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@2151 Telephones - mobile cellular
Afghanistan
NA
Albania
250,000 (2001)
Algeria
33,500 (1999)
American Samoa
2,550 (1997)
Andorra
14,117 (December 1998)
Angola
25,800 (2000)
Anguilla
1,629 (2000)
Antarctica
NA; Iridium system in use
Antigua and Barbuda
1,300 (1996)
Argentina
3 million (December 1999)
Armenia
50,000 (2002)
Aruba
3,402 (1997)
Australia
8.6 million (2000)
Austria
6 million (2001)
Azerbaijan
800,000 (2002)
Bahamas, The
6,152 (1997)
Bahrain
58,543 (1997)
Bangladesh
283,000 (2000)
Barbados
8,013 (1997)
Belarus
8,167 (1997)
Belgium
974,494 (1997)
Belize
3,023 (1997)
Benin
55,500 (2000)
Bermuda
7,980 (1996)
Bhutan
NA
Bolivia
116,000 (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
9,000 (1997)
Botswana
270,000 (September 2001)
Brazil
4.4 million (1997)
British Virgin Islands
NA
Brunei
43,524 (1996)
Bulgaria
1.054 million (2001)
Burkina Faso
25,200 (2000)
Burma
8,492 (1997)
Burundi
30,000 (2002)
Cambodia
80,000 (2000)
Cameroon
300,000 (2002)
Canada
8,751,300 (1997)
Cape Verde
28,119 (2002)
Cayman Islands
2,534 (1995)
Central African Republic
710 (1998)
Chad
5,500 (2000)
Chile
944,225 (1998)
China
65 million (January 2001)
Christmas Island
NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA
Colombia
1,800,229 (December 1998)
Comoros
NA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
15,000 (2000)
Congo, Republic of the
3,300 (1998)
Cook Islands
0 (1994)
Costa Rica
143,000 (2000)
Cote d'Ivoire
450,000 (2000)
Croatia
1.3 million (2001)
Cuba
2,994 (1997)
Cyprus
Greek Cypriot area: 68,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area:
70,000 (1999)
Czech Republic
4.346 million (2000)
Denmark
1,444,016 (1997)
Djibouti
5,000 (2002)
Dominica
461 (1996)
Dominican Republic
130,149 (1997)
East Timor
NA
Ecuador
384,000 (1999)
Egypt
380,000 (1999)
El Salvador
40,163 (1997)
Equatorial Guinea
300 (1998)
Eritrea
NA; note - mobile cellular service was introduced in May 2001
Estonia
711,000 (yearend 2001)
Ethiopia
17,800 (2000)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
NA
Faroe Islands
10,761 (1999)
Fiji
5,200 (1997)
Finland
3,728,600 (2001)
France
11.078 million (yearend 1998)
French Guiana
NA
French Polynesia
5,427 (1997)
Gabon
120,000 (2000)
Gambia, The
5,624 (2000)
Gaza Strip
NA
Georgia
185,500 (2000)
Germany
55.3 million (June 2001)
Ghana
150,000 (2001)
Gibraltar
1,620 (1997)
Greece
937,700 (1997)
Greenland
12,676 (yearend 1999)
Grenada
976 (1997)
Guadeloupe
NA
Guam
55,000 (1998)
Guatemala
663,296 (September 2000)
Guernsey
12,000 (1997)
Guinea
21,567 (1998)
Guinea-Bissau
0 (2001)
Guyana
6,100 (2000)
Haiti
over 180,000 (January 2003)
Holy See (Vatican City)
NA
Honduras
14,427 (1997)
Hong Kong
3.7 million (December 1999)
Hungary
1.269 million (July 1999)
Iceland
248,131 (221,231 GSM, 26,900 NMT) (2001)
India
2.93 million (November 2000)
Indonesia
1.07 million (1998)
Iran
265,000 (August 1998)
Iraq
NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001)
Ireland
3 million (2002)
Israel
2.5 million (1999)
Italy
20.5 million (1999)
Jamaica
54,640 (1996)
Japan
63.88 million (2000)
Jersey
4,400 (1997)
Jordan
11,500 (1995)
Kazakhstan
400,000 (2001)
Kenya
540,000 (2001)
Kiribati
NA
Korea, North
NA
Korea, South
28 million (September 2000)
Kuwait
210,000 (1997)
Kyrgyzstan
NA
Laos
4,915 (1997)
Latvia
401,263 (2000)
Lebanon
580,000 (1999)
Lesotho
21,600 (2000)
Liberia
0 (1998)
Libya
20,000 (1998)
Liechtenstein
NA
Lithuania
500,000 (2001)
Luxembourg
215,741 (2000)
Macau
158,251 (November 2001)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
12,362 (1997)
Madagascar
63,100 (2000)
Malawi
49,000 (2000)
Malaysia
5 million (2000)
Maldives
1,290 (1997)
Mali
40,000 (2001)
Malta
17,691 (1997)
Man, Isle of
NA
Marshall Islands
489 (2001)
Martinique
15,000 (1997)
Mauritania
35,000 (2001)
Mauritius
180,000 (2000)
Mayotte
0 (2000)
Mexico
2.02 million (1998)
Micronesia, Federated States of
newly installed in Pohnpei and Yap
Moldova
2,200 (1997)
Monaco
NA
Mongolia
110,000 (2001)
Montserrat
70 (1994)
Morocco
116,645 (1998)
Mozambique
287,000 (2002)
Namibia
82,000 (2000 est.)
Nauru
450 (1994)
Nepal
NA
Netherlands
4,081,891 (April 1999)
Netherlands Antilles
13,977 (1996)
New Caledonia
13,040 (1998)
New Zealand
2.2 million (2000)
Nicaragua
7,911 (1997)
Niger
6,700 (2002)
Nigeria
200,000 (2001)
Niue
0 (1991)
Norfolk Island
0 (1983)
Northern Mariana Islands
1,200 (1995)
Norway
2,080,408 (1998)
Oman
59,822 (1997)
Pakistan
158,000 (1998)
Palau
1,000 (2002)
Panama
17,000 (1997)
Papua New Guinea
3,053 (1996)
Paraguay
510,000 (2001)
Peru
504,995 (1998)
Philippines
11.35 million (2001)
Poland
13 million (2002)
Portugal
3,074,194 (1999)
Puerto Rico
169,265 (1996)
Qatar
43,476 (1997)
Reunion
197,000 (September 2000)
Romania
645,500 (1999)
Russia
19 million (January 2003)
Rwanda
81,000 (2001)
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several
prefecture capitals (2002)
Saint Helena
0 (1997)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
205 (1997)
Saint Lucia
1,600 (1997)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0 (1994)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
NA
Samoa
1,545 (February 1998)
San Marino
3,010 (1998)
Sao Tome and Principe
6,942 (1997)
Saudi Arabia
2.9 million (2002 est.)
Senegal
373,965 (2001)
Serbia and Montenegro
87,000 (1997)
Seychelles
16,316 (1999)
Sierra Leone
30,000 (2001)
Singapore
2.74 million (2000)
Slovakia
736,662 (April 1999)
Slovenia
1 million (2000)
Solomon Islands
658 (1997)
Somalia
NA
South Africa
7.06 million (2001)
Spain
8.394 million (1999)
Sri Lanka
228,604 (1999)
Sudan
20,000 (2000)
Suriname
4,090 (1997)
Svalbard
NA
Swaziland
45,000 (2001)
Sweden
3.835 million (October 1998)
Switzerland
1.967 million (1999)
Syria
NA
Taiwan
16 million (September 2000)
Tajikistan
2,500 (1997)
Tanzania
30,000 (1999)
Thailand
3.1 million (2002)
Togo
2,995 (1997)
Tokelau
0 (2001)
Tonga
302 (1996)
Trinidad and Tobago
17,411 (1997)
Tunisia
50,000 (1998)
Turkey
17.1 million (2001)
Turkmenistan
4,300 (1998)
Turks and Caicos Islands
0 (1994)
Tuvalu
0 (1994)
Uganda
9,000 (1998)
Ukraine
236,000 (1998)
United Arab Emirates
1 million (1999)
United Kingdom
43.5 million (yearend 1998)
United States
69.209 million (1998)
Uruguay
350,000 (2001)
Uzbekistan
130,000 (2003)
Vanuatu
310 (2000)
Venezuela
2 million (1998)
Vietnam
730,155 (2000)
Virgin Islands
2,000 (1992)
Wallis and Futuna
0 (1994)
West Bank
NA
Western Sahara
0 (1999)
World
NA
Yemen
32,042 (2000)
Zambia
90,000 (2002)
Zimbabwe
111,000 (2001)