Iraq vs Malaysia: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Iraq
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 49.66 million against 46.08 million in Iraq, a difference of 3.58 million.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.
Across all 53 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.
Iraq ranks 39th and Malaysia ranks 38th of 214 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 9,495 | 9,495 | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 0 | 1.10 million | 1.10 million | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 6.32 million | 16.75 million | 10.43 million | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 31.52 million | 41.67 million | 10.15 million | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 42.74 million | 47.74 million | 5.00 million | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Iraq or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 49.66 million against 46.08 million in Iraq as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Iraq and Malaysia?
- 3.58 million, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Malaysia?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Iraq and Malaysia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Iraq ranks 39th and Malaysia ranks 38th of 214 countries.
- 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
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.