Mobile cellular subscriptions in Asia

41 countries in Asia, 2024. Unit: per 100 people. World ranking →

First in the ranking
364.8 /100
Hong Kong
Median country
127.1 /100
half above, half below
World
110.4 /100
World Bank aggregate
Range
60.1 to 364.8
Afghanistan - Hong Kong

How to read it

Across 41 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Hong Kong (364.8 /100) and the lowest in Afghanistan (60.1 /100).

The median country is at 127.1 /100: half are above, half below.

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice…

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Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) · via World Bank WDI (IT.CEL.SETS.P2) · licence

Mobile subscriptions over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Hong Kong364.8
2United Arab Emirates203.2
3Macao201.1
4Israel177.4
5Iran174.1
6South Korea172.5
7Singapore170.8
8Georgia161.2
9Thailand160.6
10Saudi Arabia159.5
11Bahrain159.5
12Cyprus156.2
13Qatar153.6
14Maldives148.1
15Mongolia140.7
16Malaysia139.7
17Armenia134.9
18Sri Lanka132.5
19China131.8
20Vietnam127.6
21Kazakhstan127.1
22Indonesia122.5
23Oman120.6
24Brunei118.1
25Timor-Leste116.4
26Cambodia116.1
27Philippines115.3
28Myanmar114.3
29Uzbekistan110.5
30Azerbaijan109.5
31Bangladesh108.1
32Türkiye107.8
33Kyrgyzstan107.5
34Iraq100.1
35Nepal99.8
36Bhutan99.8
37India79.4
38Pakistan76.9
39Syria71.2
40Jordan69.6
41Afghanistan60.1
World Bank, WDI · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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