Malawi vs Niger: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Malawi
15.00 million
in 2024
Niger
16.38 million
in 2024
Malawi rank
74th
Niger rank
72nd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Malawi
  • Niger
05.0M10.0M15.0M196019922024

How they compare

Niger currently reports 16.38 million against 15.00 million in Malawi, a difference of 1.38 million.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Niger ahead.

Malawi ranks 74th and Niger ranks 72nd of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 2 and Niger in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Niger Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 0 0
1990s 4,408 363.9 4,044 Malawi
2000s 663,353 651,999 11,354 Malawi
2010s 5.90 million 7.38 million 1.48 million Niger
2020s 12.42 million 15.79 million 3.36 million Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Malawi or Niger?
Niger, at 16.38 million against 15.00 million in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Malawi and Niger?
1.38 million, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Niger?
52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Niger rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Malawi ranks 74th and Niger ranks 72nd 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

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.