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India – Mobile Subscriptions 1999

Number of mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Includes both prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. · World Bank
0.18 +0.06 from 1998 G20 rank: 155th

India's mobile subscriptions was 0.18 in 1999, increased +0.06 from 0.12 in 1998. This was the 155th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1999
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Hong Kong SAR, China 64.36 32.7%
2nd Finland 63.37 14.8%
3rd Iceland 62.18 63.5%
4th Norway 59.70 27.7%
5th Sweden 57.93 24.5%
6th Italy 53.20 47.8%
7th Austria 53.19 85.0%
8th Korea 50.39 66.3%
9th Denmark 49.41 35.6%
10th Luxembourg 48.72 58.1%
11th Israel 48.05 31.4%
12th United Kingdom 46.36 82.1%
13th Portugal 45.65 51.1%
14th Ireland 45.08 75.3%
15th Japan 44.92 19.9%
16th Switzerland 42.81 79.1%
17th Netherlands 42.66 100.2%
18th Singapore 41.11 45.2%
19th Monaco 40.38 13.3%
20th Spain 37.01 132.0%
21st France 36.73 90.3%
22nd New Zealand 36.39 75.5%
23rd San Marino 36.28 89.4%
24th Greece 35.51 89.8%
25th Australia 33.59 27.0%
26th European Union 32.39 70.2%
27th Slovenia 31.79 291.1%
28th Andorra 31.38 44.9%
29th Belgium 31.17 80.8%
30th United States 30.82 22.8%
31st Germany 28.75 68.5%
32nd Virgin Islands (US) 27.82 18.9%
33rd Macao SAR, China 27.75 41.5%
34th Liechtenstein 27.59 18.4%
35th Estonia 27.57 57.5%
36th United Arab Emirates 26.87 59.1%
37th Greenland 24.10 52.0%
38th Faroe Islands 23.81 63.9%
39th Canada 22.73 28.2%
40th Cyprus 21.96 28.8%
41st Cayman Islands 21.96 56.9%
42nd Puerto Rico (US) 21.36 39.4%
43rd Bermuda 20.99 1.2%
44th Seychelles 20.70 209.7%
45th Brunei Darussalam 20.18 31.5%
46th Bahrain 19.28 40.9%
47th Czechia 18.97 101.7%
48th Kuwait 15.98 16.3%
49th Hungary 15.92 52.6%
50th Chile 14.90 131.7%
51st Lebanon 14.75 22.0%
52nd Aruba 13.81 116.6%
53rd Qatar 13.76 21.5%
54th Malaysia 13.37 32.5%
55th Gibraltar 13.17 48.9%
56th Türkiye 12.85 128.2%
57th Guam 12.63 53.8%
58th Slovak Republic 12.36 42.6%
59th New Caledonia 11.72 91.2%
60th Antigua and Barbuda 11.51 457.1%
61st Latvia 11.31 66.3%
62nd South Africa 11.19 53.8%
63rd Argentina 10.50 42.5%
64th Poland 10.32 105.3%
65th Uruguay 9.73 109.8%
66th Nauru 9.63 17.6%
67th Malta 9.48 65.1%
68th Lithuania 9.14 25.1%
69th French Polynesia 8.88 95.1%
70th Paraguay 8.67 84.3%
71st Brazil 8.67 101.1%
72nd El Salvador 8.63 270.5%
73rd Mauritius 8.47 67.5%
74th Mexico 8.03 127.1%
75th Panama 7.91 165.8%
76th Barbados 7.69 68.9%
77th Croatia 6.41 63.6%
78th Romania 6.15 112.0%
79th Jamaica 5.56 82.3%
80th Botswana 5.44 492.8%
81st Oman 5.37 23.3%
82nd Colombia 5.10 7.4%
83rd Dominican Republic 5.05 99.6%
84th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.98 72.5%
85th Bahamas, The 4.97 94.1%
86th Azerbaijan 4.57 465.0%
87th Bulgaria 4.29 178.0%
88th Saudi Arabia 3.98 30.0%
89th Peru 3.86 34.2%
90th Northern Mariana Islands 3.81 54.7%
91st Thailand 3.75 17.0%
92nd Philippines 3.74 60.6%
93rd Suriname 3.72 185.9%
94th Costa Rica 3.54 24.4%
95th China 3.45 80.2%
96th American Samoa 3.13 17.9%
97th Ecuador 3.09 55.1%
98th Georgia 3.03 128.3%
99th Guatemala 2.95 195.7%
100th Trinidad and Tobago 2.91 46.5%
101st Fiji 2.84 188.9%
102nd Belize 2.83 80.2%
103rd North Macedonia 2.41 61.1%
104th Jordan 2.39 40.6%
105th Grenada 1.88 41.9%
106th Cabo Verde 1.79 674.4%
107th Namibia 1.69 50.2%
108th Côte d'Ivoire 1.57 173.5%
109th St. Kitts and Nevis 1.56 57.0%
110th Zimbabwe 1.49 802.7%
111th St. Lucia 1.45 20.0%
112th Mongolia 1.42 279.0%
113th Eswatini 1.37 194.0%
114th Sri Lanka 1.37 46.5%
115th Samoa 1.33 62.7%
116th Morocco 1.30 212.7%
117th Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.27 107.0%
118th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.25 89.6%
119th Honduras 1.21 119.3%
120th Dominica 1.16 23.5%
121st Indonesia 1.05 105.3%
122nd Maldives 1.05 79.4%
123rd Russian Federation 0.93 84.0%
124th Senegal 0.93 212.4%
125th Nicaragua 0.88 138.0%
126th Marshall Islands 0.82 26.8%
127th Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.76 23.8%
128th Cambodia 0.75 42.5%
129th Gabon 0.72 -10.6%
130th Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.69 418.7%
131st Lesotho 0.60 21.5%
132nd Libya 0.59 47.7%
133rd Tunisia 0.56 40.1%
134th Ukraine 0.44 89.2%
135th Viet Nam 0.42 45.7%
136th Moldova 0.42 160.1%
137th Gambia, The 0.38 2.1%
138th Guyana 0.37 93.3%
139th Ghana 0.37 63.7%
140th Togo 0.35 120.2%
141st Albania 0.34 98.0%
142nd Kazakhstan 0.32 69.0%
143rd Guinea 0.31 14.2%
144th Haiti 0.30 145.5%
145th Zambia 0.29 232.5%
146th Solomon Islands 0.26 51.6%
147th Armenia 0.25 5.3%
148th Uganda 0.24 81.9%
149th Algeria 0.24 294.4%
150th Kiribati 0.23 793.6%
151st Belarus 0.23 93.9%
152nd Madagascar 0.23 171.1%
153rd Lao PDR 0.23 83.9%
154th Malawi 0.21 109.6%
155th India 0.18 54.7%
156th Pakistan 0.18 31.6%
157th Congo, Republic of 0.17 43.6%
158th Uzbekistan 0.16 48.4%
159th Vanuatu 0.16 33.2%
160th Yemen, Republic of 0.15 66.6%
161st Tanzania 0.15 30.8%
162nd Angola 0.15 136.6%
163rd Rwanda 0.14 117.4%
164th Tonga 0.14 7.0%
165th Papua New Guinea 0.13 22.6%
166th Bangladesh 0.12 94.9%
167th Central African Republic 0.11 147.9%
168th Benin 0.11 12.2%
169th Equatorial Guinea 0.09 94.2%
170th Turkmenistan 0.09 31.3%
171st Kenya 0.08 114.8%
172nd Mozambique 0.07 77.7%
173rd Mali 0.06 38.9%
174th Kyrgyz Republic 0.05 88.0%
175th Sudan 0.05 47.6%
176th Cuba 0.05 26.2%
177th Burkina Faso 0.04 79.2%
178th Cameroon 0.04 16.9%
179th Djibouti 0.04 22.9%
180th Congo, Democratic Republic of 0.03 16.6%
181st Myanmar 0.03 32.2%
182nd Syrian Arab Republic 0.03
183rd Nepal 0.02
184th Nigeria 0.02 21.9%
185th Niger 0.02 57.0%
186th Burundi 0.01 26.0%
187th Tajikistan 0.01 48.0%
188th Afghanistan 0.00
189th Bhutan 0.00
190th Comoros 0.00
191st Eritrea 0.00
192nd Micronesia, Federated States of 0.00
193rd Guinea-Bissau 0.00
194th Iraq 0.00
195th Liberia 0.00
196th Mauritania 0.00
197th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 0.00
198th Sierra Leone 0.00
199th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.00
200th São Tomé and Principe 0.00
201st Chad 0.00
202nd Tuvalu 0.00