Canada vs Lower middle income: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Canada
10.97 million
in 2024
Lower middle income
94.00 million
in 2025
Canada rank
16th
Lower middle income rank
18th
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- Canada
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Lower middle income currently reports 94.00 million against 10.97 million in Canada, a difference of 83.03 million.
That makes Lower middle income's figure about 8.6 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 16th and Lower middle income ranks 18th of 214 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 3 and Lower middle income in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.13 million | 1.13 million | 4.00 million | Canada |
| 1970s | 7.72 million | 3.15 million | 4.58 million | Canada |
| 1980s | 12.04 million | 8.51 million | 3.53 million | Canada |
| 1990s | 17.52 million | 27.40 million | 9.88 million | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 14.53 million | 69.46 million | 54.93 million | Lower middle income |
| 2020s | 11.84 million | 71.60 million | 59.76 million | Lower middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Canada or Lower middle income?
- Lower middle income, at 94.00 million against 10.97 million in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Canada and Lower middle income?
- 83.03 million, with Lower middle income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Lower middle income?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Lower middle income rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Canada ranks 16th and Lower middle income ranks 18th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.