Top 10 Lists for Mobile Phone and Internet Usage
In honor of World Telecommunications & Information Society Day, 
on May 17, CIA.gov is highlighting interesting information on mobile phone and internet usage from the The World Factbook—CIA’s reference resource. Did you know?
- Brazil’s mobile-cellular usage has more than tripled in the past 5 years.
- In Russia, the estimated number of mobile subscribers jumped from fewer than 1 million in 1998 to nearly 240 million by the end of 2010.
- Pakistani mobile-cellular subscribership has skyrocketed, from about 300,000 in 2000 to over 110 million by the end of 2011; more than 90 percent of Pakistanis have cell phone coverage at home.
Click on each country below to learn more about its specific communication systems.
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Number of Mobile Phone Users |
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1. |
859,000,000 |
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2. |
752,000,000 |
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3. |
279,000,000 |
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4. |
238,000,000 |
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5. |
220,000,000 |
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6. |
202,944,000 |
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7. |
154,000,000 |
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8. |
121,000,000 |
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9. |
111,000,000 |
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10. |
105,000,000 |
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Number of Internet Users* |
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1. |
389,000,000 |
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2. |
245,000,000 |
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3. |
99,182,000 |
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4. |
75,982,000 |
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5. |
65,125,000 |
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6. |
61,338,000 |
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7. |
51,444,000 |
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8. |
45,262,000 |
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9. |
43,989,000 |
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10. |
40,853,000 |
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You can find the ranking order of other countries on the Guide to Country Comparisons.
*Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.