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List of countries by number of mobile numbers in use

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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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RankingsCountry or regions# of phone numbersPopulationPhone #'s/100 citizensDate of evaluation
World7,950,000,000+7,621,018,958104.322019/12
1China China1,610,360,0001,420,050,000113.38url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTLwork=World Banktitle=World Bank Population Dataaccess-date=April 8, 2016}}
2India India1,515,971,7131,375,245,994110.18url=https://main.trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/PR_No.22of2019_0.pdftitle=Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st January, 2019access-date=April 5, 2019archive-date=March 28, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328164926/https://main.trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/PR_No.22of2019_0.pdfurl-status=dead}}
3Indonesia Indonesia385,573,398237,556,363162.282016/07
4USA United States380,577,528327,874,628116.27url=https://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.htmltitle=U.S. and World Population Clocks — POPClockspublisher=Census.gov }}
5Brazil Brazil284,200,000201,032,714141.3url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2151rank.htmltitle=CIA - The World Factbookaccess-date=January 14, 2014archive-date=November 24, 2018archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124010553/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2151rank.htmlurl-status=dead }}
6Russia Russia256,116,000142,905,200155.5url = http://www.mskit.ru/news/n104271/title = Сотовые подключения Москвы: локальный плюс – AC&M Consultingpublisher = MSK ITaccess-date = September 24, 2013 }}
7Pakistan Pakistan196,017,287241,422,08380.12024/12
8Nigeria Nigeria190,475,494190,551,75499.52020/04
9Bangladesh Bangladesh180,780,000162,951,560111.112022/03
10Japan Japan146,649,600127,300,000115.22013
11Germany Germany107,000,00081,882,342130.12013
12Philippines Philippines106,987,09894,013,200113.82013/10
13Mexico Mexico101,339,000112,322,75790.22013/07
14Iran Iran96,165,00086,330,7031302013/02
15Egypt Egypt95,340,00099,958,00095.382019/12
16Turkey Turkey92,200,00085,372,377108.2url=http://www.tuik.gov.tr/HbGetirHTML.do?id=21507title=The Results of Address Based Population Registration System, 2015publisher=Turkish Statistical Institutedate=January 28, 2016access-date=January 28, 2016}}
17Italy Italy88,580,00060,790,400147.42013/12
18Ethiopia Ethiopia87,300,000126,500,000692023/24
19United Kingdom United Kingdom83,100,00064,100,000129.62013
20Vietnam Vietnam72,300,00090,549,390792013/10
21France France72,180,00063,573,842114.22013/12
22Thailand Thailand69,000,00067,480,0001052015
23South Africa South Africa59,474,50050,586,757117.62013
24Colombia Colombia57,900,47249,375,617118.92017
25Ukraine Ukraine57,505,55545,579,904126.02013/12
26Argentina Argentina56,725,20040,134,425141.342013
27Tanzania Tanzania56,313,43862,715,87786.52020/03
28South Korea South Korea56,004,88750,219,669111.52014
29Spain Spain55,740,00047,265,321118.02013/12
30Poland Poland47,153,20038,186,860123.482013
31Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia46,000,00027,137,000169.52013/12
32Morocco Morocco44,450,00033,818,6621312015
33Sri Lanka Sri Lanka38,849,81221,671,000179.32018/12
34Peru Peru34,235,00031,179,417109.82015
35Nepal Nepal34,172,05826,620,020134.412018: NTA_MIS_128,2018
36Algeria Algeria33,000,00035,000,00094.22013
37Venezuela Venezuela32,019,08630,163,157106.152014
38Canada Canada31,210,62836,885,04984.62018
39Taiwan Taiwan28,610,00023,197,947123.33date=December 2017bot=InternetArchiveBotfix-attempted=yes }}, National Communications Commission, Taiwan
40Malaysia Malaysia30,379,00028,250,000143.82014/04
41Kenya Kenya28,080,00042,000,00071.32013
42Romania Romania26,000,00021,438,000123.452010/12/16
43Chile Chile21,000,00017,094,270122.92013/12
44Australia Australia20,570,00023,490,70087.62014/11
45Netherlands Netherlands20,000,00016,515,057121.12013/11
46Hong Kong Hong Kong19,207,5787,482,500256.72018/09
47Guatemala Guatemala17,571,89514,713,763119.42013/06
48UAE United Arab Emirates17,132,7248,410,763203.72014/11
49Ecuador Ecuador15,900,00014,300,000111.182013/01
50SWE Sweden14,500,0009,906,331146.42016/06
51Zimbabwe Zimbabwe13,518,88713,060,000103.5url=https://www.techzim.co.zw/2014/01/zimbabwes-telecoms-stats-2013-103-5-mobile-penetration-rate/#sthash.QLSqfoc7.dpuftitle=Zimbabwe's telecoms stats (2013): 103.5% mobile penetration ratepublisher=TechZimdate=January 9, 2014access-date=October 19, 2014}}
52Portugal Portugal13,400,00010,562,178126.872013/11
53Belgium Belgium11,822,00010,414,000113.62013
5411,561,8909,908,798116.72013/11
55Bulgaria Bulgaria10,454,4007,200,000145.2url=https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalCompetitivenessReport_2014-15.pdftitle=Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015publisher=World Economic Forumdate=2015access-date=November 21, 2016}}
56Israel Israel9,701,2007,900,000122.82013
57Finland Finland9,470,0005,487,308172.62015
58Costa Rica Costa Rica8,300,0004,872,0001562017/06
59Singapore Singapore8,106,7005,399,000150.12015/01
60Azerbaijan Azerbaijan7,000,0005,543,819126.22008/02
61Denmark Denmark7,000,0005,700,000127.52013
62Panama Panama6,900,0003,405,813202.52013/07
63Jordan Jordan6,010,0005,950,000101.02010/03
64Ireland Ireland5,770,6384,581,269125.92015
65Lithuania Lithuania4,940,0002,955,986167.1url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819130935/http://db1.stat.gov.lt/statbank/selectvarval/saveselections.asp?MainTable=M3010101&PLanguage=1&TableStyle=&Buttons=&PXSId=7743&IQY=&TC=&ST=ST&rvar0=&rvar1=&rvar2=&rvar3=&rvar4=&rvar5=&rvar6=&rvar7=&rvar8=&rvar9=&rvar10=&rvar11=&rvar12=&rvar13=&rvar14=date=August 19, 2010 }}
664,761,0004,500,000111.12013
67Mongolia Mongolia3,500,0002,980,000117.42013
68Lebanon Lebanon2,720,0004,224,00064.42010/10
69Latvia Latvia2,579,0001,986,705129.82015/07
70North Korea North Korea3,000,00024,451,28512.32015
71Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago2,060,0001,363,985151.6url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830072824/https://tatt.org.tt/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/API/Entries/Download?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=1291&PortalId=0&TabId=222date=August 30, 2021 }}
72Estonia Estonia1,904,0001,269,420150.52015/07
73Cuba Cuba1,300,00011,200,00011.62011/12
74Montenegro Montenegro1,117,500620,029180.232015/09
75Malta Malta554,651452,515122.572013/06
76Maldives Maldives776,716417,492245.922017/07

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