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This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phones in use.

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Rank Country or region Number of mobile phones Population # of phones as % of population Last updated date
-  World Over 999 billion 7,012,000,000[1] 87 2011[2][3]
1 China China 1,150,000,000[4] 1,349,585,838[5] 85.21 April 2013[6]
2 India India 861,660,000 1,220,200,000[7] 70.42 28 Feb 2013[8]
3 United States United States 327,577,529 310,866,000[9] 103.9 June 2012[10]
4 Brazil Brazil 263,040,000 192,379,287[11] 136.7 February 2013[12]
5 Russia Russia 256,117,000 142,905,200[11] 155.5 July 2011[13]
6 Indonesia Indonesia 236,800,000 237,556,363 109.28 September 2012[11]
7 Pakistan Pakistan 122,060,799 178,854,781[14] 68.83 Dec 2012[15][16]
8 Japan Japan 121,246,700 127,628,095 95.1 June 2011[17]
9 Germany Germany 107,000,000 81,882,342 130.1 2009[18]
10 Philippines Philippines 106,987,098 94,013,200 113.8 October 2011[19]
11 Nigeria Nigeria 101,271,578 140,000,000 72.3 May 2012[20]
12 Bangladesh Bangladesh 98,470,000 148,090,000 68 July 2012[21]
13 Iran Iran 96,165,000 73,973,000 130 February 2012[22]
14 Mexico Mexico 92,900,000 112,322,757 82.7 Dec. 2011[23]
15 Italy Italy 88,580,000 60,090,400 147.4 Dec. 2008[24]
16 United Kingdom United Kingdom 75,750,000 61,612,300 122.9 Dec. 2008[25]
17 Vietnam Vietnam 72,300,000 90,549,390 79 October 2010[26]
18 France France 72,180,000 63,573,842 114.2 Dec. 2008[27]
19 Egypt Egypt 92,640,000 82,120,000 112.81 Egypt Ministry of Communications & IT, August 2012[28]
20 Thailand Thailand 69,000,000 65,001,021 105 2010[29]
21 Turkey Turkey 66,000,000 71,517,100 92.2 2009[30]
22 Ukraine Ukraine 57,505,555 45,579,904 126.0 Dec. 2012[31]
23 South Korea South Korea 52,510,000 48,580,000 108.1 2011[32]
24 Spain Spain 50,890,000 45,828,172 111.0 Dec. 2008[33]
25 Argentina Argentina 50,409,800 40,134,425 125.6 2010[34]
26 Poland Poland 47,153,200 38,186,860[35] 123.48 2010[36]
27 Colombia Colombia 46,147,937 45,393,050 101.6 2011[37]
28 South Africa South Africa 59,474,500 50,586,757 117.6 2011 GSM African Mobile Observatory report [38]
29 Algeria Algeria 33,000,000 35,000,000 94.2 2011[39]
30 Taiwan Taiwan 28,610,000 23,197,947 123.33 September 2011[40]
31 Kenya Kenya 28,080,000 42,000,000 71.3 2012[41]
32 Venezuela Venezuela 27,400,000 28,200,000 98.0 2008[citation needed]
33 Peru Peru 33,000,000 30,000,000 110.0 Oct. 2012[42]
34 Romania Romania 22,800,000 21,438,000 108.5 March 2008[citation needed]
35 Canada Canada 26,543,780 34,466,423 74.1 Q3 2012[43]
36 Morocco Morocco 36,550,000 31,968,361 113.6 Q1 2012[44]
37 Netherlands Netherlands 20,000,000 16,515,057 121.1 Nov. 2009[45]
38 Australia Australia 21,260,000 21,179,211 100.4 Jun 2007[46]
39 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 46,000,000 27,137,000 169.5 Jun 2010[47]
40 Malaysia Malaysia 30,379,000 28,250,000 106 2010[48]
41 Chile Chile 21,000,000 17,094,270 122.9 Dec. 2010[49]
42 Nepal Nepal 18,240,670 26,620,020 68.5 Mar. 2012[50]
42 Ethiopia Ethiopia 18,000,000 85,000,020 21.8 Dec. 2012[51]
43 Guatemala Guatemala 17,571,895 14,713,763 119.4 Jun. 2010[52]
44 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 17,359,312 21,000,000 80.95 Dec. 2010[53]
45 Ecuador Ecuador 15,900,000 14,300,000 111.18 Jan. 2012[54]
46 Portugal Portugal 13,400,000 10,562,178 126.87 November 2012
47 Hong Kong Hong Kong 13,264,896 7,008,900[55] 187.9 Nov. 2010[56]
48 Belgium Belgium 11,822,000 10,414,000 113.6 2009[citation needed]
49  Hungary 11,833,000 10,020,000 118.3 Sept. 2010[citation needed]
50 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 11,540,040 8,264,070 139.6 Nov 2011[57]
51  Sweden 11,194,000 9,103,788 122.9 (July 2012 est.)
52 Bulgaria Bulgaria 10,655,000 7,600,000 140.2 2008[50]
53 Israel Israel 9,319,000 7,310,000 127.5 2008[50]
54 Denmark Denmark 7,000,000 5,543,819 126.2 February 2008[58]
55 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 7,000,000 8,900,000 78.7 November 2009
56 Jordan Jordan 6,010,000 5,950,000 101.0 March 2010[59]
57 Singapore Singapore 7,289,000 5,076,700 143.5 December 2010[60]
58  New Zealand 4,620,000 4,252,277 108.6 2008[61]
59 Estonia Estonia 1,982,000 1,340,602 147.8 April 2009[citation needed]
60 Lebanon Lebanon 2,720,000 4,224,000 64.4 Oct 2010[62]
61 Lithuania Lithuania 4,960,000 3,341,966 148.4 February 2010[63]
62 Cuba Cuba 1,300,000 11,200,000 11.6 December 2011[64]
63 North Korea North Korea 2,000,000 24,451,285 April 2013[65]

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  54. ^ (Spanish) Estudian cómo restituir perjuicio a millones de usuarios de celulares
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  56. ^ "Office of the Telecommunications Authority". OFTA. Retrieved 2011-02-18. 
  57. ^ "Latest Statistics". UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). November 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-10. 
  58. ^ "Snart 7,000,000 mobiler i Danmark (Danish)". Avisen.dk. 
  59. ^ [1]. Ammonnews.net (2010-03-23). Retrieved on 2010-03-23
  60. ^ Yearbook of Statistics Singapore, 2011[dead link]
  61. ^ "CIA World Factbook – New Zealand". Cia.gov. Retrieved 2012-08-28. 
  62. ^ "Actualité en direct et informations en continu sur le Liban et le Moyen Orient". iloubnan.info. Retrieved 2012-08-28. 
  63. ^ http://www.delfi.lt/news/economy/ITbussines/vel-augo-mobiliojo-rysio-abonentu-skaicius.d?id=29326053
  64. ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/15/net-us-cuba-telecommunications-idUSBRE85D14H20120615
  65. ^ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/04/26/koryolink-nears-2-million-subscribers/

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