Mobile Phone Subscriptions by Country (2026)

The three highest countries are Fiji (574.2), Hong Kong (364.8), Montenegro (221.7); the three lowest are Micronesia (20), North Korea (24.1), Liberia (32.1).

Across all 210 countries the median is 115.4 per 100 people and the simple (unweighted) average is 115.8; the spread from 20 to 574.2 shows how differently countries fare on this measure.

Over roughly the last decade the biggest increases were in Fiji (+478.7 pts), Hong Kong (+133.1 pts), Ivory Coast (+93.8 pts), while the largest decreases were in Macau (-103 pts), British Virgin Islands (-73 pts), Dominica (-72.9 pts).

By continent, the leaders are Hong Kong in Asia (364.8), Montenegro in Europe (221.7), Libya in Africa (193), Sint Maarten in North America (205.4), Colombia in South America (174.1), Fiji in Oceania (574.2).

Mobile cellular subscriptions count subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service, including prepaid SIM cards active in the last three months. Values above 100 are common because many people hold more than one SIM.

Source: World Bank Open Data (indicator IT.CEL.SETS.P2). Countries without a published value are not ranked. Each country's own page shows the full historical series and its rank on this and every other indicator.