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Mobile Phone Penetration (As % of Population)

Macao

Hong Kong

United Arab Emirates

Montenegro

El Salvador

Seychelles

Russia

South Africa

Thailand

Kuwait

Ivory Coast

Japan

Botswana

Iran

Costa Rica

Source: World Bank

Last Updated: Jul 1, 2023

Based on a comparison of 177 countries in 2021, Macao ranked the highest in mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population with 413% followed by Hong Kong and United Arab Emirates. On the other end of the scale was South Sudan with 12.7%, Dem. People's Republic of Korea with 23.2% and Liberia with 32.5%.

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1Q2023

Country	Unit
Afghanistan	%
Albania	%
Algeria	%
Angola	%
Argentina	%
Armenia	%
Australia	%
Austria	%
Azerbaijan	%
Bahamas	%
Bahrain	%
Bangladesh	%
Belarus	%
Belgium	%
Belize	%
Benin	%
Bhutan	%
Bolivia	%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	%
Botswana	%
Brazil	%
Brunei	%
Bulgaria	%
Burkina Faso	%
Burundi	%
Cambodia	%
Cameroon	%
Canada	%
Cayman Islands	%
Central African Republic	%
Chad	%
Chile	%
China	%
Colombia	%
Comoros	%
Congo	%
Costa Rica	%
Croatia	%
Cuba	%
Cyprus	%
Czechia	%
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	%
Dem. Republic of the Congo	%
Denmark	%
Djibouti	%
Dominican Republic	%
East Timor	%
Ecuador	%
Egypt	%
El Salvador	%
Equatorial Guinea	%
Eritrea	%
Estonia	%
Ethiopia	%
European Union	%
Fiji	%
Finland	%
France	%
Gabon	%
Gambia	%
Georgia	%
Germany	%
Ghana	%
Greece	%
Guatemala	%
Guinea	%
Guinea Bissau	%
Guyana	%
Haiti	%
Honduras	%
Hong Kong	%
Hungary	%
Iceland	%
India	%
Indonesia	%
Iraq	%
Iran	%
Ireland	%
Israel	%
Italy	%
Ivory Coast	%
Jamaica	%
Japan	%
Jordan	%
Kazakhstan	%
Kenya	%
Kosovo	%
Kuwait	%
Kyrgyzstan	%
Laos	%
Latvia	%
Lebanon	%
Lesotho	%
Liberia	%
Libya	%
Liechtenstein	%
Lithuania	%
Luxembourg	%
Macao	%
Macedonia	%
Madagascar	%
Malawi	%
Malaysia	%
Maldives	%
Mali	%
Malta	%
Mauritania	%
Mauritius	%
Mexico	%
Moldova	%
Monaco	%
Mongolia	%
Montenegro	%
Morocco	%
Mozambique	%
Myanmar	%
Namibia	%
Nepal	%
Netherlands	%
New Zealand	%
Nicaragua	%
Niger	%
Nigeria	%
Norway	%
Oman	%
Pakistan	%
Palestine	%
Panama	%
Papua New Guinea	%
Paraguay	%
Peru	%
Philippines	%
Poland	%
Portugal	%
Puerto Rico	%
Qatar	%
Romania	%
Russia	%
Rwanda	%
Saudi Arabia	%
Senegal	%
Serbia	%
Seychelles	%
Sierra Leone	%
Singapore	%
Slovakia	%
Slovenia	%
Somalia	%
South Africa	%
South Korea	%
South Sudan	%
Spain	%
Sri Lanka	%
Sudan	%
Suriname	%
Swaziland	%
Sweden	%
Switzerland	%
Syria	%
Tajikistan	%
Tanzania	%
Thailand	%
Togo	%
Trinidad and Tobago	%
Tunisia	%
Turkey	%
Turkmenistan	%
Uganda	%
Ukraine	%
United Arab Emirates	%
United Kingdom	%
USA	%
Uruguay	%
Uzbekistan	%
Venezuela	%
Vietnam	%
Yemen	%
Zambia	%
Zimbabwe	%
World	%

2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
													58.4	62.4	67.1	59.9	59.8		...
													118	117	126	94.4	91.5
													109	117	111	112	106
													49.4	44.6	44.1	42.5	45.8
													143	146	141	132	126
													120	120	122	126	128
													108	110	108	111	109
													156	127	123	124	121
													108	102	101	102	105
													79.2	91.0	88.6	96.7	105		...
													185	212	162	141	128
													83.2	85.1	93.3	98.8	100
													118	118	118	120	120
													114	111	99.8	100.0	100.0
													58.9	60.7	63.9	64.5	65.5		...
													85.2	79.0	75.7	79.2	84.2
...													90.9	93.1	96.6	92.3	95.0
													91.6	89.7	95.9	98.6	99.2
													97.7	97.8	100	102	112
													151	140	135	138	150
													126	118	106	99.6	95.4
													110	123	127	130	131
													126	124	119	118	115
													77.2	79.9	90.5	94.8	97.2
													46.6	49.1	53.1	55.0	55.0
													135	127	117	121	132
													78.9	78.9	82.5	73.6	83.0
													83.3	85.2	86.7	89.7	91.6
													153	154	152	152	150		...
													25.8	25.5	23.5	25.1	30.6		...
													38.7	38.3	42.2	44.8	47.5		...
													130	129	125	135	132
													92.7	97.4	104	116	123
													122	123	129	131	132
...													58.2	60.9	61.6	64.3	72.7
													103	105	95.2	91.9	88.8
													154	168	177	169	168
													104	105	103	105	107
													29.4	35.2	40.7	47.4	53.4
													131	133	136	137	140
													118	119	120	121	124
...	...	...	...	...	...	...							12.8	14.2	14.9	15.0	16.5		...
													48.0	35.5	42.0	41.9	41.3		...
													125	122	124	125	125
													31.2	33.7	35.9	37.4	38.5
													84.5	82.7	82.4	83.0	82.2
...													114	122	125	116	111
													79.9	84.4	87.7	92.7	91.4
													96.2	98.0	101	90.4	90.3
													150	154	151	150	166
													39.6	41.1	39.0	39.4	39.7		...
...	...												14.2	15.0	20.5	20.4	37.5		...
													145	144	145	146	147
													41.3	48.6	36.6	36.2	36.7		...
													122	122	123	122	122
													105	114	113	110	112		...
													135	131	130	130	129
													104	106	108	110	112		...
													139	142	124	134	133
													121	122	125	130	103		...
													147	147	146	145	143
													117	126	133	130	129
													121	130	122	133	130
													116	117	121	114	112
													113	112	121	121	122
													92.6	93.1	95.6	95.7	100.0		...
...													69.2	70.1	76.3	76.9	80.7
													71.9	77.0	84.3	83.0	97.4		...
													69.1	60.7	58.0	60.0	61.3		...
													86.6	82.8	85.5	77.5	75.9
													226	236	247	266	286
													101	101	102	103	105
													116	120	117	117	115
													75.7	84.3	86.3	85.9	83.3
													131	147	165	120	127
													88.9	86.4	84.3	90.0	89.6
													90.7	96.7	103	104	136
													105	103	103	103	105
													132	130	127	127	136
													146	143	140	139	133
													108	113	128	133	143
													112	117	110	105	107
													126	131	136	142	148
													145	98.5	95.0	83.5	72.7
													148	141	146	141	137
													80.5	81.4	87.5	99.1	107
...	...	...											32.3	...	...	...	32.3	...	...
													196	189	173	164	165
													128	127	138	140	136		...
													54.9	57.4	53.0	51.5	64.3
													130	134	126	107	108
													72.8	68.3	72.0	74.3	73.3		...
													101	106	110	72.0	75.6
													79.2	66.2	55.5	56.6	38.9		...
													157	122	94.4	91.5	56.6		...
													110	118	122	124	124
													141	143	150	131	130
													142	131	133	131	135		...
													308	314	321	335	421		...
													98.8	97.2	95.1	93.2	90.9
													43.0	31.4	33.4	39.7	47.2
													38.8	41.2	43.5	38.5	47.2
													142	138	132	131	136
													170	179	191	175	164
													125	108	114	110	111
													115	125	126	125	126
													92.4	89.2	97.9	107	107
													136	140	142	148	144
													89.6	91.9	93.1	96.9	97.6
													113	117	118	116	116
													92.5	89.8	89.0	88.3	91.2
													103	111	126	133	137
	...												159	164	165	180	183
													124	118	123	124	128
													75.0	54.3	41.6	47.8	48.8
													79.6	97.5	91.7	116	154
													112	114	113	115	115
													99.7	115	128	137	134		...
													122	122	119	122	125
													122	131	135	131	121
													115	121	126	113	86.9
													44.5	35.7	40.4	40.6	51.7		...
													82.0	81.8	74.9	87.1	90.8
													110	109	108	108	108		...
													156	153	149	140	138
													59.7	63.9	66.8	70.1	74.1
													78.0	80.1	84.2	90.0	86.3
													145	128	129	137	138
													41.0	42.5	44.1	46.1	47.5		...
													120	120	118	115	119
													111	119	123	131	121
													114	115	112	124	152
													141	138	131	125	126
													113	112	114	115	116
													91.6	94.7	101	100	102
													155	141	147	143	140
													116	116	114	115	116
													157	158	156	157	164
													75.2	74.8	72.1	77.4	75.3
													161	143	118	118	115
													104	103	104	106	112
	...												129	129	123	121	122
													149	151	164	174	186
													77.3	83.8	86.3	80.8	83.6
													146	148	145	147	154
													123	129	131	133	136
													113	114	116	117	119
													42.4	46.5	47.9	49.7	51.5
													157	146	156	161	167
													116	119	124	128	133
...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						25.9	24.4	26.2	18.4	21.3		...
													110	111	113	116	117
													112	120	131	140	131
													73.2	70.6	70.4	71.7	76.4
													130	139	135	127	136
													83.0	87.1	91.4	93.5	101		...
													128	126	124	124	126
													136	134	131	127	127
													74.5	70.4	81.0	88.6	88.2
													99.6	108	111	110	118		...
													75.5	73.6	71.0	74.9	79.6
													146	169	171	176	182
													65.0	71.9	77.3	76.4	75.7		...
													145	147	137	131	142
													126	122	121	124	123
													92.5	92.6	94.8	96.7	96.8
													136	146	157	155	152		...
													54.0	58.9	62.2	58.9	59.1
													142	133	131	128	131
													201	221	219	220	213
													122	120	120	119	121
													102	103	103	105	106
													152	150	149	130	132
													70.4	74.0	76.0	71.6	101
													95.3	89.8	80.1	69.5	63.8
													131	130	128	148	142
													52.7	56.1	51.1	49.7	48.3		...
													71.1	71.7	77.7	86.7	93.7
													90.1	89.1	95.5	85.8	85.9
													96.1	99.3	101	105	106

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