Mobile Subscriptions by Country 2023
Key Findings
About This Dataset
Mobile Subscriptions by Country 2023Fiji tops the list at 361 subscriptions per 100 people, meaning roughly 3.6 active SIMs for every man, woman and child, followed by Hong Kong on 319.5. These figures do not indicate that people own more phones than anywhere else; they reflect cheap prepaid SIMs, multiple network subscriptions to secure coverage, and dormant cards left counted as active. Hong Kong and Macao's high rates are also inflated by cross-border and tourist SIMs. Every country listed exceeds 170, and Montenegro, the United Arab Emirates and Russia all sit near or above 180. Japan at 178.4 is the only large developed economy in the top ten, showing this measure rewards prepaid markets rather than wealth.
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Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank (International Telecommunication Union)
- Coverage
- 10 entities · 2023 · 10 observations
- Measure
- Mobile Cellular Subscriptions (per 100 people)
- Last updated
- 15 July 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2023.
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