Mobile phone users worldwide 2015-2020

The statistic shows the total number of mobile phone users worldwide from 2015 to 2020. In 2019 the number of mobile phone users is forecast to reach

billion.

Mobile phone users worldwide - additional information

The number of mobile phone users in the world is expected to pass the billion mark by 2019. In 2016, an estimated

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percent of the population worldwide already owned a mobile phone. The mobile phone penetration is forecasted to continue to grow, rounding up to percent by 2019. China was predicted to have just over billion mobile connections in 2017, while India was forecast to reach over billion. By 2019, China is expected to reach almost billion mobile connections and India almost billion.

Most of the mobile market growth can be attributed to the increasing popularity of smartphones. By 2014, around percent of all mobile users were smartphone users. By 2018, this number is expected to reach over percent. The number of smartphone users worldwide is expected to grow by one billion in a time span of five years, which means the number of smartphone users in the world is expected to reach billion by 2019. Samsung and Apple are leading smartphone vendors, with about percent of the market share each.