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Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

For 2024, Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) is led by Fiji at 574. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

Countries ranked 151
Snapshot year 2024
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0.0144287431574FijiFiji: 574574Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 365365MontenegroMontenegro: 222222United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 203203Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 201201Russian FederationRussian Federation: 186186Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire: 184184South AfricaSouth Africa: 179179IsraelIsrael: 177177El SalvadorEl Salvador: 177177ColombiaColombia: 174174Iran, Islamic Rep.Iran, Islamic Rep.: 174174
Rank Country Value
1 Fiji 574
2 Hong Kong SAR, China 365
3 Montenegro 222
4 United Arab Emirates 203
5 Macao SAR, China 201
6 Russian Federation 186
7 Cote d'Ivoire 184
8 South Africa 179
9 Israel 177
10 El Salvador 177
11 Colombia 174
12 Iran, Islamic Rep. 174
13 Mauritius 173
14 Korea, Rep. 173
15 Singapore 171
16 Botswana 164
17 Georgia 161
18 Thailand 161
19 Saudi Arabia 160
20 Bahrain 160
21 Cyprus 156
22 Andorra 156
23 Qatar 154
24 Morocco 153
25 Estonia 151
26 Maldives 148
27 Guinea-Bissau 147
28 Uruguay 146
29 Suriname 142
30 Malta 142
31 Sweden 141
32 Mongolia 141
33 Argentina 140
34 Slovak Republic 140
35 Eswatini 140
36 Malaysia 140
37 Lithuania 139
38 Poland 138
39 Costa Rica 136
40 Armenia 135
41 Chile 133
42 Italy 133
43 Sri Lanka 133
44 China 132
45 Belarus 131
46 Slovenia 131
47 Spain 130
48 New Zealand 130
49 Switzerland 129
50 Germany 129
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Fiji sits at the top of the Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) distribution in 2024 at 574, with a lead of 209 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Oman at 121, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Papua New Guinea (39), and the page currently covers 151 countries.