Mobile cellular subscriptions in North America
North America: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 112 per 100 people in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in North America, 1960–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
In 2025, mobile cellular subscriptions in North America stood at 112 per 100 people. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in North America peaked at 112 per 100 people in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0 per 100 people, in 1960.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.4587 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 1.42 per 100 people | 7 |
| 1990s | 12.67 per 100 people | 2.13 per 100 people | 30.03 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 63.79 per 100 people | 37.75 per 100 people | 87.14 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.98 per 100 people | 90.1 per 100 people | 103.9 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 107.83 per 100 people | 101.9 per 100 people | 112 per 100 people | 6 |
More infrastructure data for North America
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 23 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 89.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 434.00 million (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.03 billion (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 10.35 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 44,799 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 5,668 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 15,198 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 95.6% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 13.2% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in North America?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in North America was 112 per 100 people in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in North America?
- The highest recorded value was 112 per 100 people in 2025.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this North America data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.