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Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people (ITU)

Name: Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people (ITU)
Creator: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, mobile, telecommunications, connectivity, SIM cards, ICT, subscriptions

Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people by country (2022, ITU). Shows how many active SIMs exist relative to population—often over 100% in many countries.

Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)•154 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

114.4per 100 people

Median: 115.8per 100 people

Countries Covered

154

with available data

Highest

United Arab Emirates

208.5per 100 people

Lowest

North Korea

6.1per 100 people

Top 5 Countries

1United Arab Emirates208.5per 100 people

2Kuwait190.6per 100 people

3Bulgaria185.8per 100 people

4Seychelles185.4per 100 people

5Oman183.0per 100 people

By Region

Asia130.3per 100 people(25 countries)

Europe128.8per 100 people(32 countries)

South America127.6per 100 people(7 countries)

Oceania110.7per 100 people(2 countries)

North America108.7per 100 people(4 countries)

Key Findings

•Many countries exceed 100 subscriptions per 100 people, indicating widespread multi-SIM behavior and competitive markets.
•High-income hubs and Gulf states often show very high values, consistent with migrant-heavy populations and multiple lines per user.
•Low values can reflect limited coverage, affordability constraints, or market disruptions rather than a lack of demand alone.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.0per 100 people)High (260.0per 100 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 114.4per 100 people)

Asia (25)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

Africa (9)

Other (75)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures the number of mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants. A value above 100 means there are more active SIM subscriptions than people, which is common where individuals maintain multiple SIMs (e.g., for work/personal use, different operators, or IoT/M2M connections counted as mobile subscriptions). It’s a revealing snapshot of a country’s mobile market maturity and pricing/competition dynamics.

Data come from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database, compiled from official national telecommunications regulators and operators using ITU’s standard definition of “mobile cellular subscription.” This indicator is widely used for cross-country comparisons of connectivity infrastructure and adoption, but it is not the same as “share of people who own a mobile phone.”

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	United Arab Emirates	208.5per 100 people
2	Kuwait	190.6per 100 people
3	Bulgaria	185.8per 100 people
4	Seychelles	185.4per 100 people
5	Oman	183.0per 100 people
6	Luxembourg	182.2per 100 people
7	Thailand	178.4per 100 people
8	Brunei Darussalam	176.2per 100 people
9	Fiji	172.4per 100 people
10	Uruguay	170.1per 100 people
11	Costa Rica	169.6per 100 people
12	South Africa	169.2per 100 people
13	Mauritius	168.2per 100 people
14	Russian Federation	165.2per 100 people
15	Panama	164.0per 100 people
16	Sri Lanka	156.8per 100 people
17	Philippines	155.3per 100 people
18	Singapore	154.5per 100 people
19	Lithuania	153.9per 100 people
20	Cote d'Ivoire	153.1per 100 people
21	Vietnam	151.1per 100 people
22	Qatar	150.6per 100 people
23	Japan	149.8per 100 people
24	Trinidad and Tobago	149.0per 100 people
25	Belize	148.4per 100 people
26	Cyprus	147.1per 100 people
27	Islamic Republic of Iran	146.5per 100 people
28	Poland	142.1per 100 people
29	Mongolia	142.0per 100 people
30	Guatemala	141.2per 100 people
31	Colombia	141.1per 100 people
32	Italy	138.9per 100 people
33	Kazakhstan	138.2per 100 people
34	Nepal	137.9per 100 people
35	Kyrgyzstan	137.3per 100 people
36	Finland	137.0per 100 people
37	El Salvador	136.2per 100 people
38	Georgia	135.2per 100 people
39	Austria	134.3per 100 people
40	Morocco	133.8per 100 people
41	Afghanistan	133.7per 100 people
42	Czech Republic	133.4per 100 people
43	South Korea	133.4per 100 people
44	Indonesia	133.0per 100 people
45	Argentina	133.0per 100 people
46	Tunisia	132.7per 100 people
47	Germany	132.6per 100 people
48	Switzerland	132.0per 100 people
49	Hungary	131.9per 100 people
50	Cambodia	131.5per 100 people
51	Ukraine	131.4per 100 people
52	Chile	130.8per 100 people
53	Estonia	130.7per 100 people
54	Malaysia	129.8per 100 people
55	Ghana	129.4per 100 people
56	Serbia	127.6per 100 people
57	Slovakia	127.0per 100 people
58	Belarus	126.9per 100 people
59	Israel	126.8per 100 people
60	Mali	126.0per 100 people
61	People's Republic of China	124.8per 100 people
62	Romania	123.8per 100 people
63	Sweden	122.9per 100 people
64	Netherlands	121.7per 100 people
65	Peru	121.2per 100 people
66	Lao People's Democratic Republic	121.1per 100 people
67	Portugal	121.0per 100 people
68	Saudi Arabia	120.9per 100 people
69	United Kingdom	120.5per 100 people
70	Latvia	119.7per 100 people
71	Kenya	119.2per 100 people
72	Spain	118.7per 100 people
73	Myanmar	118.6per 100 people
74	Burkina Faso	118.4per 100 people
75	Greece	117.1per 100 people
76	Slovenia	116.2per 100 people
77	Paraguay	116.0per 100 people
78	The Republic of North Macedonia	115.5per 100 people
79	Bolivia	114.7per 100 people
80	Moldova, Republic of	113.8per 100 people
81	Croatia	113.4per 100 people
82	Algeria	112.9per 100 people
83	France	112.7per 100 people
84	New Zealand	112.5per 100 people
85	Andorra	112.4per 100 people
86	Belgium	111.6per 100 people
87	Libya	111.0per 100 people
88	Norway	110.9per 100 people
89	Namibia	110.4per 100 people
90	Denmark	110.0per 100 people
91	Benin	109.7per 100 people
92	Senegal	109.0per 100 people
93	Australia	108.9per 100 people
94	Iceland	108.6per 100 people
95	Türkiye	105.6per 100 people
96	Ireland	105.4per 100 people
97	United States of America	105.3per 100 people
98	Mauritania	104.2per 100 people
99	Bangladesh	103.8per 100 people
100	Guinea	103.5per 100 people
101	Solomon Islands	102.9per 100 people
102	Central African Republic	102.2per 100 people
103	Armenia	102.1per 100 people
104	Iraq	102.0per 100 people
105	Brazil	101.3per 100 people
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.9per 100 people
107	Zimbabwe	99.4per 100 people
108	Jamaica	98.7per 100 people
109	Mexico	98.3per 100 people
110	Zambia	98.2per 100 people
111	Egypt	95.8per 100 people
112	Ecuador	95.6per 100 people
113	Albania	95.1per 100 people
114	Burundi	94.4per 100 people
115	Honduras	93.2per 100 people
116	Nigeria	92.8per 100 people
117	Canada	89.8per 100 people
118	Botswana	89.7per 100 people
119	Sierra Leone	88.9per 100 people
120	Lesotho	88.0per 100 people
121	Dominican Republic	87.5per 100 people
122	Cameroon	86.1per 100 people
123	India	84.2per 100 people
124	Togo	84.1per 100 people
125	Suriname	83.7per 100 people
126	Jordan	83.6per 100 people
127	Liberia	83.2per 100 people
128	Nicaragua	82.9per 100 people
129	Rwanda	82.7per 100 people
130	United Republic of Tanzania	82.1per 100 people
131	Sudan	81.9per 100 people
132	Chad	80.2per 100 people
133	Pakistan	79.6per 100 people
134	Republic of the Congo	78.8per 100 people
135	Uzbekistan	76.0per 100 people
136	Cuba	71.8per 100 people
137	Uganda	67.1per 100 people
138	Guyana	66.8per 100 people
139	Lebanon	66.4per 100 people
140	Venezuela	65.9per 100 people
141	Haiti	61.3per 100 people
142	Mozambique	60.7per 100 people
143	Papua New Guinea	59.2per 100 people
144	Bhutan	58.6per 100 people
145	Malawi	57.7per 100 people
146	Niger	56.4per 100 people
147	Yemen	55.0per 100 people
148	Angola	47.3per 100 people
149	Somalia	46.8per 100 people
150	Democratic Republic of the Congo	43.9per 100 people
151	Ethiopia	41.1per 100 people
152	Madagascar	39.6per 100 people
153	South Sudan	20.2per 100 people
154	North Korea	6.1per 100 people

Showing 154 of 154 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (2022).

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