Mobile cellular subscriptions rose 7.95% to 47.2 mil in Malaysia in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile cellular subscriptions in Malaysia reached an all time high of 47.2 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.011 mil in 1986. When compared to Malaysia's main peers, mobile cellular subscriptions in Cambodia amounted to 19.9 mil, 8.66 mil in Singapore, 121 mil in Thailand and 135 mil in Vietnam in 2021.
Malaysia has been ranked 32nd within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of mobile cellular subscriptions, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mobile Cellular Subscriptions | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Cambodia | mil | 20.9 | 19.9 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 21.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 1,292 | 1,365 | 1,470 | 1,649 | 1,746 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | 339 | 386 | 435 | 319 | 341 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | mil | 3.73 | 3.96 | 3.71 | 3.66 | 4.64 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | mil | 44.1 | 43.5 | 42.3 | 42.4 | 44.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | mil | 41.0 | 50.6 | 47.9 | 61.1 | 81.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | mil | 118 | 120 | 120 | 135 | 167 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | mil | 8.23 | 8.46 | 8.38 | 8.57 | 9.03 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | mil | 103 | 120 | 122 | 125 | 130 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | mil | 120 | 121 | 120 | 141 | 136 |
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