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United Kingdom - Mobile Subscriptions 1998

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Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people · World Bank

25.46 +10.28 from 1997 Global rank: 18th

United Kingdom's mobile subscriptions was 25.46 in 1998, increased +10.28 from 15.18 in 1997. This was the 18th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Mobile Subscriptions by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	55.22	31.3%
2nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	48.49	40.1%
3rd	Norway	46.75	22.8%
4th	Sweden	46.54	29.4%
5th	Iceland	38.02	57.8%
6th	Japan	37.45	23.4%
7th	Israel	36.58	25.6%
8th	Denmark	36.44	33.2%
9th	Italy	35.98	74.5%
10th	Monaco	35.62	58.2%
11th	Luxembourg	30.81	91.8%
12th	Korea	30.31	102.5%
13th	Portugal	30.20	103.0%
14th	Austria	28.75	97.5%
15th	Singapore	28.31	25.5%
16th	Australia	26.44	6.3%
17th	Ireland	25.72	71.8%
18th	United Kingdom	25.46	67.7%
19th	United States	25.09	23.6%
20th	Switzerland	23.90	62.2%
21st	Virgin Islands (US)	23.39	54.7%
22nd	Liechtenstein	23.30	-
23rd	Andorra	21.66	62.5%
24th	Netherlands	21.31	94.0%
25th	Bermuda	20.74	21.6%
26th	New Zealand	20.73	38.3%
27th	Macao SAR, China	19.61	52.8%
28th	France	19.30	91.9%
29th	San Marino	19.16	108.6%
30th	European Union	19.02	71.6%
31st	Greece	18.71	117.0%
32nd	Canada	17.73	26.3%
33rd	Estonia	17.50	72.5%
34th	Belgium	17.24	79.6%
35th	Germany	17.07	67.9%
36th	Cyprus	17.05	25.2%
37th	United Arab Emirates	16.89	49.9%
38th	Spain	15.95	47.7%
39th	Greenland	15.86	37.2%
40th	Brunei Darussalam	15.35	6.8%
41st	Puerto Rico (US)	15.32	57.0%
42nd	Faroe Islands	14.52	37.5%
43rd	Cayman Islands	13.99	21.2%
44th	Kuwait	13.74	15.2%
45th	Bahrain	13.69	52.6%
46th	Lebanon	12.09	32.8%
47th	Qatar	11.32	43.3%
48th	Hungary	10.43	52.0%
49th	Malaysia	10.09	7.2%
50th	Czechia	9.41	83.7%
51st	Gibraltar	8.85	50.5%
52nd	Slovak Republic	8.66	132.3%
53rd	Guam	8.21	123.3%
54th	Nauru	8.19	13.2%
55th	Slovenia	8.13	72.8%
56th	Argentina	7.37	31.4%
57th	Lithuania	7.30	63.2%
58th	South Africa	7.28	79.5%
59th	Latvia	6.80	120.4%
60th	Seychelles	6.68	127.6%
61st	Chile	6.43	132.4%
62nd	Aruba	6.38	53.5%
63rd	New Caledonia	6.13	145.8%
64th	Malta	5.74	26.2%
65th	Türkiye	5.63	114.4%
66th	Mauritius	5.06	40.9%
67th	Poland	5.02	137.5%
68th	Colombia	4.74	39.9%
69th	Paraguay	4.70	169.0%
70th	Uruguay	4.64	51.7%
71st	French Polynesia	4.55	100.6%
72nd	Barbados	4.55	49.5%
73rd	Oman	4.35	84.7%
74th	Brazil	4.31	59.6%
75th	Croatia	3.92	53.2%
76th	Mexico	3.53	89.2%
77th	Thailand	3.20	-11.4%
78th	Saudi Arabia	3.06	84.0%
79th	Jamaica	3.05	18.1%
80th	Panama	2.98	258.6%
81st	Romania	2.90	221.8%
82nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.89	98.4%
83rd	Peru	2.88	73.0%
84th	Costa Rica	2.85	65.3%
85th	American Samoa	2.65	5.2%
86th	Bahamas, The	2.56	28.0%
87th	Dominican Republic	2.53	45.5%
88th	El Salvador	2.33	238.9%
89th	Philippines	2.33	26.0%
90th	Antigua and Barbuda	2.07	5.1%
91st	Ecuador	1.99	88.6%
92nd	Trinidad and Tobago	1.99	53.0%
93rd	China	1.91	79.0%
94th	Jordan	1.70	78.8%
95th	Belize	1.57	34.1%
96th	Bulgaria	1.54	83.3%
97th	North Macedonia	1.49	142.3%
98th	Georgia	1.33	105.4%
99th	Grenada	1.33	43.6%
100th	Suriname	1.30	160.9%
101st	St. Lucia	1.21	17.7%
102nd	Namibia	1.12	52.2%
103rd	Guatemala	1.00	69.3%
104th	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.99	111.8%
105th	Fiji	0.98	52.1%
106th	Dominica	0.94	17.1%
107th	Sri Lanka	0.94	50.7%
108th	Botswana	0.92	-
109th	Samoa	0.82	91.2%
110th	Azerbaijan	0.81	61.7%
111th	Gabon	0.80	-0.5%
112th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.66	117.0%
113th	Marshall Islands	0.65	-27.1%
114th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	0.61	60.7%
115th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.61	175.2%
116th	Maldives	0.59	22.3%
117th	Côte d'Ivoire	0.58	145.0%
118th	Honduras	0.55	135.6%
119th	Cambodia	0.53	79.1%
120th	Indonesia	0.51	14.5%
121st	Russian Federation	0.51	54.5%
122nd	Lesotho	0.50	179.0%
123rd	Eswatini	0.47	-
124th	Morocco	0.41	54.6%
125th	Tunisia	0.40	403.1%
126th	Libya	0.40	96.8%
127th	Mongolia	0.38	347.2%
128th	Gambia, The	0.37	3.6%
129th	Nicaragua	0.37	138.4%
130th	Senegal	0.30	287.0%
131st	Viet Nam	0.29	36.9%
132nd	Guinea	0.27	637.9%
133rd	Armenia	0.24	58.1%
134th	Ukraine	0.23	103.7%
135th	Cabo Verde	0.23	4,889.2%
136th	Ghana	0.22	86.4%
137th	Guyana	0.19	3.7%
138th	Kazakhstan	0.19	171.1%
139th	Albania	0.17	70.8%
140th	Solomon Islands	0.17	3.8%
141st	Zimbabwe	0.16	226.0%
142nd	Moldova	0.16	221.1%
143rd	Togo	0.16	143.2%
144th	Pakistan	0.13	41.1%
145th	Uganda	0.13	482.4%
146th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.13	35.9%
147th	Tonga	0.13	7.6%
148th	Haiti	0.12	-
149th	Lao PDR	0.12	28.9%
150th	Vanuatu	0.12	3.8%
151st	Belarus	0.12	49.5%
152nd	India	0.12	33.0%
153rd	Tanzania	0.12	83.0%
154th	Congo, Republic of	0.12	225.1%
155th	Uzbekistan	0.11	53.2%
156th	Papua New Guinea	0.11	39.1%
157th	Malawi	0.10	46.9%
158th	Benin	0.10	42.0%
159th	Yemen, Republic of	0.09	28.1%
160th	Zambia	0.09	76.9%
161st	Madagascar	0.08	202.2%
162nd	Turkmenistan	0.07	18.2%
163rd	Angola	0.06	34.8%
164th	Rwanda	0.06	-
165th	Bangladesh	0.06	183.1%
166th	Algeria	0.06	1.9%
167th	Equatorial Guinea	0.05	-4.8%
168th	Central African Republic	0.05	16.0%
169th	Mali	0.04	53.5%
170th	Mozambique	0.04	162.6%
171st	Kenya	0.04	54.7%
172nd	Cuba	0.04	35.0%
173rd	Cameroon	0.03	15.9%
174th	Sudan	0.03	121.1%
175th	Djibouti	0.03	4.1%
176th	Kyrgyz Republic	0.03	-
177th	Kiribati	0.03	-
178th	Burkina Faso	0.02	76.7%
179th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	0.02	9.7%
180th	Myanmar	0.02	-0.9%
181st	Nigeria	0.02	30.0%
182nd	Niger	0.01	1,230.8%
183rd	Burundi	0.01	-1.7%
184th	Tajikistan	0.01	30.4%
185th	Afghanistan	0.00	-
186th	Bhutan	0.00	-
187th	Comoros	0.00	-
188th	Eritrea	0.00	-
189th	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.00	-
190th	Guinea-Bissau	0.00	-
191st	Iraq	0.00	-
192nd	Liberia	0.00	-
193rd	Mauritania	0.00	-
194th	Nepal	0.00	-
195th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	0.00	-
196th	Sierra Leone	0.00	-
197th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.00	-
198th	São Tomé and Principe	0.00	-
199th	Syrian Arab Republic	0.00	-
200th	Chad	0.00	-
201st	Tuvalu	0.00	-

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's mobile subscriptions in 1998?▾

United Kingdom's mobile subscriptions in 1998 was 25.46. This ranked 18th globally.

How did United Kingdom's mobile subscriptions change in 1998?▾

United Kingdom's mobile subscriptions increased by 67.7% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest mobile subscriptions in 1998?▾

Finland had the highest mobile subscriptions in 1998 at 55.22.

What is the mobile subscriptions of United Kingdom in 1998?▾

The mobile subscriptions of United Kingdom in 1998 was 25.46. This ranked 18th globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for United Kingdom's mobile subscriptions?▾

United Kingdom's mobile subscriptions went from 15.18 in 1997 to 25.46 in 1998, a 67.7% increase.

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