Countries in North America by mobile subscriptions

Mobile phone subscriptions for every 100 people. One person can hold several SIM cards, so many countries pass 100. 23 countries in North America, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2024

Map: Mobile subscriptions — North America
Median country
108
half above, half below
Lowest
65
Haiti
Countries in North America by mobile subscriptions, World Bank, mostly 2024
#CountryPer 100 peopleYearRegion
1Antigua and Barbuda2012022Caribbean
2El Salvador1772024Central America
3Panama1572023Central America
4Costa Rica1362024Central America
=5Saint Kitts and Nevis1192023Caribbean
=5Trinidad and Tobago1192024Caribbean
7Jamaica1182024Caribbean
8Mexico1162024Central America
9Barbados1152022Caribbean
=10Guatemala1132024Central America
=10United States1132024Northern America
12Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1082024Caribbean
13Nicaragua1062024Central America
14Saint Lucia992022Caribbean
15Bahamas972024Caribbean
16Grenada962022Caribbean
=17Canada942024Northern America
=17Dominican Republic942024Caribbean
19Dominica852022Caribbean
20Cuba732024Caribbean
21Honduras712024Central America
22Belize672022Central America
23Haiti652022Caribbean

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

PlacePer 100 peopleStatus
Sint Maarten205Territory of Netherlands
Cayman Islands139Territory of United Kingdom
Aruba131Territory of Netherlands
Puerto Rico126Territory of United States of America
Greenland119Territory of Denmark
Bermuda97Territory of United Kingdom
Curaçao94Territory of Netherlands
British Virgin Islands93Territory of United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands91Territory of United States of America

Questions

Which country in North America has the most mobile subscriptions?
Antigua and Barbuda has the most mobile subscriptions in North America: 201 subscriptions per 100 people (2022). Next come El Salvador (177 subscriptions per 100 people) and Panama (157 subscriptions per 100 people).
Which country in North America has the fewest mobile subscriptions?
Haiti, with 65 subscriptions per 100 people (2022).
What is the typical mobile subscriptions of a country in North America?
The median of the 23 countries in North America is 108 subscriptions per 100 people: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?
Mobile phone subscriptions for every 100 people. One person can hold several SIM cards, so many countries pass 100. Source: World Bank, mostly 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.