List of countries by number of mobile phones in use
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Columns: Country or region | Number of mobile phones | Population | # of phones as % of population | Last updated date
World | Over 6.8 billion | 7,012,000,000 | 87 | 2013 | China | 1,206,553,000 | 1,349,585,838 | 89.2 | September 2013 | India | 867,800,000 | 1,220,800,359 | 70.72 | 30 April 2013 | United States | 327,577,529 | 310,866,000 | 103.9 | June 2013 | Brazil | 268,440,423 | 192,379,287 | 135.4 | August 2013 | Russia | 256,116,000 | 142,905,200 | 155.5 | July 2013 | Indonesia | 236,800,000 | 237,556,363 | 109.28 | September 2013 | Pakistan | 125,012,860 | 178,854,781 | 69.9 | May 2013 | Japan | 121,246,700 | 127,628,095 | 95.1 | June 2013 | Germany | 107,000,000 | 81,882,342 | 130.1 | 2013 | Philippines | 106,987,098 | 94,013,200 | 113.8 | October 2013 | Nigeria | 114,000,000 | 165,200,000 | 69 | May 2013 | Bangladesh | 106,000,000 | 148,090,000 | 68 | www.btrc.gov.bd,july2013 | Iran | 96,165,000 | 73,973,000 | 130 | February 2013 | Mexico | 92,900,000 | 112,322,757 | 82.7 | Dec. 2011 | Italy | 88,580,000 | 60,090,400 | 147.4 | Dec. 2013 | United Kingdom | 75,750,000 | 61,612,300 | 122.9 | Dec. 2013 | Vietnam | 72,300,000 | 90,549,390 | 79 | October 2013 | France | 72,180,000 | 63,573,842 | 114.2 | Dec. 2013 | Egypt | 92,640,000 | 82,120,000 | 112.81 | Egypt Ministry of Communications & IT, August 2013 | Thailand | 69,000,000 | 65,001,021 | 105 | 2013 | Turkey | 66,000,000 | 71,517,100 | 92.2 | 2013 | Ukraine | 57,505,555 | 45,579,904 | 126 | Dec. 2013 | Spain | 55.740.000 | 47 265 321 | 118 | Feb. 2013 | South Korea | 52,510,000 | 48,580,000 | 108.1 | 2013 | Argentina | 56,725,200 | 40,134,425 | 141.34 | 2013 | Poland | 47,153,200 | 38,186,860 | 123.48 | 2013 | Colombia | 49.066.359 | 47.000.000 | 104.4 | 2013 | South Africa | 59,474,500 | 50,586,757 | 117.6 | 2013 GSM African Mobile Observatory report | Algeria | 33,000,000 | 35,000,000 | 94.2 | 2013 | Taiwan | 28,610,000 | 23,197,947 | 123.33 | September 2013 | Kenya | 28,080,000 | 42,000,000 | 71.3 | 2013 | Venezuela | 27,400,000 | 28,200,000 | 98 | 2013[ citation needed ] | Peru | 33,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 110 | Oct. 2013 | Romania | 22,800,000 | 21,438,000 | 108.5 | March 20[ citation needed ] | Canada | 26,543,780 | 34,466,423 | 74.1 | Q3 2013 | Morocco | 36,550,000 | 31,968,361 | 113.6 | Q1 2013 | Netherlands | 20,000,000 | 16,515,057 | 121.1 | Nov. 2013 | Australia | 21,260,000 | 21,179,211 | 100.4 | Jun 2013 | Saudi Arabia | 46,000,000 | 27,137,000 | 169.5 | Jun 2013 | Malaysia | 30,379,000 | 28,250,000 | 106 | 2013 | Chile | 21,000,000 | 17,094,270 | 122.9 | Dec. 2013 | Nepal | 18,240,670 | 26,620,020 | 68.5 | Mar. 2013 | Ethiopia | 18,000,000 | 85,000,020 | 21.8 | Dec. 2013 | Guatemala | 17,571,895 | 14,713,763 | 119.4 | Jun. 2013 | Sri Lanka | 17,359,312 | 21,000,000 | 80.95 | Dec. 2013 | Ecuador | 15,900,000 | 14,300,000 | 111.18 | Jan. 2013 | Portugal | 13,400,000 | 10,562,178 | 126.87 | November 2013 | Hong Kong | 13,264,896 | 7,008,900 | 187.9 | Nov. 2013 | Belgium | 11,822,000 | 10,414,000 | 113.6 | 2013[ citation needed ] | Hungary | 11,833,000 | 10,020,000 | 118.3 | Sept. 2013[ citation needed ] | United Arab Emirates | 11,540,040 | 8,264,070 | 139.6 | Nov 2013 | Sweden | 11,194,000 | 9,103,788 | 122.9 | (July 2012 est.) | Bulgaria | 10,655,000 | 7,600,000 | 140.2 | 2008 | Israel | 9,319,000 | 7,310,000 | 127.5 | 2008 | Denmark | 7,000,000 | 5,543,819 | 126.2 | February 2008 | Azerbaijan | 7,000,000 | 8,900,000 | 78.7 | November 2009 | Jordan | 6,010,000 | 5,950,000 | 101 | March 2010 | Singapore | 7,289,000 | 5,076,700 | 143.5 | December 2010 | New Zealand | 4,620,000 | 4,252,277 | 108.6 | 2008 | Estonia | 1,982,000 | 1,340,602 | 147.8 | April 2009[ citation needed ] | Lebanon | 2,720,000 | 4,224,000 | 64.4 | Oct 2010 | Lithuania | 4,940,000 | 2,955,986 | 167.1 | End of Q2 2013 (Tentative) | Cuba | 1,300,000 | 11,200,000 | 11.6 | December 2011 | North Korea | 2,000,000 | 24,451,285 | 8.3 | April 2013 | Panama | 6,900,000 | 3,405,813 | 202.5 | July 2013