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Mobile cellular subscriptions, per square kilometre by country

Mobile cellular subscriptions 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
59
1965–2023
Data points
11,974

What the numbers show

Mobile cellular subscriptions, 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, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Mobile cellular subscriptions 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)

Computed from

  • Mobile cellular subscriptions World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  • Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
259 places, 11,974 data points, 1965–2023
Last refreshed

Mobile cellular subscriptions 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.