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Mobile phones per capita: The top 10 nations

Last updated on: May 15, 2013 09:00 IST
A visitor uses a mobile phone to take a photo of a giant panda sleeping in a tree in Beijing Zoo.

Mobile phones have become an inevitable part of our lives. As mobile phone users continue to rise, the number of active mobile phone users is expected to hit 7.3 billion by 2014, from 6 billion active users according to International Telecommunications Union.

Interestingly, there are 100 countries where the number of phones is much higher than their total population, thanks to people owning multiple cell phones.

China with over 1 billion active mobile phone users is the world's largest market for phones. However, in terms of mobile phone per capita, China does not figure among the top 10.

Mobile phone per capita is the estimated number of mobile phone lines per 100 people. It is also known as the mobile phone penetration rate.

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Mobile phones per capita: The top 10 nations

Last updated on: May 15, 2013 09:00 IST
Sun reflects off the glass and steel buildings on the Doha skyline.

Qatar

Rank: 1

Mobile phone per capita: 279.5

(Mobile phone per capita is the number of mobile phone lines per 100 people)

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Mobile phones per capita: The top 10 nations

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A trader speaks on the phone as he monitors stocks at the Dubai Stock Exchange in the Dubai World Trade Center.

United Arab Emirates

Rank: 2

Mobile phone per capita: 227.7  

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Mobile phones per capita: The top 10 nations

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Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Rank: 3

Mobile phone per capita: 210.81

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Mobile phones per capita: The top 10 nations

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A man takes pictures of hotels and casinos with his mobile phone in Macau.

Macau

Rank: 4

Mobile phone per capita: 197.55

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Mobile phones per capita: The top 10 nations

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A cargo ship is seen at the Pedro Miguel lock on the pacific side of the Panama Canal in Panama City.

Panama

Rank: 5

Mobile phone per capita: 193.31

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Mobile phones per capita: The top 10 nations

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Property sales agents chat at their office in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong

Rank: 6

Mobile phone per capita: 190.16

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Mobile phones per capita: The top 10 nations

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Sailboats in the British Virgin Islands.

British Virgin Islands

Rank: 7

Mobile phone per capita: 187.66

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Mobile phones per capita: The top 10 nations

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A view showing parts of St. John's on the Caribbean island of Antigua.

Antigua and Barbuda

Rank: 8

Mobile phone per capita: 185.24

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Mobile phones per capita: The top 10 nations

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A man smokes a cigar as he walks along Seven Mile Beach in George Town, Cayman Islands.

Cayman Islands

Rank: 9

Mobile phone per capita: 185.08

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Mobile phones per capita: The top 10 nations

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Presidential palace, Suriname.

Suriname

Rank: 10

Mobile phone per capita: 184.93