Canada vs Central Europe and the Baltics: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Canada
37.40 million
in 2024
Central Europe and the Baltics
130.27 million
in 2022
Canada rank
44th
Central Europe and the Baltics rank
43rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Canada
  • Central Europe and the Baltics
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How they compare

Central Europe and the Baltics currently reports 130.27 million against 37.40 million in Canada, a difference of 92.87 million.

That makes Central Europe and the Baltics's figure about 3.5 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Central Europe and the Baltics ahead.

Canada ranks 44th and Central Europe and the Baltics ranks 43rd of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and Central Europe and the Baltics in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Central Europe and the Baltics Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 71,818 0 71,818 Canada
1990s 2.81 million 2.34 million 473,071 Canada
2000s 16.15 million 79.56 million 63.41 million Central Europe and the Baltics
2010s 29.73 million 130.62 million 100.88 million Central Europe and the Baltics
2020s 33.80 million 127.56 million 93.76 million Central Europe and the Baltics

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Canada or Central Europe and the Baltics?
Central Europe and the Baltics, at 130.27 million against 37.40 million in Canada as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Canada and Central Europe and the Baltics?
92.87 million, with Central Europe and the Baltics ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Central Europe and the Baltics?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Canada and Central Europe and the Baltics rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Canada ranks 44th and Central Europe and the Baltics ranks 43rd of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,039 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.