Malaysia vs Uganda: Mobile phone subscriptions

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

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

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

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 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Uganda ahead.

Globally, Malaysia ranks 38th and Uganda ranks 41st 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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