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Cell Phone Usage Worldwide, by Country

(Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.)

Rank	Country	Cell phones	Date of information
1.	World	2,168,433,600	2005
2.	European Union	466,000,000	2005
3.	China	437,480,000	2006
4.	United States	219,400,000	2005
5.	Russia	120,000,000	2005
6.	Japan	94,745,000	2005
7.	Brazil	86,210,000	2005
8.	Germany	79,200,000	2005
9.	Italy	72,200,000	2005
10.	India	69,193,000	2006
11.	United Kingdom	61,091,000	2004
12.	France	49,370,000	2005
13.	Pakistan	48,289,136	2006
14.	France (Metropolitan)	48,058,000	2005
15.	Mexico	47,462,000	2005
16.	Indonesia	46,910,000	2005
17.	Turkey	43,609,000	2005
18.	Spain	41,328,000	2005
19.	Korea, South	38,342,000	2005
20.	South Africa	33,960,000	2005
21.	Philippines	32,810,000	2005
22.	Poland	29,166,000	2005
23.	Thailand	27,379,000	2005
24.	Taiwan	22,170,000	2005
25.	Argentina	22,100,000	2005
26.	Colombia	21,850,000	2005
27.	Nigeria	21,571,000	2006
28.	Malaysia	19,545,000	2005
29.	Australia	18,420,000	2005
30.	Ukraine	17,214,000	2005
31.	Canada	16,600,000	2005
32.	Netherlands	15,834,000	2005
33.	Egypt	14,045,000	2005
34.	Algeria	13,661,000	2005
35.	Romania	13,354,000	2005
36.	Saudi Arabia	13,300,000	2005
37.	Venezuela	12,496,000	2005
38.	Morocco	12,393,000	2005
39.	Czech Republic	11,776,000	2005
40.	Portugal	11,448,000	2005
41.	Chile	10,570,000	2005
42.	Greece	10,043,000	2005
43.	Venezuela	9,593,000	2005
44.	Belgium	9,460,000	2005
45.	Hungary	9,320,000	2005
46.	Bangladesh	9,000,000	2005
47.	Iraq	8,700,000	2006
48.	Hong Kong	8,693,000	2005
49.	Iran	8,500,000	2005
50.	Sweden	8,436,000	2005
51.	Austria	8,160,000	2005
52.	Israel	7,757,000	2005
53.	Switzerland	6,847,000	2005
54.	Kenya	6,500,000	2006
55.	Ecuador	6,246,000	2006
56.	Bulgaria	6,245,000	2005
57.	Tunisia	5,681,000	2005
58.	Peru	5,583,000	2005
59.	Denmark	5,469,000	2005
60.	Finland	5,231,000	2005
61.	Serbia	5,229,000	2005
62.	Kazakhstan	4,955,000	2005
63.	Norway	4,755,000	2005
64.	Slovakia	4,540,000	2005
65.	United Arab Emirates	4,535,000	2005
66.	Singapore	4,385,000	2005
67.	Lithuania	4,353,000	2005
68.	Sri Lanka	4,284,000	2006
69.	Ireland	4,210,000	2005
70.	Belarus	4,098,000	2005
71.	Dominican Republic	3,623,000	2005
72.	New Zealand	3,530,000	2005
73.	Guatemala	3,168,000	2004
74.	Syria	3,128,000	2005
75.	Jordan	3,013,000	2005
76.	Croatia	2,984,000	2005
77.	Ghana	2,842,000	2005
78.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2,746,000	2005
79.	Jamaica	2,700,000	2005
80.	Puerto Rico	2,682,000	2004
81.	Kuwait	2,536,000	2006
82.	Bolivia	2,421,000	2005
83.	El Salvador	2,412,000	2005
84.	Cameroon	2,259,000	2005
85.	Azerbaijan	2,242,000	2005
86.	Cote d'Ivoire	2,190,000	2005
87.	Yemen	2,075,000	2006
88.	Tanzania	1,942,000	2005
89.	Paraguay	2,075,000	2006
90.	Latvia	1,872,000	2005
91.	Sudan	1,828,000	2005
92.	Slovenia	1,759,000	2005
93.	Senegal	1,730,000	2005
94.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,594,000	2005
95.	Uganda	1,525,000	2005
96.	Georgia	1,459,000	2005
97.	Estonia	1,445,000	2005
98.	Afghanistan	1,400,000	2005
99.	Panama	1,352,000	2005
100.	Oman	1,333,000	2005
101.	Honduras	1,282,000	2005
102.	Macedonia	1,261,000	2005
103.	Albania	1,259,000	2004
104.	Mozambique	1,220,000	2005
105.	Lebanon	1,178,000	2005
106.	Nicaragua	1,119,000	2005
107.	Costa Rica	1,101,000	2005
108.	Uzbekistan	1,100,000	2005
109.	Gaza Strip	1,095,000	2005
110.	West Bank	1,095,000	2005
111.	Angola	1,094,000	2005
112.	Moldova	1,090,000	2005
113.	Cambodia	1,062,000	2005
114.	Zambia	946,600	2005
115.	Mali	869,600	2005
116.	Qatar	854,900	2006
117.	Botswana	823,100	2005
118.	Trinidad and Tobago	800,000	2005
119.	Bahrain	748,700	2005
120.	Mauritania	745,600	2005
121.	Luxembourg	720,000	2005
122.	Cyprus	718,800	NA
123.	Mauritius	713,300	2005
124.	Zimbabwe	699,000	2005
125.	Gabon	649,800	2005
126.	Uruguay	600,000	2004
127.	Burkina Faso	572,200	2005
128.	Mongolia	557,200	2005
129.	Montenegro	543,220	2005
130.	Kyrgyzstan	541,700	2005
131.	Macao	532,800	2005
132.	Laos	520,546	2006
133.	Madagascar	504,700	2005
134.	Somalia	500,000	2005
135.	Namibia	495,000	2005
136.	Congo, Republic of the	490,000	2005
137.	Togo	443,600	2005
138.	Malawi	429,300	2005
139.	Ethiopia	410,600	2005
140.	Haiti	400,000	2004
141.	Benin	386,700	2005
142.	Malta	324,000	2005
143.	Armenia	320,000	2005
144.	Iceland	220,000	2005
145.	Niger	299,900	2005
146.	Rwanda	290,000	2005
147.	Guyana	281,400	2005
148.	Maldives	271,053	2006
149.	Tajikistan	265,000	2005
150.	Nepal	248,800	2005
151.	Gambia, The	247,500	2005
152.	Lesotho	245,100	2005
153.	Libya	234,800	2004
154.	Suriname	232,800	2005
155.	Chad	210,000	2005
156.	Barbados	206,200	2005
157.	Brunei	205,900	2004
158.	Netherlands Antilles	200,000	2004
159.	Swaziland	200,000	2005
160.	Guinea	189,000	2005
161.	Bahamas, The	186,000	2004
162.	Burma	183,400	2005
163.	Liberia	160,000	2005
164.	Burundi	153,000	2005
165.	Cyprus	143,178	NA
166.	Fiji	142,200	2004
167.	Cuba	134,500	2005
168.	New Caledonia	134,300	2005
169.	Sierra Leone	113,200	2003
170.	Aruba	98,400	2004
171.	Guam	98,000	2004
172.	Equatorial Guinea	96,900	2005
173.	Belize	93,100	2005
174.	Saint Lucia	93,000	2004
175.	French Polynesia	87,000	2005
176.	Jersey	83,900	2004
177.	Cape Verde	81,700	2005
178.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	70,600	2005
179.	Guinea-Bissau	67,000	2005
180.	Andorra	64,600	2005
181.	Virgin Islands	64,200	2004
182.	Central African Republic	60,000	2004
183.	Eritrea	58,000	2006
184.	Seychelles	57,000	2005
185.	Antigua and Barbuda	54,000	2004
186.	Turkmenistan	52,000	2004
187.	Bermuda	49,000	2004
188.	Mayotte	48,100	2004
189.	Guernsey	43,800	2004
190.	Grenada	43,300	2004
191.	Faroe Islands	42,500	2005
192.	Dominica	41,800	2004
193.	Bhutan	37,800	2005
194.	Djibouti	34,500	2004
195.	Greenland	32,200	2004
196.	Papua New Guinea	26,000	2005
197.	Samoa	24,000	2005
198.	Northern Mariana Islands	20,500	2004
199.	Monaco	19,300	2002
200.	Cayman Islands	17,000	2002
201.	San Marino	16,800	2002
202.	Tonga	16,400	2004
203.	Comoros	16,100	2005
204.	Micronesia, Federated States of	14,100	2005
205.	Vanuatu	12,700	2005
206.	Sao Tome and Principe	12,000	2005
207.	Liechtenstein	11,400	2002
208.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10,000	2004
209.	Gibraltar	9,797	2002
210.	British Virgin Islands	8,000	2002
211.	Solomon Islands	6,000	2005
212.	American Samoa	2,377	1999
213.	Anguilla	1,800	2002
214.	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,700	1999
215.	Cook Islands	1,500	2002
216.	Nauru	1,500	2002
217.	Marshall Islands	1,198	2004
218.	Palau	1,000	2002
219.	Kiribati	600	2004
220.	Niue	400	2002
221.	Montserrat	70	1994
222.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0	2001
223.	Western Sahara	0	1999
224.	Wallis and Futuna	0	1994
225.	Norfolk Island	0	2002
226.	Tuvalu	0	2004
227.	Tokelau	0	2001