Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre by country
Mobile cellular subscriptions by country divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
212
Highest
41,640 units per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
0.1618 units per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
97.69 units per square kilometre
Years covered
44
1980–2023
Data points
8,465
What the numbers show
Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 41,640 units per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 0.1618 units per square kilometre in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.69 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 679.55 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 170 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Northern Mariana Islands (up 2,576.3%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 47.9%).
Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 41,640 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 22,647 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Monaco | 19,452 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Singapore | 13,965 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 3,671 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Bahrain | 3,020 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Maldives | 2,499 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Malta | 2,342 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 1,468 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Bermuda | 1,262 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Mauritius | 1,054 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 12 | South Korea | 859.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Aruba | 782.31 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Barbados | 752.28 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Palestine | 688.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 16 | San Marino | 683.33 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Netherlands | 673.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Israel | 655.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Japan | 608.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 20 | El Salvador | 547.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 528.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Rwanda | 517.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Nauru | 514.35 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Comoros | 501.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 168.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Kuwait | 455.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Puerto Rico | 455.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Philippines | 451.89 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Antigua and Barbuda | 423.14 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Vietnam | 419.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Lebanon | 415.62 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Cayman Islands | 415.57 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Qatar | 409.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Belgium | 396.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 34 | Trinidad and Tobago | 393.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Curacao | 391.73 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 36 | India | 389.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Luxembourg | 373.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 38 | Seychelles | 359.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 348.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Burundi | 336.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 240.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Grenada | 329.28 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Tuvalu | 329.27 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 252.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Liechtenstein | 314.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 44 | Gambia | 312.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Jamaica | 301.79 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Germany | 301.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 298.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Switzerland | 292.37 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Saint Lucia | 289.18 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Haiti | 272.1 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Andorra | 268.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Italy | 265.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 264.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Nigeria | 246.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Pakistan | 245.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Nepal | 243.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Thailand | 236.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 58 | British Virgin Islands | 236.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 59 | United States Virgin Islands | 226.06 units per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 215.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 213.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 62 | China | 194.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Guatemala | 192.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Denmark | 188.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Indonesia | 186.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Uganda | 185.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 105.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Fiji | 182.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 258.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Guam | 181.48 units per square kilometre | 2004 | up 2,291.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Czechia | 176.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Poland | 171.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Cote d'Ivoire | 168.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 176.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Slovakia | 158.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Cyprus | 155.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Sao Tome and Principe | 152.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Malaysia | 152.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Ghana | 146.72 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Cape Verde | 146.49 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Benin | 145.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 79 | France | 143.85 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Armenia | 140.41 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Portugal | 140.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Malawi | 136.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 143.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Slovenia | 135.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Austria | 134.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 134.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 133.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Togo | 129.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Morocco | 125.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 123.71 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 304.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Spain | 122.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Moldova | 120.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Turkey | 119.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Cambodia | 119.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Senegal | 116.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Kenya | 114.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 105.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Hungary | 111.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Egypt | 106.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Iraq | 105.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 99 | East Timor | 104.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 139.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Tunisia | 104.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Brunei | 103.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Romania | 102.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Serbia | 101.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 104 | Myanmar | 100.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 859.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Guinea-Bissau | 98.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 193.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 97.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 137.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Montenegro | 97.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 108 | French Polynesia | 96.2 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Albania | 95.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Panama | 94.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Syria | 93.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Iran | 92.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Eswatini | 91.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Tonga | 90.05 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 115 | South Africa | 89.37 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Marshall Islands | 88.41 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Greece | 88.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Jordan | 87.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Ukraine | 86.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Uzbekistan | 86.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Georgia | 85.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Kiribati | 83.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 239.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Ireland | 83.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Croatia | 81.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Tanzania | 79.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Colombia | 78.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 77.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Dominica | 75.91 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Mexico | 74.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Cuba | 73.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 285.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 73.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 73.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Ecuador | 73.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Honduras | 70.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Ethiopia | 68.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Lithuania | 62.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 60.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Belarus | 57.92 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Cameroon | 57.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Guinea | 57.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 57.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Lesotho | 52.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 143 | North Korea | 52.77 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 273.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Palau | 52.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 145 | Samoa | 48.32 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Estonia | 48.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Northern Mariana Islands | 44.51 units per square kilometre | 2004 | up 2,576.3% | volatile |
| 148 | United States | 42.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Faroe Islands | 41.71 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Madagascar | 40.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 178.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Kyrgyzstan | 40.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Bahamas | 39.92 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 38.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Yemen | 37.97 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Sweden | 36.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Latvia | 36.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Chile | 35.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Afghanistan | 35.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Peru | 32.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Micronesia (country) | 32.01 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | 31.85 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Zambia | 28.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 103.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Uruguay | 27.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 26.41 units per square kilometre | 2004 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Brazil | 25.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 166 | New Zealand | 24.92 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 24.82 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Saudi Arabia | 24.41 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Djibouti | 24.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Finland | 23.49 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 23.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 124.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Argentina | 22.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Venezuela | 22.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Paraguay | 21.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Algeria | 21.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Laos | 21.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Mali | 21.2 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 77.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Angola | 20.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Oman | 20.41 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Mozambique | 20.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Bhutan | 19.72 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Sudan | 18.56 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 183 | Liberia | 17.89 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Solomon Islands | 17.32 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Congo | 17.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Eritrea | 16.64 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 559.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Norway | 16.61 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Russia | 16.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Somalia | 15.79 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.1% | volatile |
| 190 | New Caledonia | 14.4 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Niger | 13.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 145.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Turkmenistan | 13.31 units per square kilometre | 2021 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Belize | 11.86 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Gabon | 11.82 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 195 | Bolivia | 11.32 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 196 | American Samoa | 11.25 units per square kilometre | 2004 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 197 | Chad | 10.77 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 197.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Kazakhstan | 9.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 199 | South Sudan | 8.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 200 | Libya | 7.92 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 201 | Botswana | 7.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 202 | Papua New Guinea | 7.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 203 | Suriname | 6.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 204 | Iceland | 4.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 205 | Mauritania | 4.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 206 | Guyana | 4.38 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 207 | Canada | 4.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 208 | Australia | 3.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 209 | Central African Republic | 3.18 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 73.1% | volatile |
| 210 | Namibia | 3.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 211 | Mongolia | 3.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 212 | Greenland | 0.1618 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 11.7% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Mobile cellular subscriptions by country divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Mobile cellular subscriptions by country ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Mobile phone subscriptions International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Mobile cellular subscriptions by country divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.