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Malaysia vs Saudi Arabia: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Malaysia
8.22 million
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
6.71 million
in 2024
Malaysia rank
18th
Saudi Arabia rank
20th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Malaysia
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 8.22 million against 6.71 million in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 1.51 million.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.2 times Saudi Arabia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, Malaysia ranks 18th and Saudi Arabia ranks 20th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,482 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.