Rank Country Telephones - mobile cellular Date of Information
1 United States 69,209,000 1998
2 China 65,000,000 January 2001
3 Japan 63,880,000 2000
4 Germany 55,300,000 June 2001
5 United Kingdom 43,500,000 yearend 1998
6 Korea, South 28,000,000 September 2000
7 Italy 20,500,000 1999
8 Russia 19,000,000 January 2003
9 Turkey 17,100,000 2001
10 Taiwan 16,000,000 September 2000
11 Poland 13,000,000 2002
12 Philippines 11,350,000 2001
13 France 11,078,000 yearend 1998
14 Canada 8,751,300 1997
15 Australia 8,600,000 2000
16 Spain 8,394,000 1999
17 South Africa 7,060,000 2001
18 Austria 6,000,000 2001
19 Malaysia 5,000,000 2000
20 Brazil 4,400,000 1997
21 Czech Republic 4,346,000 2000
22 Netherlands 4,081,891 April 1999
23 Sweden 3,835,000 October 1998
24 Finland 3,728,600 2001
25 Hong Kong 3,700,000 December 1999
26 Thailand 3,100,000 2002
27 Portugal 3,074,194 1999
28 Argentina 3,000,000 December 1999
29 Ireland 3,000,000 2002
30 India 2,930,000 November 2000
31 Saudi Arabia 2,900,000 2002 est.
32 Singapore 2,740,000 2000
33 Israel 2,500,000 1999
34 New Zealand 2,200,000 2000
35 Norway 2,080,408 1998
36 Mexico 2,020,000 1998
37 Venezuela 2,000,000 1998
38 Switzerland 1,967,000 1999
39 Colombia 1,800,229 December 1998
40 Denmark 1,444,016 1997
41 Croatia 1,300,000 2001
42 Hungary 1,269,000 July 1999
43 Indonesia 1,070,000 1998
44 Bulgaria 1,054,000 2001
45 Slovenia 1,000,000 2000
46 United Arab Emirates 1,000,000 1999
47 Belgium 974,494 1997
48 Chile 944,225 1998
49 Greece 937,700 1997
50 Azerbaijan 800,000 2002
51 Slovakia 736,662 April 1999
52 Vietnam 730,155 2000
53 Estonia 711,000 yearend 2001
54 Guatemala 663,296 September 2000
55 Romania 645,500 1999
56 Lebanon 580,000 1999
57 Kenya 540,000 2001
58 Paraguay 510,000 2001
59 Peru 504,995 1998
60 Lithuania 500,000 2001
61 Cote d'Ivoire 450,000 2000
62 Latvia 401,263 2000
63 Kazakhstan 400,000 2001
64 Ecuador 384,000 1999
65 Egypt 380,000 1999
66 Senegal 373,965 2001
67 Uruguay 350,000 2001
68 Cameroon 300,000 2002
69 Mozambique 287,000 2002
70 Bangladesh 283,000 2000
71 Botswana 270,000 September 2001
72 Iran 265,000 August 1998
73 Albania 250,000 2001
74 Iceland 248,131 2001
75 Ukraine 236,000 1998
76 Sri Lanka 228,604 1999
77 Luxembourg 215,741 2000
78 Kuwait 210,000 1997
79 Nigeria 200,000 2001
80 Reunion 197,000 September 2000
81 Georgia 185,500 2000
82 Mauritius 180,000 2000
83 Puerto Rico 169,265 1996
84 Macau 158,251 November 2001
85 Pakistan 158,000 1998
86 Ghana 150,000 2001
87 Costa Rica 143,000 2000
88 Dominican Republic 130,149 1997
89 Uzbekistan 130,000 2003
90 Gabon 120,000 2000
91 Morocco 116,645 1998
92 Bolivia 116,000 1997
93 Zimbabwe 111,000 2001
94 Mongolia 110,000 2001
95 Zambia 90,000 2002
96 Serbia and Montenegro 87,000 1997
97 Namibia 82,000 2000 est.
98 Rwanda 81,000 2002
99 Cambodia 80,000 2000
100 Cyprus 70,000
101 Cyprus 68,000
102 Madagascar 63,100 2000
103 Oman 59,822 1997
104 Bahrain 58,543 1997
105 Benin 55,500 2000
106 Guam 55,000 1998
107 Jamaica 54,640 1996
108 Armenia 50,000 2002
109 Tunisia 50,000 1998
110 Malawi 49,000 2000
111 Swaziland 45,000 2001
112 Brunei 43,524 1996
113 Qatar 43,476 1997
114 El Salvador 40,163 1997
115 Mali 40,000 2001
116 Mauritania 35,000 2001
117 Algeria 33,500 1999
118 Yemen 32,042 2000
119 Burundi 30,000 2002
120 Sierra Leone 30,000 2001
121 Tanzania 30,000 1999
122 Cape Verde 28,119 2002
123 Angola 25,800 2000
124 Burkina Faso 25,200 2000
125 Lesotho 21,600 2000
126 Guinea 21,567 1998
127 Libya 20,000 1998
128 Sudan 20,000 2000
129 Ethiopia 17,800 2000
130 Malta 17,691 1997
131 Trinidad and Tobago 17,411 1997
132 Panama 17,000 1997
133 Seychelles 16,316 1999
134 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000 2000
135 Martinique 15,000 1997
136 Honduras 14,427 1997
137 Andorra 14,117 December 1998
138 Netherlands Antilles 13,977 1996
139 New Caledonia 13,040 1998
140 Greenland 12,676 yearend 1999
141 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 12,362 1997
142 Guernsey 12,000 1997
143 Jordan 11,500 1995
144 Faroe Islands 10,761 1999
145 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,000 1997
146 Uganda 9,000 1998
147 Burma 8,492 1997
148 Belarus 8,167 1997
149 Barbados 8,013 1997
150 Bermuda 7,980 1996
151 Nicaragua 7,911 1997
152 Sao Tome and Principe 6,942 1997
153 Niger 6,700 2002
154 Bahamas, The 6,152 1997
155 Guyana 6,100 2000
156 Gambia, The 5,624 2000
157 Chad 5,500 2000
158 French Polynesia 5,427 1997
159 Fiji 5,200 1997
160 Djibouti 5,000 2002
161 Laos 4,915 1997
162 Jersey 4,400 1997
163 Turkmenistan 4,300 1998
164 Suriname 4,090 1997
165 Aruba 3,402 1997
166 Congo, Republic of the 3,300 1998
167 Papua New Guinea 3,053 1996
168 Belize 3,023 1997
169 San Marino 3,010 1998
170 Togo 2,995 1997
171 Cuba 2,994 1997
172 American Samoa 2,550 1997
173 Cayman Islands 2,534 1995
174 Tajikistan 2,500 1997
175 Moldova 2,200 1997
176 Virgin Islands 2,000 1992
177 Anguilla 1,629 2000
178 Gibraltar 1,620 1997
179 Saint Lucia 1,600 1997
180 Samoa 1,545 February 1998
181 Antigua and Barbuda 1,300 1996
182 Maldives 1,290 1997
183 Northern Mariana Islands 1,200 1995
184 Palau 1,000 2002
185 Grenada 976 1997
186 Central African Republic 710 1998
187 Solomon Islands 658 1997
188 Marshall Islands 489 2001
189 Dominica 461 1996
190 Nauru 450 1994
191 Vanuatu 310 2000
192 Tonga 302 1996
193 Equatorial Guinea 300 1998
194 Saint Kitts and Nevis 205 1997
195 Montserrat 70 1994
196 Cook Islands 0 1994
197 Liberia 0 1998
198 Niue 0 1991
199 Guinea-Bissau 0 2001
200 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 1994
201 Tuvalu 0 1994
202 Western Sahara 0 1999
203 Wallis and Futuna 0 1994
204 Tokelau 0 2001
205 Saint Helena 0 1997
206 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 1994
207 Norfolk Island 0 1983
208 Mayotte 0 2000