Algeria vs Malaysia: Mobile phone subscriptions

Algeria
54.05 million
in 2024
Malaysia
49.66 million
in 2024
Algeria rank
35th
Malaysia rank
38th

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • Algeria
  • Malaysia
020.0M40.0M60.0M198020022024

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 54.05 million against 49.66 million in Malaysia, a difference of 4.39 million.

That makes Algeria's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, Algeria ranks 35th and Malaysia ranks 38th of 212 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile phone subscriptions
Source
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
212 places, 9,009 data points, 1980–2024
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