JAN MOBILE CONNECTIVITY GROWTH: ABSOLUTE 2019 BASED ON MOBILE CONNECTIONS IN COUNTRIES / TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OVER 50,000 # ABSOLUTE CHANGE CONNECTIONS ▲% # ABSOLUTE CHANGE CONNECTIONS ▲% 01 CHINA +121,873,000 +9% 11 PHILIPPINES +5,061,185 +4% 02 INDIA +32,195,853 +3% 12 GHANA +3,847,263 +11% 03 BANGLADESH +12,957,986 +9% 13 MYANMAR +3,803,249 +7% 04 NIGERIA +10,234,915 +7% 14 MEXICO +3,431,168 +3% 05 SOUTH AFRICA +8,786,116 +10% 15 TANZANIA +3,394,999 +8% 06 PAKISTAN +8,152,350 +6% 16 SAUDI ARABIA +3,338,657 +8% 07 JAPAN +6,909,275 +4% 17 VIETNAM +3,316,632 +2% 08 U.S.A. +6,254,480 +2% 18 DEM. REP. OF CONGO +3,274,354 +9% 09 KENYA +5,945,298 +15% 19 NEPAL +2,880,746 +8% 10 ETHIOPIA +5,741,795 +9% 20 TURKEY +2,871,262 +4% 163 SOURCE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE (Q4 2018); KEPIOS ANALYSIS. ADVISORY: GSMA INTELLIGENCE HAS REVISED ITS DATA SINCE OUR DIGITAL 2018 REPORTS, SO THE NUMBERS MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE TO THOSE WE PUBLISHED IN LAST YEAR’S REPORTS.