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  Field Listing - Telephones - mobile cellular


Country
Telephones - mobile cellular
Afghanistan NA
Albania 250,000 (2001)
Algeria 33,500 (1999)
American Samoa 2,550 (1997)
Andorra 14,117 (December 1998)
Angola 25,800 (2000)
Anguilla 1,629 (2000)
Antarctica NA; Iridium system in use
Antigua and Barbuda 1,300 (1996)
Argentina 3 million (December 1999)
Armenia 50,000 (2002)
Aruba 3,402 (1997)
Australia 8.6 million (2000)
Austria 6 million (2001)
Azerbaijan 800,000 (2002)
Bahamas, The 6,152 (1997)
Bahrain 58,543 (1997)
Bangladesh 283,000 (2000)
Barbados 8,013 (1997)
Belarus 8,167 (1997)
Belgium 974,494 (1997)
Belize 3,023 (1997)
Benin 55,500 (2000)
Bermuda 7,980 (1996)
Bhutan NA
Bolivia 116,000 (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,000 (1997)
Botswana 270,000 (September 2001)
Brazil 4.4 million (1997)
British Virgin Islands NA
Brunei 43,524 (1996)
Bulgaria 1.054 million (2001)
Burkina Faso 25,200 (2000)
Burma 8,492 (1997)
Burundi 30,000 (2002)
Cambodia 80,000 (2000)
Cameroon 300,000 (2002)
Canada 8,751,300 (1997)
Cape Verde 28,119 (2002)
Cayman Islands 2,534 (1995)
Central African Republic 710 (1998)
Chad 5,500 (2000)
Chile 944,225 (1998)
China 65 million (January 2001)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia 1,800,229 (December 1998)
Comoros NA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000 (2000)
Congo, Republic of the 3,300 (1998)
Cook Islands 0 (1994)
Costa Rica 143,000 (2000)
Cote d'Ivoire 450,000 (2000)
Croatia 1.3 million (2001)
Cuba 2,994 (1997)
Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: 68,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 70,000 (1999)
Czech Republic 4.346 million (2000)
Denmark 1,444,016 (1997)
Djibouti 5,000 (2002)
Dominica 461 (1996)
Dominican Republic 130,149 (1997)
East Timor NA
Ecuador 384,000 (1999)
Egypt 380,000 (1999)
El Salvador 40,163 (1997)
Equatorial Guinea 300 (1998)
Eritrea NA; note - mobile cellular service was introduced in May 2001
Estonia 711,000 (yearend 2001)
Ethiopia 17,800 (2000)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA
Faroe Islands 10,761 (1999)
Fiji 5,200 (1997)
Finland 3,728,600 (2001)
France 11.078 million (yearend 1998)
French Guiana NA
French Polynesia 5,427 (1997)
Gabon 120,000 (2000)
Gambia, The 5,624 (2000)
Gaza Strip NA
Georgia 185,500 (2000)
Germany 55.3 million (June 2001)
Ghana 150,000 (2001)
Gibraltar 1,620 (1997)
Greece 937,700 (1997)
Greenland 12,676 (yearend 1999)
Grenada 976 (1997)
Guadeloupe NA
Guam 55,000 (1998)
Guatemala 663,296 (September 2000)
Guernsey 12,000 (1997)
Guinea 21,567 (1998)
Guinea-Bissau 0 (2001)
Guyana 6,100 (2000)
Haiti over 180,000 (January 2003)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA
Honduras 14,427 (1997)
Hong Kong 3.7 million (December 1999)
Hungary 1.269 million (July 1999)
Iceland 248,131 (221,231 GSM, 26,900 NMT) (2001)
India 2.93 million (November 2000)
Indonesia 1.07 million (1998)
Iran 265,000 (August 1998)
Iraq NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001)
Ireland 3 million (2002)
Israel 2.5 million (1999)
Italy 20.5 million (1999)
Jamaica 54,640 (1996)
Japan 63.88 million (2000)
Jersey 4,400 (1997)
Jordan 11,500 (1995)
Kazakhstan 400,000 (2001)
Kenya 540,000 (2001)
Kiribati NA
Korea, North NA
Korea, South 28 million (September 2000)
Kuwait 210,000 (1997)
Kyrgyzstan NA
Laos 4,915 (1997)
Latvia 401,263 (2000)
Lebanon 580,000 (1999)
Lesotho 21,600 (2000)
Liberia 0 (1998)
Libya 20,000 (1998)
Liechtenstein NA
Lithuania 500,000 (2001)
Luxembourg 215,741 (2000)
Macau 158,251 (November 2001)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 12,362 (1997)
Madagascar 63,100 (2000)
Malawi 49,000 (2000)
Malaysia 5 million (2000)
Maldives 1,290 (1997)
Mali 40,000 (2001)
Malta 17,691 (1997)
Man, Isle of NA
Marshall Islands 489 (2001)
Martinique 15,000 (1997)
Mauritania 35,000 (2001)
Mauritius 180,000 (2000)
Mayotte 0 (2000)
Mexico 2.02 million (1998)
Micronesia, Federated States of newly installed in Pohnpei and Yap
Moldova 2,200 (1997)
Monaco NA
Mongolia 110,000 (2001)
Montserrat 70 (1994)
Morocco 116,645 (1998)
Mozambique 287,000 (2002)
Namibia 82,000 (2000 est.)
Nauru 450 (1994)
Nepal NA
Netherlands 4,081,891 (April 1999)
Netherlands Antilles 13,977 (1996)
New Caledonia 13,040 (1998)
New Zealand 2.2 million (2000)
Nicaragua 7,911 (1997)
Niger 6,700 (2002)
Nigeria 200,000 (2001)
Niue 0 (1991)
Norfolk Island 0 (1983)
Northern Mariana Islands 1,200 (1995)
Norway 2,080,408 (1998)
Oman 59,822 (1997)
Pakistan 158,000 (1998)
Palau 1,000 (2002)
Panama 17,000 (1997)
Papua New Guinea 3,053 (1996)
Paraguay 510,000 (2001)
Peru 504,995 (1998)
Philippines 11.35 million (2001)
Poland 13 million (2002)
Portugal 3,074,194 (1999)
Puerto Rico 169,265 (1996)
Qatar 43,476 (1997)
Reunion 197,000 (September 2000)
Romania 645,500 (1999)
Russia 19 million (January 2003)
Rwanda 81,000 (2001)
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several prefecture capitals (2002)
Saint Helena 0 (1997)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 205 (1997)
Saint Lucia 1,600 (1997)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 (1994)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NA
Samoa 1,545 (February 1998)
San Marino 3,010 (1998)
Sao Tome and Principe 6,942 (1997)
Saudi Arabia 2.9 million (2002 est.)
Senegal 373,965 (2001)
Serbia and Montenegro 87,000 (1997)
Seychelles 16,316 (1999)
Sierra Leone 30,000 (2001)
Singapore 2.74 million (2000)
Slovakia 736,662 (April 1999)
Slovenia 1 million (2000)
Solomon Islands 658 (1997)
Somalia NA
South Africa 7.06 million (2001)
Spain 8.394 million (1999)
Sri Lanka 228,604 (1999)
Sudan 20,000 (2000)
Suriname 4,090 (1997)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 45,000 (2001)
Sweden 3.835 million (October 1998)
Switzerland 1.967 million (1999)
Syria NA
Taiwan 16 million (September 2000)
Tajikistan 2,500 (1997)
Tanzania 30,000 (1999)
Thailand 3.1 million (2002)
Togo 2,995 (1997)
Tokelau 0 (2001)
Tonga 302 (1996)
Trinidad and Tobago 17,411 (1997)
Tunisia 50,000 (1998)
Turkey 17.1 million (2001)
Turkmenistan 4,300 (1998)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 (1994)
Tuvalu 0 (1994)
Uganda 9,000 (1998)
Ukraine 236,000 (1998)
United Arab Emirates 1 million (1999)
United Kingdom 43.5 million (yearend 1998)
United States 69.209 million (1998)
Uruguay 350,000 (2001)
Uzbekistan 130,000 (2003)
Vanuatu 310 (2000)
Venezuela 2 million (1998)
Vietnam 730,155 (2000)
Virgin Islands 2,000 (1992)
Wallis and Futuna 0 (1994)
West Bank NA
Western Sahara 0 (1999)
World NA
Yemen 32,042 (2000)
Zambia 90,000 (2002)
Zimbabwe 111,000 (2001)

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