List of countries by number of mobile phones in use
This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phones in use. Note that it is not the number of phone devices that are being given here, but the number of phone numbers in a country.

List of countries by number of mobile phones in use

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Table Section Text: This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phones in use. Note that it is not the number of phone devices that are being given here, but the number of phone numbers in a country.

Rankings	Country or regions	Number of mobile phones	Population	Connections/100 citizens	Date of evaluation

World	7,000,000,000+	7,324,782,000	96	2015

1	China China	1,320,810,000	1,382,710,000	96.40	December 2017

2	India India	1,181,971,713	1,324,245,994	90.15	January 2019

3	United States United States	327,577,529	317,874,628	103.1	April 2014

4	Brazil Brazil	284,200,000	201,032,714	141.3	May 2015

5	Russia Russia	256,116,000	142,905,200	155.5	July 2013

6	Indonesia Indonesia	236,800,000	237,556,363	99.68	September 2013

7	Nigeria Nigeria	167,371,945	177,155,754	94.5	February 2014

8	Bangladesh Bangladesh	158,438,000	162,951,560	97.23	February 2019

9	Japan Japan	146,649,600	127,300,000	115.2	2013

10	Pakistan Pakistan	150,169,643	207,774,520	74.21	April 2018

11	Germany Germany	107,000,000	81,882,342	130.1	2013

12	Philippines Philippines	106,987,098	94,013,200	113.8	October 2013

13	Mexico Mexico	101,339,000	112,322,757	90.2	July 2013

14	Iran Iran	96,165,000	73,973,650	130	February 2013

15	Egypt Egypt	93,670,000	87,120,000	107.17	December 2015

16	Italy Italy	88,580,000	60,790,400	147.4	December 2013

17	United Kingdom United Kingdom	83,100,000	64,100,000	129.6	2013

18	Vietnam Vietnam	72,300,000	90,549,390	79	October 2013

19	Turkey Turkey	72,200,000	79,463,663	92.5	2015

20	France France	72,180,000	63,573,842	114.2	December 2013

21	Thailand Thailand	69,000,000	67,480,000	105	2015

22	South Africa South Africa	59,474,500	50,586,757	117.6	2013

23	Colombia Colombia	57,900,472	49,375,617	118.9	2017

24	Ukraine Ukraine	57,505,555	45,579,904	126.0	December 2013

25	Argentina Argentina	56,725,200	40,134,425	141.34	2013

26	South Korea South Korea	56,004,887	50,219,669	111.5	2014

27	Spain Spain	55,740,000	47,265,321	118.0	February 2013

28	Poland Poland	47,153,200	38,186,860	123.48	2013

29	Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia	46,000,000	27,137,000	169.5	June 2013

30	Morocco Morocco	44,450,000	33,818,662	131	2015

31	Sri Lanka Sri Lanka	38,849,812	21,671,000	179.3	December 2018

32	Peru Peru	34,235,000	31,179,417	109.8	2015

33	Nepal Nepal	34,172,058	26,620,020	134.41	NTA_MIS_128,2018

34	Algeria Algeria	33,000,000	35,000,000	94.2	2013

35	Venezuela Venezuela	32,019,086	30,163,157	106.15	2014

36	Canada Canada	31,210,628	36,885,049	84.6	2018

37	Taiwan Taiwan	28,610,000	23,197,947	123.33	September 2013

38	Malaysia Malaysia	30,379,000	28,250,000	143.8	April 2014

39	Kenya Kenya	28,080,000	42,000,000	71.3	2013

40	Romania Romania	26,000,000	21,438,000	123.45	December 16, 2010

41	Chile Chile	21,000,000	17,094,270	122.9	December 2013

42	Australia Australia	20,570,000	23,490,700	87.6	November 2014

43	Netherlands Netherlands	20,000,000	16,515,057	121.1	November 2013

44	Hong Kong Hong Kong	19,207,578	7,482,500	256.7	September 2018

45	Ethiopia Ethiopia	18,000,000	85,000,020	21.8	December 2013

46	Guatemala Guatemala	17,571,895	14,713,763	119.4	June 2013

47	United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates	17,132,724	8,410,763	203.7	November 2014

48	Ecuador Ecuador	15,900,000	14,300,000	111.18	January 2013

49	Sweden Sweden	14,500,000	9,906,331	146.4	June 2016

50	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	13,518,887	13,060,000	103.5	January 2014

51	Portugal Portugal	13,400,000	10,562,178	126.87	November 2013

52	Belgium Belgium	11,822,000	10,414,000	113.6	2013

53	Hungary	11,561,890	9,908,798	116.7	November 2013

54	Bulgaria Bulgaria	10,454,400	7,200,000	145.2	2013

56	Israel Israel	9,701,200	7,900,000	122.8	2013

56	Finland Finland	9,470,000	5,487,308	172.6	2015

57	Costa Rica Costa Rica	8,300,000	4,872,000	156	June 2017

58	Singapore Singapore	8,106,700	5,399,000	150.1	January 2015

59	Azerbaijan Azerbaijan	7,000,000	5,543,819	126.2	February 2008

60	Denmark Denmark	7,000,000	5,700,000	127.5	2013

61	Panama Panama	6,900,000	3,405,813	202.5	July 2013

62	Jordan Jordan	6,010,000	5,950,000	101.0	March 2010

63	Republic of Ireland Ireland	5,770,638	4,581,269	125.9	2015

64	Lithuania Lithuania	4,940,000	2,955,986	167.1	2nd quarter of 2013

65	New Zealand	4,761,000	4,500,000	111.1	2013

66	Mongolia Mongolia	3,500,000	2,980,000	117.4	2013

67	Lebanon Lebanon	2,720,000	4,224,000	64.4	October 2010

68	Latvia Latvia	2,579,000	1,986,705	129.8	July 2015

69	North Korea North Korea	3,000,000	24,451,285	12.3	2015

70	Estonia Estonia	1,904,000	1,265,420	150.5	July 2015

71	Cuba Cuba	1,300,000	11,200,000	11.6	December 2011

72	Montenegro Montenegro	1,117,500	620,029	180.23	September 2015

73	Malta Malta	554,651	452,515	122.57	June 2013

74	Maldives Maldives	776,716	417,492	245.92	July 2017

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China has the largest number of active cellphones of any country in the world.

final_sentence: China has the largest number of active cellphones of any country in the world.