Euro area vs Malaysia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Euro area
424.06 million
in 2022
Malaysia
49.66 million
in 2024
Euro area rank
41st
Malaysia rank
38th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Euro area
  • Malaysia
0100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M196019922024

How they compare

Euro area currently reports 424.06 million against 49.66 million in Malaysia, a difference of 374.40 million.

That makes Euro area's figure about 8.5 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malaysia ahead.

Euro area ranks 41st and Malaysia ranks 38th of 47 groups.

Euro area has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Euro area Malaysia Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 197,522 9,495 188,028 Euro area
1990s 28.70 million 1.10 million 27.60 million Euro area
2000s 312.57 million 16.75 million 295.82 million Euro area
2010s 412.84 million 41.67 million 371.17 million Euro area
2020s 421.33 million 46.29 million 375.03 million Euro area

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Euro area or Malaysia?
Euro area, at 424.06 million against 49.66 million in Malaysia as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Euro area and Malaysia?
374.40 million, with Euro area ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Malaysia?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Euro area and Malaysia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Euro area ranks 41st and Malaysia ranks 38th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 13,046 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.