Malaysia vs North America: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Malaysia
- North America
How they compare
North America currently reports 434.00 million against 49.66 million in Malaysia, a difference of 384.34 million.
That makes North America's figure about 8.7 times Malaysia's.
Across all 50 years both countries report, North America has been ahead every year.
Malaysia ranks 38th and North America ranks 39th of 214 countries.
North America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 13,564 | 1.23 million | 1.22 million | North America |
| 1990s | 1.10 million | 38.06 million | 36.96 million | North America |
| 2000s | 16.75 million | 210.54 million | 193.79 million | North America |
| 2010s | 41.67 million | 353.31 million | 311.64 million | North America |
| 2020s | 47.74 million | 407.60 million | 359.86 million | North America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Malaysia or North America?
- North America, at 434.00 million against 49.66 million in Malaysia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Malaysia and North America?
- 384.34 million, with North America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and North America?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Malaysia and North America rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Malaysia ranks 38th and North America ranks 39th 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.