List of countries by number of cell phones
The following list sorts countries according to the number of mobile phones in circulation. In addition, the top 50 countries according to smartphones (mobile phones with extensive computer functions) are also given. In 2017 there were around 7.8 billion mobile phone contracts worldwide, which means that there were more mobile phone contracts than the world's population. However, there are significant differences in access to cellular phones between countries and territories around the world. In Macau, for example, there were an average of four mobile phone contracts for every person, while in Eritrea and North Korea just under every 10th inhabitant had a mobile phone.
Countries by mobile phones in circulation
List of countries and territories by number of cell phone contracts and the number of cell phone contracts per 100 inhabitants. All information comes from the CIA World Factbook .
| country | Number of cell phones | Number of cell phones per 100 inhabitants |
time |
|---|---|---|---|
 People's Republic of China
|
1,649,301,700 | 119 | 2018 |
 India
|
1,176,021,869 | 91 | 2018 |
 United States
|
422,000,000 | 129 | 2018 |
 Indonesia
|
319.434.605 | 122 | 2018 |
 Russia
|
229.431.008 | 163 | 2018 |
 Brazil
|
207.046.810 | 99 | 2018 |
 Japan
|
179,872,794 | 143 | 2018 |
 Nigeria
|
172.730.603 | 85 | 2018 |
 Bangladesh
|
161.771.617 | 101 | 2018 |
 Pakistan
|
153.986.607 | 69 | 2018 |
 Vietnam
|
140.639.140 | 145 | 2018 |
 Philippines
|
134.592.608 | 127 | 2018 |
 Thailand
|
125,098,000 | 182 | 2018 |
 Mexico
|
120.173.510 | 95 | 2018 |
 Germany
|
107,500,000 | 134 | 2018 |
 Egypt
|
93.784.497 | 94 | 2018 |
 South Africa
|
92,427,958 | 167 | 2018 |
 Iran
|
88,722,442 | 107 | 2018 |
 Italy
|
83,342,486 | 134 | 2018 |
 Turkey
|
80.117.999 | 99 | 2018 |
 United Kingdom
|
79.472.341 | 122 | 2018 |
 France
|
70,422,000 | 105 | 2018 |
 South Korea
|
66.355.778 | 129 | 2018 |
 Colombia
|
64,513,977 | 134 | 2018 |
 Ethiopia
|
62,617,000 | 59 | 2017 |
 Myanmar
|
61.143.964 | 110 | 2018 |
 Argentina
|
58,598,041 | 131 | 2018 |
 Spain
|
54.161.014 | 110 | 2018 |
 Ukraine
|
53,933,592 | 123 | 2018 |
 Poland
|
51,098,747 | 133 | 2018 |
 Kenya
|
49.501.430 | 97 | 2018 |
 Algeria
|
47.154.264 | 113 | 2018 |
 Morocco
|
44,737,885 | 128 | 2018 |
 Tanzania
|
43,497,261 | 78 | 2018 |
 Malaysia
|
42,413,400 | 133 | 2018 |
 Saudi Arabia
|
41,310,584 | 125 | 2018 |
 Ghana
|
40,934,875 | 146 | 2018 |
 Nepal
|
39.178.451 | 132 | 2018 |
 Peru
|
38,915,386 | 125 | 2017 |
 Iraq
|
36,527,353 | 98 | 2018 |
 Democratic Republic of Congo
|
36,470,600 | 38 | 2018 |
 Ivory Coast
|
33,807,850 | 129 | 2018 |
 Canada
|
33.211.401 | 90 | 2018 |
 Sri Lanka
|
30.282.984 | 134 | 2018 |
 Sudan
|
30.100.412 | 70 | 2018 |
 Taiwan
|
29,340,886 | 125 | 2018 |
 Australia
|
28,279,000 | 114 | 2018 |
 Kazakhstan
|
26,065,600 | 139 | 2018 |
 Chile
|
25.178.981 | 140 | 2018 |
 Uganda
|
24,472,033 | 60 | 2018 |
 Uzbekistan
|
23.226.156 | 77 | 2018 |
 Romania
|
22,675,000 | 106 | 2018 |
 Afghanistan
|
21,976,355 | 63 | 2018 |
 Mali
|
21,955,565 | 119 | 2018 |
 Netherlands
|
21,108,000 | 123 | 2018 |
 Venezuela
|
20,731,169 | 70 | 2018 |
 Guatemala
|
20,467,520 | 123 | 2018 |
 United Arab Emirates
|
20,081,015 | 207 | 2018 |
 Hong Kong
|
19,901,856 | 276 | 2018 |
 Cambodia
|
19,417,123 | 118 | 2018 |
 Burkina Faso
|
19,339,109 | 98 | 2018 |
 Cameroon
|
18,455,836 | 70 | 2018 |
 Syria
|
17.129.676 | 97 | 2018 |
 Senegal
|
16,559,942 | 110 | 2018 |
 Ecuador
|
15,772,838 | 96 | 2018 |
 Zambia
|
15,470,270 | 94 | 2018 |
 Yemen
|
15,297,789 | 53 | 2018 |
 Tunisia
|
14,769,594 | 128 | 2018 |
 Mozambique
|
14,074,248 | 49 | 2018 |
 Angola
|
13,288,421 | 44 | 2018 |
 Zimbabwe
|
12,908,992 | 92 | 2018 |
 Czech Republic
|
12,704,262 | 119 | 2018 |
 Sweden
|
12,647,103 | 126 | 2018 |
 Greece
|
12.170.757 | 114 | 2018 |
 Guinea
|
12,013,000 | 101 | 2018 |
 Portugal
|
11,859,548 | 115 | 2018 |
 Belarus
|
11,619,651 | 122 | 2018 |
 Belgium
|
11,447,351 | 99 | 2018 |
 Bolivia
|
11,445,830 | 101 | 2018 |
 Austria
|
10,984,000 | 125 | 2018 |
 Switzerland
|
10,808,148 | 130 | 2018 |
 Israel
|
10,700,000 | 127 | 2018 |
 Madagascar
|
10,654,710 | 41 | 2018 |
 Azerbaijan
|
10,339,700 | 103 | 2018 |
 Hungary
|
10,041,939 | 102 | 2018 |
 Rwanda
|
9,700,609 | 80 | 2018 |
 Benin
|
9,461,872 | 79 | 2018 |
 El Salvador
|
9,433,495 | 148 | 2018 |
 Tajikistan
|
9,400,000 | 111 | 2016 |
 Dominican Republic
|
8,937,647 | 87 | 2018 |
 Niger
|
8,778,884 | 46 | 2017 |
 Kyrgyzstan
|
8,735,246 | 149 | 2018 |
 Jordan
|
8,731,760 | 83 | 2018 |
 Turkmenistan
|
8,575,000 | 162 | 2016 |
 Singapore
|
8,568,400 | 145 | 2018 |
 Costa Rica
|
8,495,585 | 170 | 2018 |
 Serbia
|
8,431,365 | 119 | 2018 |
 Bulgaria
|
8,387,160 | 119 | 2018 |
 Somalia
|
7,653,040 | 68 | 2018 |
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|
7,588,554 | 84 | 2018 |
 Nicaragua
|
7,441,527 | 122 | 2018 |
 Paraguay
|
7,439,692 | 106 | 2018 |
 Slovakia
|
7.241.702 | 133 | 2018 |
 Denmark
|
7,197,000 | 124 | 2018 |
 Finland
|
7,150,000 | 129 | 2018 |
 Kuwait
|
7,099,848 | 243 | 2018 |
 Malawi
|
7,076,906 | 36 | 2018 |
 Chad
|
6.984.130 | 44 | 2018 |
 Oman
|
6,440,889 | 184 | 2018 |
 New Zealand
|
6,400,000 | 134 | 2018 |
 Haiti
|
6,399,044 | 59 | 2018 |
 Burundi
|
6,317,965 | 56 | 2018 |
 Sierra Leone
|
6,279,270 | 102 | 2016 |
 Togo
|
6,144,507 | 75 | 2018 |
 Libya
|
6,020,000 | 92 | 2017 |
 Panama
|
5,722,370 | 151 | 2018 |
 Norway
|
5,720,892 | 106 | 2018 |
 Georgia
|
5,459,239 | 111 | 2018 |
 Cuba
|
5,373,316 | 48 | 2018 |
 Uruguay
|
5,170,624 | 153 | 2018 |
 Republic of the Congo
|
5,000,000 | 110 | 2018 |
 Ireland
|
4,971,493 | 98 | 2018 |
 Lithuania
|
4,590,441 | 164 | 2018 |
 Mauritania
|
4,566,502 | 119 | 2018 |
 Lebanon
|
4,424,185 | 73 | 2018 |
 Croatia
|
4,388,476 | 103 | 2018 |
 Mongolia
|
4,222,041 | 136 | 2018 |
 Palestine
|
4,135,363 | 76 | 2017 |
 Qatar
|
3,945,978 | 167 | 2018 |
 Papua New Guinea
|
3,782,000 | 55 | 2016 |
 South Sudan
|
3,672,871 | 36 | 2018 |
 Laos
|
3,662,336 | 51 | 2018 |
 North Korea
|
3,606,000 | 14th | 2016 |
 Armenia
|
3,579,257 | 118 | 2018 |
 Moldova
|
3,566,276 | 104 | 2018 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
3,461,058 | 90 | 2018 |
 Botswana
|
3,381,228 | 150 | 2018 |
 Puerto Rico
|
3,330,286 | 101 | 2018 |
 Gambia
|
3,181,393 | 152 | 2018 |
 Liberia
|
3,117,002 | 66 | 2016 |
 Jamaica
|
2,964,974 | 105 | 2018 |
 Gabon
|
2,930,554 | 138 | 2018 |
 Namibia
|
2,759,293 | 109 | 2018 |
 Albania
|
2,714,878 | 89 | 2018 |
 Slovenia
|
2,465,857 | 117 | 2018 |
 Lesotho
|
2,380,804 | 117 | 2018 |
 Macau
|
2,181,194 | 360 | 2018 |
 Bahrain
|
2,092,714 | 145 | 2018 |
 Latvia
|
2,070,180 | 108 | 2018 |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
1,972,595 | 162 | 2018 |
 North Macedonia
|
1,969,109 | 93 | 2018 |
 Estonia
|
1,924,034 | 155 | 2018 |
 Mauritius
|
1,918,000 | 141 | 2018 |
 Guinea-Bissau
|
1,480,491 | 81 | 2018 |
 East Timor
|
1,468,495 | 111 | 2018 |
 Central African Republic
|
1,279,261 | 22nd | 2018 |
 Cyprus
|
1,200,378 | 97 | 2018 |
 Montenegro
|
1,134,412 | 185 | 2018 |
 Fiji
|
1,033,915 | 112 | 2017 |
 Swaziland
|
995,000 | 68 | 2016 |
 Maldives
|
857.934 | 219 | 2018 |
 Luxembourg
|
798,600 | 132 | 2018 |
 Suriname
|
752.270 | 126 | 2018 |
 Bhutan
|
703.554 | 92 | 2018 |
 Guyana
|
643.210 | 87 | 2017 |
 Malta
|
615.843 | 137 | 2018 |
 Cape Verde
|
610,328 | 107 | 2018 |
 Equatorial Guinea
|
591.223 | 74 | 2018 |
 Brunei
|
565,949 | 126 | 2018 |
 Eritrea
|
506,000 | 9 | 2016 |
 Comoros
|
498.903 | 61 | 2018 |
 Solomon Islands
|
482.029 | 73 | 2018 |
 Iceland
|
424.720 | 124 | 2018 |
 Djibouti
|
395.037 | 45 | 2018 |
 Bahamas
|
381,591 | 115 | 2018 |
 Barbados
|
329.326 | 112 | 2018 |
 Belize
|
327,629 | 85 | 2018 |
 Vanuatu
|
251,428 | 87 | 2018 |
 St. Lucia
|
184,944 | 112 | 2018 |
 Antigua and Barbuda
|
180,000 | 190 | 2017 |
 Seychelles
|
178,946 | 189 | 2018 |
 Sao Tome and Principe
|
162,610 | 80 | 2018 |
 Samoa
|
124.211 | 62 | 2017 |
 Grenada
|
113.177 | 101 | 2017 |
 Tonga
|
107.938 | 101 | 2018 |
 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|
105,875 | 146 | 2018 |
 Andorra
|
82,614 | 96 | 2018 |
 St. Kitts and Nevis
|
76,878 | 146 | 2017 |
 Dominica
|
75,771 | 102 | 2018 |
 Kiribati
|
58,838 | 54 | 2018 |
 Liechtenstein
|
47,272 | 123 | 2018 |
 San Marino
|
38,000 | 113 | 2017 |
 Monaco
|
32,689 | 106 | 2018 |
 Palau
|
24,000 | 112 | 2016 |
 Micronesia
|
23,114 | 22nd | 2017 |
 Marshall Islands
|
16,000 | 21st | 2016 |
 Nauru
|
9,900 | 87 | 2016 |
 Tuvalu
|
7,600 | 69 | 2016 |
| world | 7,806,142,681 | 105 | 2017 |
Countries after smartphones in circulation
The following list sorts the top 50 countries according to the number of smartphones in circulation. The percentage of the population who owns a smartphone is also given. All information comes from Newzoo's 2018 Global Mobile Market Report and applies to 2018. All figures are based on calculations.
| rank | country | Number of smartphones | Proportion of the population who own a smartphone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
People's Republic of China
|
782,848,000 | 55.3% |
| 2 |
India
|
374,893,000 | 27.7% |
| 3 |
United States
|
251,688,000 | 77.0% |
| 4th |
Russia
|
91,865,000 | 63.8% |
| 5 |
Brazil
|
87,172,000 | 41.3% |
| 6th |
Indonesia
|
73,155,000 | 27.4% |
| 7th |
Japan
|
70,327,000 | 55.3% |
| 8th |
Germany
|
64,830,000 | 78.8% |
| 9 |
Mexico
|
59,597,000 | 45.6% |
| 10 |
United Kingdom
|
54,713,000 | 82.2% |
| 11 |
France
|
49,598,000 | 76.0% |
| 12 |
Philippines
|
47,858,000 | 44.9% |
| 13 |
Vietnam
|
36,378,000 | 37.7% |
| 14th |
South Korea
|
34,562,000 | 67.6% |
| 15th |
Italy
|
34,394,000 | 58.0% |
| 16 |
Spain
|
33,631,000 | 72.5% |
| 17th |
Turkey
|
31,060,000 | 37.9% |
| 18th |
Thailand
|
30,217,000 | 43.7% |
| 19th |
Iran
|
28,748,000 | 35.1% |
| 20th |
Egypt
|
27,852,000 | 28.0% |
| 21st |
Pakistan
|
27,730,000 | 13.8% |
| 22nd |
Bangladesh
|
26,827,000 | 16.1% |
| 23 |
Canada
|
26,635,000 | 72.1% |
| 24 |
Nigeria
|
25,552,000 | 13.0% |
| 25th |
Poland
|
24,371,000 | 64.0% |
| 26th |
Ukraine
|
21,276,000 | 48.3% |
| 27 |
Argentina
|
20,979,000 | 46.9% |
| 28 |
South Africa
|
20,371,000 | 35.5% |
| 29 |
Colombia
|
19,669,000 | 39.8% |
| 30th |
Malaysia
|
18,437,000 | 57.5% |
| 31 |
Australia
|
16,999,000 | 68.6% |
| 32 |
Saudi Arabia
|
15,449,000 | 46.0% |
| 33 |
Taiwan
|
14,223,000 | 60.0% |
| 34 |
Morocco
|
13,707,000 | 37.9% |
| 35 |
Netherlands
|
13,547,000 | 79.3% |
| 36 |
Venezuela
|
13,224,000 | 40.8% |
| 37 |
Algeria
|
12,204,000 | 29.1% |
| 38 |
Ethiopia
|
12,014,000 | 11.2% |
| 39 |
Kazakhstan
|
11,938,000 | 64.9% |
| 40 |
Myanmar
|
11,722,000 | 21.8% |
| 41 |
Kenya
|
10,668,000 | 20.9% |
| 42 |
Romania
|
10,538,000 | 53.8% |
| 43 |
Peru
|
10,462,000 | 32.1% |
| 44 |
Uzbekistan
|
10,142,000 | 31.3% |
| 45 |
Belgium
|
8,813,000 | 76.6% |
| 46 |
Sudan
|
8,176,000 | 19.7% |
| 47 |
Chile
|
8,049,000 | 44.2% |
| 48 |
Sweden
|
7,864,000 | 78.8% |
| 49 |
Ghana
|
7,060,000 | 24.0% |
| 50 |
Uganda
|
6,922,000 | 15.6% |
Individual evidence
- ^ The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved April 16, 2020 .
- ^ The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 19, 2012 ; accessed on March 15, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Top Countries by Smartphone Penetration & Users | Newzoo . In: Newzoo . ( newzoo.com [accessed March 20, 2018]).
- ↑ 2018 Top 50 Countries - Smartphone Users By Countries. Retrieved April 16, 2020 .
