Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Malaysia: Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
72.00 million
in 2025
Malaysia
8.22 million
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
21st
Malaysia rank
18th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 72.00 million against 8.22 million in Malaysia, a difference of 63.78 million.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 8.8 times Malaysia's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 21st and Malaysia ranks 18th of 45 groups.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Malaysia Difference Ahead
1960s 2.79 million 63,510 2.73 million Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1970s 6.71 million 170,699 6.54 million Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 16.73 million 878,794 15.85 million Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 37.02 million 3.09 million 33.93 million Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 84.15 million 4.51 million 79.64 million Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 93.00 million 5.34 million 87.66 million Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2020s 79.20 million 8.16 million 71.04 million Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Malaysia?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 72.00 million against 8.22 million in Malaysia as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malaysia?
63.78 million, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malaysia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malaysia rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 21st and Malaysia ranks 18th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
260 places, 14,635 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Fixed telephone subscriptions with 153 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.