Malaysia vs Uganda: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Malaysia
49.66 million
in 2024
Uganda
41.60 million
in 2024
Malaysia rank
38th
Uganda rank
41st

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Malaysia
  • Uganda
020.0M40.0M60.0M196019922024

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 49.66 million against 41.60 million in Uganda, a difference of 8.07 million.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.2 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.

Malaysia ranks 38th and Uganda ranks 41st of 214 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Malaysia Uganda Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 9,495 0 9,495 Malaysia
1990s 1.10 million 9,710 1.09 million Malaysia
2000s 16.75 million 2.82 million 13.93 million Malaysia
2010s 41.67 million 20.22 million 21.45 million Malaysia
2020s 47.74 million 33.94 million 13.79 million Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Malaysia or Uganda?
Malaysia, at 49.66 million against 41.60 million in Uganda as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Malaysia and Uganda?
8.07 million, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Uganda?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Malaysia and Uganda rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Malaysia ranks 38th and Uganda ranks 41st 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.