Which Country Has the Most Mobile Phones?

Based on a comparison of 177 countries in 2018, China ranked the highest in mobile cellular subscriptions with 1,470 mil followed by India and Indonesia. On the other end of the scale was Monaco with 0.033 mil, Liechtenstein with 0.046 mil and Cayman Islands with 0.097 mil.

Total mobile cellular subscriptions reached 8,160 mil in 2018 in the World according to World Bank. This is 4.85 % more than in the previous year and 50.6 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total mobile cellular subscriptions reached an all time high of 8,160 mil in 2018 and an all time low of 0.023 mil in 1980. The average annual growth amounted to 39.9 % since 1980.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 18.0 % of mobile cellular subscriptions in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 37.7 % share while the ten largest countries some 55.7 % in 2018.

Data for more countries are available at Mobile Cellular Subscriptions indicator page.