Countries With the Fastest Growth in Mobile subscriptions per 100 (5-Year Change)

Name: Countries With the Fastest Growth in Mobile subscriptions per 100 (5-Year Change)
Creator: The World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Change in Mobile subscriptions per 100 over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed. Source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Fiji rose the most: by 461.6, from 112.6 per 100 people to 574.2 per 100 people in the five years to 2024. Libya is second (+103.6), followed by Hong Kong SAR, China (+78.2). 147 countries rose over that period; the median change among them was +10.2.

#1: Fiji · +461.6
Median: +10.2
Coverage: 147 countries
Data year: 2024
Last updated: 2026-11-14

Top 10: 5-year change (per 100 people). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Fiji 461.6; 2. Libya 103.6; 3. Hong Kong SAR, China 78.2; 4. Guinea-Bissau 66.4; 5. Côte d'Ivoire 51.3; 6. Eswatini 48.8; 7. Tanzania 46; 8. Comoros 45.2; 9. Benin 44.6; 10. Israel 42.3.

Full ranking

Countries With the Fastest Growth in Mobile subscriptions per 100 (5-Year Change), 2024
Rank	Country	From	To	5-year change (per 100 people)
1	Fiji	112.6	574.2	+461.6
2	Libya	89.3	193	+103.6
3	Hong Kong SAR, China	286.6	364.9	+78.2
4	Guinea-Bissau	80.8	147.2	+66.4
5	Côte d'Ivoire	132.6	183.9	+51.3
6	Eswatini	91.1	139.8	+48.8
7	Tanzania	80.6	126.6	+46
8	Comoros	64.7	109.9	+45.2
9	Benin	81.3	125.9	+44.6
10	Israel	135.1	177.4	+42.3
11	Colombia	132.8	174.1	+41.3
12	Andorra	115	155.7	+40.7
13	Korea, Rep.	133.1	172.5	+39.4
14	Iran, Islamic Rep.	135.6	174.1	+38.4
15	Eritrea	22.1	59.1	+37.1
16	Madagascar	38.8	75.5	+36.7
17	Japan	141.7	178.4	+36.7
18	Montenegro	188.2	221.7	+33.5
19	Bahrain	129.1	159.5	+30.4
20	Guyana	83.7	112.6	+28.9
21	Ethiopia	36.2	65.1	+28.9
22	South Sudan	18.9	46.6	+27.7
23	Mauritius	145.1	172.7	+27.6
24	Chad	45.9	72.9	+27
25	Tuvalu	73.6	98.9	+25.3
26	Cameroon	83.9	108.2	+24.3
27	Morocco	128.9	153.1	+24.2
28	Uganda	59.1	83.2	+24.1
29	Saudi Arabia	135.5	159.5	+24
30	Angola	45.8	69.7	+23.9
31	Puerto Rico (US)	102.6	126.4	+23.9
32	Malawi	46.8	69.3	+22.5
33	Russian Federation	163.7	186.1	+22.4
34	Gambia, The	105.2	126.2	+21
35	Kenya	106.6	126.5	+19.9
36	Mexico	97	116.5	+19.5
37	Burkina Faso	97.2	116.6	+19.4
38	Georgia	141.8	161.2	+19.4
39	Panama	137.3	156.6	+19.3
40	Cuba	53.9	72.9	+19
41	Monaco	88.6	107.4	+18.8
42	Congo, Dem. Rep.	39.9	58.5	+18.6
43	Cyprus	137.8	156.2	+18.5
44	Sierra Leone	89.8	107.9	+18.1
45	Rwanda	75.6	93.2	+17.6
46	Nicaragua	89.3	106	+16.7
47	South Africa	162.7	179.3	+16.6
48	Malta	125.9	142.1	+16.2
49	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	92.5	108.4	+15.8
50	Zambia	93	108.7	+15.7
51	Sweden	125.5	140.7	+15.2
52	Argentina	125.3	140.2	+14.9
53	Senegal	109.3	123.9	+14.5
54	Central African Republic	24.5	38.8	+14.3
55	Qatar	140	153.6	+13.6
56	Spain	116.7	130.3	+13.6
57	Lao PDR	51.4	64.8	+13.4
58	Equatorial Guinea	36.2	49.5	+13.3
59	Türkiye	94.7	107.8	+13.2
60	Luxembourg	131.3	144.5	+13.1
61	Latvia	108.2	121.3	+13
62	Uruguay	133.2	145.5	+12.3
63	Djibouti	36.9	48.5	+11.6
64	Dominican Republic	82.1	93.7	+11.6
65	Singapore	159.4	170.8	+11.4
66	Poland	126.6	138	+11.4
67	Croatia	110.5	121.7	+11.2
68	Paraguay	115.8	126.6	+10.9
69	French Polynesia	108.2	118.8	+10.6
70	Jamaica	107.1	117.7	+10.6
71	Algeria	104.9	115.5	+10.5
72	Slovenia	120.6	130.9	+10.3
73	Armenia	124.6	134.9	+10.3
74	Ecuador	91.4	101.6	+10.2
75	Burundi	53.3	63.2	+9.89
76	San Marino	110.5	120.3	+9.73
77	Iraq	90.4	100.1	+9.71
78	New Zealand	120.5	130.1	+9.61
79	El Salvador	167.1	176.5	+9.43
80	Kiribati	44.1	53.5	+9.42
81	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	14.8	24.1	+9.37
82	Uzbekistan	101.3	110.5	+9.23
83	France	107.5	116.7	+9.21
84	China	122.7	131.8	+9.08
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina	112.3	121.2	+8.98
86	Portugal	115.2	124.1	+8.98
87	Egypt, Arab Rep.	88.6	97.1	+8.49
88	Ireland	104.6	112.6	+8.04
89	Belarus	123.2	131.1	+7.89
90	United States	105.3	113.2	+7.87
91	Zimbabwe	86.4	94.2	+7.84
92	Niger	52.8	60.6	+7.78
93	Suriname	134.4	142.1	+7.77
94	Bangladesh	100.4	108.1	+7.68
95	Greenland	111.1	118.6	+7.5
96	Venezuela, RB	63.8	71	+7.16
97	North Macedonia	101.2	108.4	+7.16
98	Togo	73.7	80.8	+7.08
99	Haiti	58.3	65.2	+6.9
100	Timor-Leste	109.6	116.4	+6.82

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#1 Fiji

Fiji ranks #1 on this list with +461.6.

Capital: Suva
Continent: Oceania
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 933,150 people (2025)
GDP: US$6.2 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$6,642 (2025)
Life expectancy: 67.5 years (2024)
Urban population: 59.5% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in mobile subscriptions per 100 · #5 in completion rate (primary) · #6 in livestock production index.

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#2 Libya

Libya ranks #2 on this list with +103.6.

Capital: Tripoli
Continent: Africa
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 7.46 million people (2025)
GDP: US$48.1 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$6,449 (2025)
Life expectancy: 71.1 years (2024)
Urban population: 87.9% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Tripoli.

Also ranks #1 in natural resource rents share of gdp · #1 in oil rents share of gdp · #2 in industry value added share of gdp.

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#3 Hong Kong SAR, China

Hong Kong SAR, China ranks #3 on this list with +78.2.

Continent: Asia
Income group: High income
Population: 7.5 million people (2025)
GDP: US$427.31 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$56,983 (2025)
Life expectancy: 85.4 years (2024)
Urban population: 100% of population (2025)
International tourist arrivals: 3.57 million arrivals (2020)

Also ranks #1 in female population share · #1 in trade share of gdp · #2 in female life expectancy.

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#4 Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau ranks #4 on this list with +66.4.

Capital: Bissau
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 2.25 million people (2025)
GDP: US$2.53 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,124 (2025)
Life expectancy: 64.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 46.7% of population (2025)

Also ranks #3 in agriculture value added share of gdp · #5 in forest rents share of gdp · #7 in low-birthweight babies share.

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#5 Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire ranks #5 on this list with +51.3.

Capital: Yamoussoukro
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 32.71 million people (2025)
GDP: US$99.77 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$3,050 (2025)
Life expectancy: 62.1 years (2024)
Urban population: 54.5% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Abidjan.

Also ranks #5 in agricultural land share · #9 in livestock production index · #10 in mobile subscriptions per 100.

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#6 Eswatini

Eswatini ranks #6 on this list with +48.8.

Capital: Mbabane, Lobamba
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 1.26 million people (2025)
GDP: US$5.16 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$4,108 (2025)
Life expectancy: 64.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 26.7% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in unemployment rate · #1 in hiv prevalence · #3 in youth unemployment rate.

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#7 Tanzania

Tanzania ranks #7 on this list with +46.

Capital: Dodoma
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 70.55 million people (2025)
GDP: US$90.14 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,319 (2025)
Life expectancy: 67.2 years (2024)
Urban population: 36.9% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Dar es Salaam.

Also ranks #4 in labour force participation rate · #4 in female labour force participation · #5 in livestock production index.

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#8 Comoros

Comoros ranks #8 on this list with +45.2.

Capital: Moroni
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 882,850 people (2025)
GDP: US$1.81 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$2,056 (2025)
Life expectancy: 67 years (2024)
Urban population: 33.9% of population (2025)

Also ranks #3 in low-birthweight babies share · #4 in agriculture value added share of gdp · #10 in agricultural land share.

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#9 Benin

Benin ranks #9 on this list with +44.6.

Capital: Porto-Novo
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 14.81 million people (2025)
GDP: US$24.57 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,658 (2025)
Life expectancy: 61 years (2024)
Urban population: 53.4% of population (2025)

Also ranks #8 in maternal mortality ratio · #10 in female labour force participation · #10 in livestock production index.

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#10 Israel

Israel ranks #10 on this list with +42.3.

Capital: Jerusalem
Continent: Asia
Income group: High income
Population: 10.12 million people (2025)
GDP: US$610.78 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$60,337 (2025)
Life expectancy: 83.2 years (2024)
Urban population: 91.6% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Jerusalem.

Also ranks #1 in r&d expenditure share of gdp · #1 in firms using banks to finance investment share · #7 in irrigated land share.

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Source and method

Change in Mobile subscriptions per 100 over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed.

Source: The World Bank, indicator IT.CEL.SETS.P2. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

The World Bank: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people): World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (via World Development Indicators)

Original data provider, as recorded by the World Bank: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Values are shown as published (changes are computed from the published values). Provider terms: The World Bank. All licences: Sources & licences.

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About the top 10

#1 Fiji

#2 Libya

#3 Hong Kong SAR, China

#4 Guinea-Bissau

#5 Côte d'Ivoire

#6 Eswatini

#7 Tanzania

#8 Comoros

#9 Benin

#10 Israel

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