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Total number of mobile short-message service (SMS) messages sent, both to national and international destinations
Total: 6,44 trln
Countries: 192
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Total number of mobile short-message service (SMS) messages sent, both to national and international destinations
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Place
China
1 879 440 000 000 [2022]
1
United States
1 717 000 000 000 [2020]
2
Philippines
730 000 000 000 [2009]
3
Iran
370 422 000 000 [2022]
4
Ethiopia PDR
206 209 000 000 [2022]
5
India
166 103 000 000 [2022]
6
Tanzania
154 032 000 000 [2022]
7
Pakistan
112 190 000 000 [2022]
8
France
110 619 000 000 [2022]
9
Saudi Arabia
68 947 200 000 [2018]
10
Canada
67 400 000 000 [2012]
11
Congo DR
57 133 600 000 [2022]
12
Kenya
51 294 300 000 [2022]
13
Poland
38 297 600 000 [2022]
14
South Korea
36 652 000 000 [2022]
15
United Kingdom
36 444 500 000 [2022]
16
Australia
36 300 000 000 [2011]
17
Türkiye
26 532 600 000 [2022]
18
Nigeria
25 928 700 000 [2022]
19
South Africa
24 848 400 000 [2022]
20
Malawi
23 032 700 000 [2022]
21
Venezuela
21 553 200 000 [2022]
22
Indonesia
21 528 700 000 [2022]
23
Uzbekistan
20 842 900 000 [2022]
24
Bangladesh
19 916 000 000 [2022]
25
Thailand
17 419 000 000 [2022]
26
Madagascar
16 458 000 000 [2022]
27
Mexico
16 312 500 000 [2022]
28
Mozambique
15 922 300 000 [2022]
29
Vietnam
15 677 300 000 [2022]
30
Cote d’Ivoire
15 425 900 000 [2022]
31
Myanmar
15 384 500 000 [2022]
32
Russian Federation
15 064 700 000 [2022]
33
Zambia
12 015 100 000 [2022]
34
Belgium
11 425 900 000 [2022]
35
Sri Lanka
11 221 400 000 [2022]
36
Uganda
11 164 200 000 [2022]
37
Portugal
10 561 600 000 [2022]
38
Algeria
10 557 900 000 [2022]
39
Zimbabwe
10 179 900 000 [2022]
40
Taiwan Province of China
9 535 090 000 [2022]
41
Burundi
9 109 960 000 [2022]
42
Angola
7 689 740 000 [2021]
43
Syrian Arab Republic
7 370 510 000 [2021]
44
Italy
6 813 120 000 [2022]
45
New Zealand
6 659 570 000 [2022]
46
Sweden
6 191 350 000 [2022]
47
Germany
5 773 000 000 [2022]
48
Cameroon
5 695 630 000 [2022]
49
Czech Republic
5 428 300 000 [2022]
50
Congo
5 274 170 000 [2021]
51
Serbia
4 982 100 000 [2022]
52
Egypt
4 903 430 000 [2022]
53
Brazil
4 764 080 000 [2022]
54
Norway
4 628 800 000 [2019]
55
Chad
4 580 980 000 [2022]
56
Romania
4 428 000 000 [2022]
57
Hong Kong SAR
4 326 190 000 [2022]
58
Denmark
4 023 830 000 [2022]
59
Guinea
3 996 000 000 [2018]
60
Sudan
3 900 520 000 [2021]
61
Rwanda
3 748 520 000 [2022]
62
Peru
3 498 080 000 [2015]
63
Mongolia
3 309 180 000 [2022]
64
Argentina
3 275 890 000 [2022]
65
Ghana
2 810 030 000 [2022]
66
Slovak Republic
2 751 770 000 [2022]
67
Tunisia
2 705 710 000 [2022]
68
Morocco
2 665 000 000 [2021]
69
Paraguay
2 658 790 000 [2017]
70
Lithuania
2 586 540 000 [2022]
71
Ireland
2 486 130 000 [2022]
72
Greece
2 374 860 000 [2022]
73
Namibia
2 348 650 000 [2022]
74
Slovenia
2 248 140 000 [2022]
75
Senegal
2 022 350 000 [2022]
76
Malaysia
1 961 110 000 [2022]
77
Gabon
1 886 840 000 [2021]
78
Togo
1 873 940 000 [2022]
79
Niger
1 754 490 000 [2017]
80
Hungary
1 718 490 000 [2021]
81
Mali
1 633 610 000 [2021]
82
Georgia
1 453 410 000 [2022]
83
Colombia
1 448 300 000 [2022]
84
Costa Rica
1 409 180 000 [2022]
85
Chile
1 359 860 000 [2022]
86
Cuba
1 358 640 000 [2020]
87
Oman
1 344 700 000 [2022]
88
Guatemala
1 340 380 000 [2014]
89
Ukraine
1 236 880 000 [2020]
90
Jordan
1 218 880 000 [2022]
91
Austria
1 198 570 000 [2022]
92
Finland
1 175 000 000 [2022]
93
Croatia
1 078 660 000 [2022]
94
Cyprus
950 384 000 [2022]
95
Yemen
915 000 000 [2010]
96
Switzerland
876 891 000 [2022]
97
Singapore
838 000 000 [2022]
98
Latvia
825 744 000 [2022]
99
Haiti
813 017 000 [2019]
100
Estonia
807 198 000 [2022]
101
Moldova
773 895 000 [2022]
102
Spain
765 885 000 [2022]
103
Mauritania
706 917 000 [2022]
104
Kazakhstan
692 628 000 [2022]
105
Lebanese Republic
684 169 000 [2019]
106
Guyana
631 783 000 [2017]
107
Gambia
612 365 000 [2015]
108
Palestina
602 780 000 [2022]
109
Botswana
597 091 000 [2022]
110
Uruguay
555 990 000 [2022]
111
Albania
553 608 000 [2022]
112
Libya
528 692 000 [2006]
113
Nicaragua
514 568 000 [2022]
114
El Salvador
488 869 000 [2016]
115
Central African Rep.
475 335 000 [2019]
116
Benin
453 596 000 [2022]
117
Cape Verde Islands
424 481 000 [2022]
118
Dominican Republic
404 854 000 [2020]
119
Bulgaria
384 810 000 [2022]
120
Azerbaijan
356 200 000 [2022]
121
Afghanistan
330 000 000 [2022]
122
Iraq
327 227 000 [2018]
123
Luxembourg
324 198 000 [2022]
124
Bosnia-Herzegovina
316 667 000 [2022]
125
Mauritius
287 652 000 [2022]
126
Panama
267 889 000 [2022]
127
Republic of Macedonia
249 618 000 [2022]
128
Maldives
237 771 000 [2022]
129
Montenegro
235 745 000 [2022]
130
UAE
230 972 000 [2022]
131
Belarus
211 114 000 [2022]
132
Qatar
209 668 000 [2022]
133
Ecuador
204 241 000 [2022]
134
Jamaica
179 987 000 [2022]
135
Samoa
175 772 000 [2017]
136
Iceland
163 638 000 [2022]
137
French Polynesia
160 798 000 [2018]
138
Kuwait
158 009 000 [2022]
139
Malta
156 911 000 [2022]
140
Lao Peoples Dem. Rep.
154 161 000 [2017]
141
Burkina Faso
134 820 000 [2020]
142
Djibouti
124 859 000 [2021]
143
Sierra Leone
119 316 000 [2021]
144
Seychelles
116 542 000 [2022]
145
Bolivia
115 705 000 [2021]
146
Bhutan
112 820 000 [2022]
147
Armenia
111 269 000 [2022]
148
New Caledonia
106 931 000 [2015]
149
Fiji
103 053 000 [2020]
150
Trinidad & Tobago
102 448 000 [2022]
151
Barbados
88 804 300 [2018]
152
Vanuatu
88 752 700 [2022]
153
Honduras
68 528 900 [2022]
154
Timor Leste
68 256 200 [2021]
155
Greenland
58 761 000 [2012]
156
Macau
43 970 500 [2022]
157
Guinea Bissau
41 410 600 [2022]
158
Liberia
40 394 500 [2016]
159
Bahamas
32 865 800 [2022]
160
Eswatini
24 709 500 [2022]
161
Cambodia
23 223 100 [2022]
162
Bahrain
22 002 700 [2022]
163
Faroe Islands
21 209 000 [2020]
164
Bermuda
20 000 000 [2004]
165
Suriname
15 850 300 [2022]
166
Lesotho
13 306 600 [2022]
167
Monaco
13 151 800 [2022]
168
Antigua and Barbuda
12 242 400 [2014]
169
Dominica
11 454 700 [2017]
170
Saint Kitts and Nevis
10 658 200 [2017]
171
Andorra
9 483 400 [2016]
172
Tonga
7 581 920 [2018]
173
Belize
6 880 270 [2015]
174
South Sudan
6 610 030 [2022]
175
British Virgin Islands
4 587 410 [2018]
176
Brunei Darussalam
3 192 370 [2022]
177
Grenada
2 842 870 [2005]
178
Netherlands
2 343 200 [2022]
179
San Tome
2 210 060 [2022]
180
Comoro Islands
1 780 080 [2022]
181
Micronesia
895 519 [2003]
182
Liechtenstein
843 557 [2022]
183
Gibraltar
606 723 [2021]
184
Saint Lucia
605 969 [2018]
185
Eritrea
300 000 [2013]
186
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
235 352 [2020]
187
Kyrgyz Republic
84 616 [2022]
188
Kiribati
65 471 [2021]
189
Saint Helena
10 533 [2016]
190
Montserrat
507 [2006]
191
Tuvalu
0 [2006]
192
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