This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phone numbers in use.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This list does NOT provide the "number of mobile phones in use." Nobody knows that data. This is a count of phone numbers by country. In fact, often each SIM card has a separate phone number, so those with a dozen SIM cards (for each city they frequent) will have a dozen phone numbers.
In some countries, it's true that one person might have two mobile phones. Also, some mobile phone numbers may be used by machines as a modem (examples: intrusion detection systems, home automation, leak detection), or a local micro-cell.
See also
Notes
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External links
- World Map and Chart of Number of Mobile cellular subscriptions per country by Lebanese-economy-forum, World Bank data
- https://www.djrohitgourr.co/2020/07/best-smartphone-under-20000-Rs.html Archived November 28, 2020, at the Wayback Machine