You are given a sentence in Japanese. Your job is to translate the Japanese sentence into English.
Example: 第一にキリバス共和国が彼ら自身の利益になると理解したからです
Example solution: And it was primarily because Kiribati realized that this was in their own self-interest to do this.
Example explanation: The Japanese sentence is correctly translated into English, because the meaning is preserved.

Problem: 今や携帯電話の契約数は世界人口以上になっています

Solution: And now there are more cell connections than there are people in the world.