Apple has just announced that there are now, officially, over 100,000 iPhone and iPod touch apps in the iTunes App Store:

The App Store, now with over 100,000 applications available, is clearly a major differentiator for millions of iPhone and iPod touch customers around the world, said Philip Schiller, Apples senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. The iPhone SDK created the first great platform for mobile applications and our customers are loving all of the amazing apps our developers are creating.

Effusive developer quotes abound as well:

The App Store has forever changed the mobile gaming industry and continues to improve, said Travis Boatman, vice president of Worldwide Studios, EA Mobile. With a global reach of over 50 million iPhone and iPod touch users, the App Store has allowed us to develop high quality EA games that have been a huge success with customers.

With 10,000 downloads a day, worldwide customer response to our I Am T-Pain App has exceeded our wildest expectations, said Jeff Smith, CEO of Smule. The App Store has given us a unique opportunity to create and grow a very successful business, and were looking forward to an exciting future.

Serving 77 countries, with well over 2 billion downloads, jokes, whines, complaints, and rejections aside for the moment, thats a massive milestone for Apple. Congrats.