ATLAS · MOBILE SUBSCRIPTIONS

Mobile Subscriptions by Country

The whole world, recoloured by mobile subscriptions. Mobile Subscriptions worldwide (world figure): 111.5 / 1,000 (2025). On the map below, paler countries sit at the low end and the deepest green at the high end. Tap any nation to open its full profile. Mobile-phone subscriptions per 100 people, World Bank. Over 100 means many people hold more than one.

HIGHEST

574.2 / 1,000

Fiji

LOWEST

4.0 / 1,000

American Samoa

WORLD

111.5 / 1,000

214 countries with a figure

Source: World Bank Open Data (CC-BY 4.0), 2024 · geometry: Natural Earth (public domain)

How the map is coloured

65.0 / 1,000155.9 / 1,000
No figure — the source has no value for this country (shown in words, never as zero).

The top 25

214 countries and territories have a mobile subscriptions figure. Here are the highest:

#CountryMobile Subscriptions
1Fiji574.2 / 1,000
2Hong Kong SAR, China364.8 / 1,000
3Montenegro221.7 / 1,000
4Sint Maarten (Dutch part)205.4 / 1,000
5United Arab Emirates203.2 / 1,000
6Macao SAR, China201.1 / 1,000
7Antigua and Barbuda200.5 / 1,000
8Libya193.0 / 1,000
9Russian Federation186.1 / 1,000
10Cote d'Ivoire183.9 / 1,000
11South Africa179.3 / 1,000
12Japan178.4 / 1,000
13Israel177.4 / 1,000
14El Salvador176.5 / 1,000
15Colombia174.1 / 1,000
16Iran, Islamic Rep.174.1 / 1,000
17Mauritius172.7 / 1,000
18Korea, Rep.172.5 / 1,000
19Singapore170.8 / 1,000
20Kuwait167.7 / 1,000
21Botswana164.0 / 1,000
22Georgia161.2 / 1,000
23Thailand160.6 / 1,000
24Saudi Arabia159.5 / 1,000
25Bahrain159.5 / 1,000

Fiji ranks 1st of 214.Every country’s full standing is on its profile.

THE WORLD, BY THE NUMBERS

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