List of countries by number of mobile phones in use

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
1	China	1,321,930,000	1,371,220,000	96.40	December 2016
2	India	1,180,824,744	1,311,050,530	91.74	May 2017
3	United States	327,577,529	317,874,628	103.1	April 2014
4	Brazil	284,200,000	201,032,714	141.3	May 2015
5	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	Japan	146,649,600	127,300,000	115.2	2013
9	Pakistan	133,283,043	180,854,781	77	November 2015
10	Bangladesh	131,376,000	157,497,000	84.95	June 2016
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	Algeria	33,000,000	35,000,000	94.2	2013
33	Venezuela	32,019,086	30,163,157	106.15	2014
34	Malaysia	30,379,000	28,250,000	143.8	April 2014[
35	Nepal	29,051,673	26,620,020	109.65	April 2016
36	Taiwan	28,610,000	23,197,947	123.33	September 2013
37	Canada	28,250,000	35,675,834	79.1	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[69]	4.872.000	156[70]	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	78.7	November 2009
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