010/12/16 Istoria telefoniei mobile din Romania 43 Chile 21,000,000 17,094,270 122.9 2013/12 44 Australia 20,570,000 23,490,700 87.6 2014/11 45 Netherlands 20,000,000 16,515,057 121.1 2013/11 46 Hong Kong19,207,578 7,482,500 256.7 2018/09 47 Guatemala 17,571,895 14,713,763 119.4 2013/06 48 United Arab Emirates 17,132,724 8,410,763 203.7 2014/11 49 Ecuador 15,900,000 14,300,000 111.18 2013/01 Estudian cómo restituir perjuicio a millones de usuarios de celulares 50 Sweden14,500,000 9,906,331 146.4 2016/06 51 Zimbabwe 13,518,887 13,060,000 103.5 2014/01 52 Portugal 13,400,000 10,562,178 126.87 2013/11 53 Belgium 11,822,000 10,414,000 113.6 2013 54 11,561,890 9,908,798 116.7 2013/11 55 Bulgaria 10,454,400 7,200,000 145.2 2013 56 Israel 9,701,200 7,900,000 122.8 2013 57 Finland 9,040,000 5,652,881 159.9 2025 H2 58 Costa Rica 8,300,000 4,872,000156 2017/06 59 Singapore 8,106,700 5,399,000 150.1 2015/01 60 Azerbaijan 7,000,000 5,543,819126.2 2008/02 61 Denmark 7,000,000 5,700,000 127.5 2013 62 Panama 6,900,000 3,405,813 202.5 2013/07Panameños prefieren enviar mensajes de texto que hablar | Panorama-Impreso | La Prensa Panamá . Prensa.com (July 7, 2013). Retrieved on 2013-09-18. 63 Jordan 6,010,000 5,950,000 101.0 2010/03 64 Ireland 5,770,638 4,581,269 125.9 2015 65 Lithuania 4,940,000 2,955,986 167.1 2013 Q2 July (at the beginning of the month) data is used because it closely represents the end of Q2 2013 (June 30, 2013). Retrieved 2013-09-14. 66 4,761,000 4,500,000 111.1 2013 67 Mongolia 3,500,000 2,980,000 117.4 2013 68 Lebanon 2,720,000 4,224,000 64.4 2010/10 69 Latvia 2,579,000 1,986,705 129.8 2015/07 70 North Korea 3,000,000 24,451,285 12.3 2015 71 Trinidad and Tobago 2,060,000 1,363,985 151.6 2019 Q2 72 Estonia 1,904,000 1,269,420 150.5 2015/07 73 Cuba 1,300,000 11,200,000 11.6 2011/12More Cubans have local intranet, mobile phones. Reuters. Retrieved on September 18, 2013. 74 Montenegro 1,117,500 620,029 180.23 2015/09"Information about the state of electronic communications market in September 2015 - Mobile Phones", Montenegrin Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services. 75 Malta 554,651 452,515 122.57 2013/06Key market indicators for electronic communications and post Q1 2009 to Q2 2013 | Malta Communications Authority . MCA.org.mt (September 11, 2013). Retrieved on 2013-11-12. 76 Maldives776,716417,492245.922017/07Communications Authority of Maldives | Communications Authority of Maldives . www.cam.gov.mv (November 03, 2017). Retrieved on 2017-11-03.

See also List of countries by smartphone penetration List of countries by number of telephone lines in use List of mobile network operators List of countries by number of Internet users

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References

External links World Map and Chart of Number of Mobile cellular subscriptions per country by Lebanese-economy-forum, World Bank data