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Name: Canada Mobile Subscriptions
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Number of mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Includes both prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. · World Bank

94.15 +2.91 from 2022 G20 rank: 126th · all-time high: 94.15 (2023)

APA

Canada Mobile Subscriptions. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 11, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/canada/mobile-subscriptions

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_canada_mobile-subscriptions,
  title = {Canada Mobile Subscriptions},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/canada/mobile-subscriptions},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	96.13	–	–
2025* trend	94.84	–	–
2023	94.15	+2.91	126th
2022	91.24	+3.83	158th
2021	87.41	+2.63	159th
2020	84.77	−6.18	161st
2019	90.96	+1.91	146th
2018	89.05	+2.95	141st
2017	86.10	+1.51	150th
2016	84.59	+1.82	147th
2015	82.77	+1.98	148th
2014	80.79	+0.44	147th
2013	80.35	+0.98	144th
2012	79.38	+1.70	143rd
2011	77.67	+2.15	136th
2010	75.52	+5.13	128th
2009	70.39	+4.35	122nd
2008	66.05	+4.77	114th
2007	61.28	+4.04	106th
2006	57.23	+4.78	97th
2005	52.46	+5.71	85th
2004	46.74	+5.00	79th
2003	41.75	+4.10	69th
2002	37.65	+3.53	59th
2001	34.12	+5.87	51st
2000	28.25	+5.52	47th
1999	22.73	+5.00	39th
1998	17.73	+3.70	32nd
1997	14.04	+2.22	25th
1996	11.82	+2.98	16th
1995	8.84	+2.40	17th
1994	6.44	+1.79	15th
1993	4.65	+1.03	11th
1992	3.62	+0.85	11th
1991	2.77	+0.66	10th
1990	2.11	+0.84	8th
1989	1.27	+0.51	11th
1988	0.76	+0.38	11th
1987	0.37	+0.14	11th
1986	0.23	+0.18	10th
1985	0.05	+0.05	12th
1984	0.00	+0.00	42nd
1983	0.00	+0.00	39th
1982	0.00	+0.00	39th
1981	0.00	+0.00	37th
1980	0.00	+0.00	34th
1979	0.00	+0.00	32nd
1978	0.00	+0.00	32nd
1977	0.00	+0.00	32nd
1976	0.00	+0.00	32nd
1975	0.00	+0.00	32nd
1970	0.00	+0.00	32nd
1965	0.00	+0.00	32nd
1960	0.00	–	32nd

Show all years (1960–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +17.2% GDP growth 2.0% C/A balance 0.8%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

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Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid

Canada's mobile subscriptions peaked at 94.15 in 2023. The 2023 reading of 94.15 is 0% above that level. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 94.84 by 2025.