In 2021, China reports the highest number of mobile cellular subscriptions worldwide, with 1.7 billion subscriptions. The country is followed by India and Indonesia on the top three, where there were respectively over 1.1 billion and approximately 366 million mobile cellular subscriptions in use in 2021.
Countries with the highest number of mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions in 2021
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Number of mobile cellular subscriptions in millions
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