Rankings · Technology

Mobile subscriptions

Active mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 people.

Nations ranked
179
Highest
574
Lowest
24
Observed
2021–2024

The ten highest

Bars are drawn to the highest value in the table. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.

  1. 1🇫🇯Fiji

    574  ·  observed 2024

  2. 2🇲🇪Montenegro

    222  ·  observed 2024

  3. 3🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

    203  ·  observed 2024

  4. 4🇱🇾Libya

    193  ·  observed 2022

  5. 5🇷🇺Russia

    186  ·  observed 2024

  6. 6🇨🇮Ivory Coast

    184  ·  observed 2024

  7. 7🇿🇦South Africa

    179  ·  observed 2024

  8. 8🇯🇵Japan

    178  ·  observed 2023

  9. 9🇸🇻El Salvador

    177  ·  observed 2024

  10. 10🇨🇴Colombia

    174  ·  observed 2024

Every nation with data

Figures are per 100 people. This table mixes vintages: each publisher carries a nation’s latest available year, so the observations here run from 2021 to 2024 — every row shows its own.

  1. 1🇫🇯Fiji574 · 2024
  2. 2🇲🇪Montenegro222 · 2024
  3. 3🇦🇪United Arab Emirates203 · 2024
  4. 4🇱🇾Libya193 · 2022
  5. 5🇷🇺Russia186 · 2024
  6. 6🇨🇮Ivory Coast184 · 2024
  7. 7🇿🇦South Africa179 · 2024
  8. 8🇯🇵Japan178 · 2023
  9. 9🇸🇻El Salvador177 · 2024
  10. 10🇨🇴Colombia174 · 2024
  11. 11🇮🇷Iran174 · 2024
  12. 12🇲🇺Mauritius173 · 2024
  13. 13🇰🇷South Korea173 · 2024
  14. 14🇰🇼Kuwait168 · 2023
  15. 15🇧🇼Botswana164 · 2024
  16. 16🇬🇪Georgia161 · 2024
  17. 17🇹🇭Thailand161 · 2024
  18. 18🇸🇦Saudi Arabia160 · 2024
  19. 19🇵🇦Panama157 · 2023
  20. 20🇨🇾Cyprus156 · 2024
  21. 21🇦🇩Andorra156 · 2024
  22. 22🇶🇦Qatar154 · 2024
  23. 23🇲🇦Morocco153 · 2024
  24. 24🇪🇪Estonia151 · 2024
  25. 25🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau147 · 2024
  26. 26🇺🇾Uruguay146 · 2024
  27. 27🇱🇺Luxembourg144 · 2023
  28. 28🇸🇷Suriname142 · 2024
  29. 29🇲🇹Malta142 · 2024
  30. 30🇸🇪Sweden141 · 2024
  31. 31🇲🇳Mongolia141 · 2024
  32. 32🇦🇷Argentina140 · 2024
  33. 33🇸🇰Slovakia140 · 2024
  34. 34🇸🇿Eswatini140 · 2024
  35. 35🇲🇾Malaysia140 · 2024
  36. 36🇱🇹Lithuania139 · 2024
  37. 37🇵🇱Poland138 · 2024
  38. 38🇨🇷Costa Rica136 · 2024
  39. 39🇦🇲Armenia135 · 2024
  40. 40🇺🇦Ukraine133 · 2023
  41. 41🇨🇱Chile133 · 2024
  42. 42🇮🇹Italy133 · 2024
  43. 43🇱🇰Sri Lanka133 · 2024
  44. 44🇨🇳China132 · 2024
  45. 45🇧🇾Belarus131 · 2024
  46. 46🇸🇮Slovenia131 · 2024
  47. 47🇪🇸Spain130 · 2024
  48. 48🇳🇿New Zealand130 · 2024
  49. 49🇨🇭Switzerland129 · 2024
  50. 50🇩🇪Germany129 · 2024
  51. 51🇱🇮Liechtenstein129 · 2024
  52. 52🇳🇱Netherlands129 · 2024
  53. 53🇻🇳Vietnam128 · 2024
  54. 54🇰🇿Kazakhstan127 · 2024
  55. 55🇩🇰Denmark127 · 2024
  56. 56🇵🇾Paraguay127 · 2023
  57. 57🇨🇿Czechia127 · 2024
  58. 58🇹🇿Tanzania127 · 2024
  59. 59🇰🇪Kenya126 · 2024
  60. 60🇵🇷Puerto Rico126 · 2024
  61. 61🇬🇲Gambia126 · 2024
  62. 62🇧🇯Benin126 · 2024
  63. 63🇫🇮Finland126 · 2024
  64. 64🇸🇨Seychelles126 · 2024
  65. 65🇬🇦Gabon125 · 2024
  66. 66🇵🇪Peru125 · 2024
  67. 67🇦🇹Austria124 · 2024
  68. 68🇵🇹Portugal124 · 2024
  69. 69🇸🇳Senegal124 · 2024
  70. 70🇷🇸Serbia124 · 2024
  71. 71🇮🇩Indonesia123 · 2024
  72. 72🇭🇷Croatia122 · 2024
  73. 73🇬🇧United Kingdom122 · 2024
  74. 74🇱🇻Latvia121 · 2024
  75. 75🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina121 · 2024
  76. 76🇮🇸Iceland121 · 2024
  77. 77🇴🇲Oman121 · 2024
  78. 78🇸🇲San Marino120 · 2022
  79. 79🇲🇩Moldova120 · 2024
  80. 80🇷🇴Romania120 · 2024
  81. 81🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago119 · 2024
  82. 82🇬🇱Greenland119 · 2022
  83. 83🇧🇳Brunei118 · 2024
  84. 84🇧🇬Bulgaria118 · 2024
  85. 85🇯🇲Jamaica118 · 2024
  86. 86🇹🇳Tunisia118 · 2024
  87. 87🇫🇷France117 · 2023
  88. 88🇧🇫Burkina Faso117 · 2024
  89. 89🇲🇽Mexico116 · 2024
  90. 90🇹🇱Timor-Leste116 · 2024
  91. 91🇰🇭Cambodia116 · 2024
  92. 92🇩🇿Algeria115 · 2024
  93. 93🇵🇭Philippines115 · 2024
  94. 94🇲🇲Myanmar114 · 2024
  95. 95🇬🇭Ghana114 · 2024
  96. 96🇬🇷Greece114 · 2024
  97. 97🇺🇸United States113 · 2024
  98. 98🇮🇪Ireland113 · 2024
  99. 99🇦🇺Australia113 · 2024
  100. 100🇬🇾Guyana113 · 2022
  101. 101🇬🇹Guatemala113 · 2024
  102. 102🇲🇱Mali112 · 2022
  103. 103🇨🇻Cape Verde112 · 2024
  104. 104🇺🇿Uzbekistan110 · 2024
  105. 105🇰🇲Comoros110 · 2023
  106. 106🇦🇿Azerbaijan110 · 2024
  107. 107🇳🇴Norway109 · 2024
  108. 108🇿🇲Zambia109 · 2024
  109. 109🇲🇰North Macedonia108 · 2024
  110. 110🇨🇲Cameroon108 · 2024
  111. 111🇧🇩Bangladesh108 · 2024
  112. 112🇸🇱Sierra Leone108 · 2022
  113. 113🇹🇷Türkiye108 · 2024
  114. 114🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan107 · 2024
  115. 115🇲🇨Monaco107 · 2024
  116. 116🇳🇮Nicaragua106 · 2024
  117. 117🇭🇺Hungary105 · 2024
  118. 118🇧🇪Belgium104 · 2024
  119. 119🇧🇷Brazil102 · 2024
  120. 120🇪🇨Ecuador102 · 2024
  121. 121🇮🇶Iraq100 · 2024
  122. 122🇳🇵Nepal100 · 2024
  123. 123🇧🇹Bhutan100 · 2024
  124. 124🇧🇴Bolivia98 · 2024
  125. 125🇬🇳Guinea98 · 2023
  126. 126🇪🇬Egypt97 · 2024
  127. 127🇧🇸Bahamas97 · 2024
  128. 128🇨🇬Congo96 · 2024
  129. 129🇿🇼Zimbabwe94 · 2024
  130. 130🇨🇦Canada94 · 2024
  131. 131🇩🇴Dominican Republic94 · 2024
  132. 132🇷🇼Rwanda93 · 2024
  133. 133🇲🇷Mauritania92 · 2024
  134. 134🇳🇨New Caledonia92 · 2022
  135. 135🇻🇺Vanuatu89 · 2023
  136. 136🇦🇱Albania89 · 2024
  137. 137🇹🇲Turkmenistan88 · 2021
  138. 138🇳🇦Namibia85 · 2024
  139. 139🇺🇬Uganda83 · 2024
  140. 140🇹🇬Togo81 · 2024
  141. 141🇮🇳India79 · 2024
  142. 142🇵🇰Pakistan77 · 2024
  143. 143🇵🇸Palestine77 · 2023
  144. 144🇹🇯Tajikistan76 · 2023
  145. 145🇲🇬Madagascar75 · 2023
  146. 146🇱🇧Lebanon74 · 2022
  147. 147🇨🇺Cuba73 · 2024
  148. 148🇹🇩Chad73 · 2024
  149. 149🇸🇾Syria71 · 2024
  150. 150🇻🇪Venezuela71 · 2024
  151. 151🇭🇳Honduras71 · 2024
  152. 152🇳🇬Nigeria71 · 2024
  153. 153🇱🇸Lesotho70 · 2024
  154. 154🇸🇩Sudan70 · 2022
  155. 155🇦🇴Angola70 · 2024
  156. 156🇯🇴Jordan70 · 2024
  157. 157🇲🇼Malawi69 · 2024
  158. 158🇧🇿Belize67 · 2022
  159. 159🇭🇹Haiti65 · 2022
  160. 160🇪🇹Ethiopia65 · 2024
  161. 161🇱🇦Laos65 · 2023
  162. 162🇧🇮Burundi63 · 2023
  163. 163🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe62 · 2024
  164. 164🇸🇧Solomon Islands62 · 2022
  165. 165🇳🇪Niger61 · 2024
  166. 166🇦🇫Afghanistan60 · 2024
  167. 167🇪🇷Eritrea59 · 2022
  168. 168🇨🇩DR Congo59 · 2024
  169. 169🇸🇴Somalia54 · 2023
  170. 170🇾🇪Yemen51 · 2023
  171. 171🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea50 · 2022
  172. 172🇲🇿Mozambique50 · 2024
  173. 173🇩🇯Djibouti48 · 2023
  174. 174🇸🇸South Sudan47 · 2023
  175. 175🇨🇫Central African Republic39 · 2022
  176. 176🇵🇬Papua New Guinea39 · 2024
  177. 177🇽🇰Kosovo35 · 2022
  178. 178🇱🇷Liberia32 · 2022
  179. 179🇰🇵North Korea24 · 2022

No data

7 nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world’s statistical apparatus, not a zero — these nations are not ranked.

  • 🇦🇶Antarctica

    Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.

  • 🇫🇰Falkland Islands

    The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.

  • 🇹🇫French Southern and Antarctic Lands

    The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.

  • Northern Cyprus

    Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.

  • Somaliland

    Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.

  • 🇹🇼Taiwan

    Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.

  • 🇻🇦Vatican City

    Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.