Malaysia vs Pre-demographic dividend: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Malaysia
- Pre-demographic dividend
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 139.66 per 100 people against 86.78 per 100 people in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 52.88 per 100 people.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.6 times Pre-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Pre-demographic dividend ahead.
Malaysia ranks 42nd and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 39th of 212 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Pre-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 1970s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 1980s | 0.0639 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.0639 per 100 people | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 5.22 per 100 people | 0.0269 per 100 people | 5.19 per 100 people | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 63.77 per 100 people | 12.51 per 100 people | 51.26 per 100 people | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 134.31 per 100 people | 63.73 per 100 people | 70.58 per 100 people | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 134.97 per 100 people | 82.38 per 100 people | 52.59 per 100 people | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Malaysia or Pre-demographic dividend?
- Malaysia, at 139.66 per 100 people against 86.78 per 100 people in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Malaysia and Pre-demographic dividend?
- 52.88 per 100 people, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Pre-demographic dividend?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Malaysia and Pre-demographic dividend rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Malaysia ranks 42nd and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 39th of 212 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.