List of countries by number of mobile phones in use - wikipedia 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. Contents 1 See also 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links 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 China 1,321,930,000 1,371,220,000 96.40 December 2016 India 1,183,408,611 1,131,005,994 86.89 May 2018 United States 327,577,529 317,874,628 103.1 April 2014 Brazil 284,200,000 201,032,714 141.3 May 2015 Russia 256,116,000 142,905,200 155.5 July 2013 6 Indonesia 236,800,000 237,556,363 99.68 September 2013 7 Nigeria 167,371,945 177,155,754 94.5 February 2014 8 Bangladesh 150,945,000 157,497,000 95.54 June 2018 9 Japan 146,649,600 127,300,000 115.2 2013 10 Pakistan 150,169,643 207,774,520 74.21 April 2018 11 Germany 107,000,000 81,882,342 130.1 2013 12 Philippines 106,987,098 94,013,200 113.8 October 2013 13 Mexico 101,339,000 112,322,757 90.2 July 2013 14 Iran 96,165,000 73,973,650 130 February 2013 15 Egypt 93,670,000 87,120,000 107.17 December 2015 16 Italy 88,580,000 60,790,400 147.4 December 2013 17 United Kingdom 83,100,000 64,100,000 129.6 2013 18 Vietnam 72,300,000 90,549,390 79 October 2013 19 Turkey 72,200,000 79,463,663 92.5 2015 20 France 72,180,000 63,573,842 114.2 December 2013 21 Thailand 69,000,000 67,480,000 105 2015 22 South Africa 59,474,500 50,586,757 117.6 2013 23 Colombia 57,900,472 49,375,617 118.9 2017 24 Ukraine 57,505,555 45,579,904 126.0 December 2013 25 Argentina 56,725,200 40,134,425 141.34 2013 26 South Korea 56,004,887 50,219,669 111.5 2014 27 Spain 55,740,000 47,265,321 118.0 February 2013 28 Poland 47,153,200 38,186,860 123.48 2013 29 Saudi Arabia 46,000,000 27,137,000 169.5 June 2013 30 Morocco 44,450,000 33,818,662 131 2015 31 Peru 34,235,000 31,179,417 109.8 2015 32 Nepal 34,172,058 26,620,020 134.41 NTA_MIS_128, 2018 33 Algeria 33,000,000 35,000,000 94.2 2013 34 Venezuela 32,019,086 30,163,157 106.15 2014 35 Canada 31,210,628 36,885,049 84.6 2018 36 Taiwan 28,610,000 23,197,947 123.33 September 2013 37 Malaysia 30,379,000 28,250,000 143.8 April 2014 38 Kenya 28,080,000 42,000,000 71.3 2013 39 Romania 26,000,000 21,438,000 123.45 December 16, 2010 40 Sri Lanka 22,123,000 20,771,000 107 December 2014 41 Chile 21,000,000 17,094,270 122.9 December 2013 42 Australia 20,570,000 23,490,700 87.6 November 2014 43 Netherlands 20,000,000 16,515,057 121.1 November 2013 44 Ethiopia 18,000,000 85,000,020 21.8 December 2013 45 Guatemala 17,571,895 14,713,763 119.4 June 2013 46 Hong Kong 17,445,581 7,264,100 240.2 March 2015 47 United Arab Emirates 17,132,724 8,410,763 203.7 November 2014 48 Ecuador 15,900,000 14,300,000 111.18 January 2013 49 Sweden 14,500,000 9,906,331 146.4 June 2016 50 Zimbabwe 13,518,887 13,060,000 103.5 January 2014 51 Portugal 13,400,000 10,562,178 126.87 November 2013 52 Belgium 11,822,000 10,414,000 113.6 2013 53 Hungary 11,561,890 9,908,798 116.7 November 2013 54 Bulgaria 10,454,400 7,200,000 145.2 2013 56 Israel 9,701,200 7,900,000 122.8 2013 56 Finland 9,470,000 5,487,308 172.6 2015 57 Costa Rica 8,300,000 4.872. 000 156 June 2017 58 Singapore 8,106,700 5,399,000 150.1 January 2015 59 Azerbaijan 7,000,000 5,543,819 126.2 February 2008 60 Denmark 7,000,000 5,700,000 127.5 2013 61 Panama 6,900,000 3,405,813 202.5 July 2013 62 Jordan 6,010,000 5,950,000 101.0 March 2010 63 Ireland 5,770,638 4,581,269 125.9 2015 64 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 3,500,000 2,980,000 117.4 2013 67 Lebanon 2,720,000 4,224,000 64.4 October 2010 68 Latvia 2,579,000 1,986,705 129.8 July 2015 69 North Korea 3,000,000 24,451,285 12.3 2015 70 Estonia 1,904,000 1,265,420 150.5 July 2015 71 Cuba 1,300,000 11,200,000 11.6 December 2011 72 Montenegro 1,117,500 620,029 180.23 September 2015 73 Malta 554,651 452,515 122.57 June 2013 74 Maldives 776,716 417,492 245.92 July 2017 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 Notes Jump up ^ `` ICTFacts & Figures : The World in 2015 '' ( ( more than 7 billion mobile cellular subscriptions worldwide ) ) February 2016 Jump up ^ `` World Population Prospects : The 2012 Revision ''. 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Question: number of mobile phone users in india 2018
Answer: 1,183,408,611