Low income vs Malaysia: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Low income
- Malaysia
How they compare
Low income currently reports 445.00 million against 49.66 million in Malaysia, a difference of 395.34 million.
That makes Low income's figure about 9.0 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malaysia ahead.
Low income ranks 38th and Malaysia ranks 38th of 47 groups.
Across the 6 decades both report, Low income averaged higher in 2 and Malaysia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low income | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 9,495 | 9,495 | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 49,726 | 1.10 million | 1.05 million | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 321.66 million | 43.38 million | 278.28 million | Low income |
| 2020s | 371.00 million | 47.74 million | 323.26 million | Low income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Low income or Malaysia?
- Low income, at 445.00 million against 49.66 million in Malaysia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Low income and Malaysia?
- 395.34 million, with Low income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Malaysia?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Low income and Malaysia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Low income ranks 38th 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
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.