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  Rank Order - Telephones - mobile cellular


Countries, for which no information is available, are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Telephones - mobile cellular
Date of Information
1
United States 69,209,000 1998
2
China 65,000,000 January 2001
3
Japan 63,880,000 2000
4
Germany 55,300,000 June 2001
5
United Kingdom 43,500,000 yearend 1998
6
Korea, South 28,000,000 September 2000
7
Italy 20,500,000 1999
8
Russia 19,000,000 January 2003
9
Turkey 17,100,000 2001
10
Taiwan 16,000,000 September 2000
11
Poland 13,000,000 2002
12
Philippines 11,350,000 2001
13
France 11,078,000 yearend 1998
14
Canada 8,751,300 1997
15
Australia 8,600,000 2000
16
Spain 8,394,000 1999
17
South Africa 7,060,000 2001
18
Austria 6,000,000 2001
19
Malaysia 5,000,000 2000
20
Brazil 4,400,000 1997
21
Czech Republic 4,346,000 2000
22
Netherlands 4,081,891 April 1999
23
Sweden 3,835,000 October 1998
24
Finland 3,728,600 2001
25
Hong Kong 3,700,000 December 1999
26
Thailand 3,100,000 2002
27
Portugal 3,074,194 1999
28
Argentina 3,000,000 December 1999
29
Ireland 3,000,000 2002
30
India 2,930,000 November 2000
31
Saudi Arabia 2,900,000 2002 est.
32
Singapore 2,740,000 2000
33
Israel 2,500,000 1999
34
New Zealand 2,200,000 2000
35
Norway 2,080,408 1998
36
Mexico 2,020,000 1998
37
Venezuela 2,000,000 1998
38
Switzerland 1,967,000 1999
39
Colombia 1,800,229 December 1998
40
Denmark 1,444,016 1997
41
Croatia 1,300,000 2001
42
Hungary 1,269,000 July 1999
43
Indonesia 1,070,000 1998
44
Bulgaria 1,054,000 2001
45
Slovenia 1,000,000 2000
46
United Arab Emirates 1,000,000 1999
47
Belgium 974,494 1997
48
Chile 944,225 1998
49
Greece 937,700 1997
50
Azerbaijan 800,000 2002
51
Slovakia 736,662 April 1999
52
Vietnam 730,155 2000
53
Estonia 711,000 yearend 2001
54
Guatemala 663,296 September 2000
55
Romania 645,500 1999
56
Lebanon 580,000 1999
57
Kenya 540,000 2001
58
Paraguay 510,000 2001
59
Peru 504,995 1998
60
Lithuania 500,000 2001
61
Cote d'Ivoire 450,000 2000
62
Latvia 401,263 2000
63
Kazakhstan 400,000 2001
64
Ecuador 384,000 1999
65
Egypt 380,000 1999
66
Senegal 373,965 2001
67
Uruguay 350,000 2001
68
Cameroon 300,000 2002
69
Mozambique 287,000 2002
70
Bangladesh 283,000 2000
71
Botswana 270,000 September 2001
72
Iran 265,000 August 1998
73
Albania 250,000 2001
74
Iceland 248,131 2001
75
Ukraine 236,000 1998
76
Sri Lanka 228,604 1999
77
Luxembourg 215,741 2000
78
Kuwait 210,000 1997
79
Nigeria 200,000 2001
80
Reunion 197,000 September 2000
81
Georgia 185,500 2000
82
Mauritius 180,000 2000
83
Puerto Rico 169,265 1996
84
Macau 158,251 November 2001
85
Pakistan 158,000 1998
86
Ghana 150,000 2001
87
Costa Rica 143,000 2000
88
Dominican Republic 130,149 1997
89
Uzbekistan 130,000 2003
90
Gabon 120,000 2000
91
Morocco 116,645 1998
92
Bolivia 116,000 1997
93
Zimbabwe 111,000 2001
94
Mongolia 110,000 2001
95
Zambia 90,000 2002
96
Serbia and Montenegro 87,000 1997
97
Namibia 82,000 2000 est.
98
Rwanda 81,000 2002
99
Cambodia 80,000 2000
100
Cyprus 70,000 NA
101
Cyprus 68,000 NA
102
Madagascar 63,100 2000
103
Oman 59,822 1997
104
Bahrain 58,543 1997
105
Benin 55,500 2000
106
Guam 55,000 1998
107
Jamaica 54,640 1996
108
Armenia 50,000 2002
109
Tunisia 50,000 1998
110
Malawi 49,000 2000
111
Swaziland 45,000 2001
112
Brunei 43,524 1996
113
Qatar 43,476 1997
114
El Salvador 40,163 1997
115
Mali 40,000 2001
116
Mauritania 35,000 2001
117
Algeria 33,500 1999
118
Yemen 32,042 2000
119
Burundi 30,000 2002
120
Sierra Leone 30,000 2001
121
Tanzania 30,000 1999
122
Cape Verde 28,119 2002
123
Angola 25,800 2000
124
Burkina Faso 25,200 2000
125
Lesotho 21,600 2000
126
Guinea 21,567 1998
127
Libya 20,000 1998
128
Sudan 20,000 2000
129
Ethiopia 17,800 2000
130
Malta 17,691 1997
131
Trinidad and Tobago 17,411 1997
132
Panama 17,000 1997
133
Seychelles 16,316 1999
134
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000 2000
135
Martinique 15,000 1997
136
Honduras 14,427 1997
137
Andorra 14,117 December 1998
138
Netherlands Antilles 13,977 1996
139
New Caledonia 13,040 1998
140
Greenland 12,676 yearend 1999
141
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 12,362 1997
142
Guernsey 12,000 1997
143
Jordan 11,500 1995
144
Faroe Islands 10,761 1999
145
Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,000 1997
146
Uganda 9,000 1998
147
Burma 8,492 1997
148
Belarus 8,167 1997
149
Barbados 8,013 1997
150
Bermuda 7,980 1996
151
Nicaragua 7,911 1997
152
Sao Tome and Principe 6,942 1997
153
Niger 6,700 2002
154
Bahamas, The 6,152 1997
155
Guyana 6,100 2000
156
Gambia, The 5,624 2000
157
Chad 5,500 2000
158
French Polynesia 5,427 1997
159
Fiji 5,200 1997
160
Djibouti 5,000 2002
161
Laos 4,915 1997
162
Jersey 4,400 1997
163
Turkmenistan 4,300 1998
164
Suriname 4,090 1997
165
Aruba 3,402 1997
166
Congo, Republic of the 3,300 1998
167
Papua New Guinea 3,053 1996
168
Belize 3,023 1997
169
San Marino 3,010 1998
170
Togo 2,995 1997
171
Cuba 2,994 1997
172
American Samoa 2,550 1997
173
Cayman Islands 2,534 1995
174
Tajikistan 2,500 1997
175
Moldova 2,200 1997
176
Virgin Islands 2,000 1992
177
Anguilla 1,629 2000
178
Gibraltar 1,620 1997
179
Saint Lucia 1,600 1997
180
Samoa 1,545 February 1998
181
Antigua and Barbuda 1,300 1996
182
Maldives 1,290 1997
183
Northern Mariana Islands 1,200 1995
184
Palau 1,000 2002
185
Grenada 976 1997
186
Central African Republic 710 1998
187
Solomon Islands 658 1997
188
Marshall Islands 489 2001
189
Dominica 461 1996
190
Nauru 450 1994
191
Vanuatu 310 2000
192
Tonga 302 1996
193
Equatorial Guinea 300 1998
194
Saint Kitts and Nevis 205 1997
195
Montserrat 70 1994
196
Cook Islands 0 1994
197
Liberia 0 1998
198
Niue 0 1991
199
Guinea-Bissau 0 2001
200
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 1994
201
Tuvalu 0 1994
202
Western Sahara 0 1999
203
Wallis and Futuna 0 1994
204
Tokelau 0 2001
205
Saint Helena 0 1997
206
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 1994
207
Norfolk Island 0 1983
208
Mayotte 0 2000

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