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MALAYSIA VS ASEAN · MOBILE CONNECTIVITY · 2024
How many mobile subscriptions exist for every 100 people?
ITU mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 people distributed through the World Bank, using 2024 observations only.
SHOW ME THE DATA2024 · mobile cellular subscriptions · per 100 people
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
2024
1Singapore171mobile cellular subscriptions · per 100 people
2Thailand161mobile cellular subscriptions · per 100 people
3Malaysia140mobile cellular subscriptions · per 100 people
4Viet Nam128mobile cellular subscriptions · per 100 people
5Indonesia123mobile cellular subscriptions · per 100 people
6Brunei Darussalam118mobile cellular subscriptions · per 100 people
7Timor-Leste116mobile cellular subscriptions · per 100 people
8Cambodia116mobile cellular subscriptions · per 100 people
9Philippines115mobile cellular subscriptions · per 100 people
10Myanmar114mobile cellular subscriptions · per 100 people
ITUInternational Telecommunication Union via World Bankmobile cellular subscriptions · per 100 people
SourceInternational Telecommunication Union via World Bank ↗2024 same-year request · checked 3 Oct 2026HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Malaysia is #3/10 in the verified 2024 ASEAN subset by mobile subscriptions per 100 people.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHow the numbers were calculated
PulseKita requests World Bank indicator IT.CEL.SETS.P2 for all 11 ASEAN members and fixes the comparison to 2024. The measure counts subscriptions, including qualifying prepaid and postpaid accounts, not unique people. Older observations are not carried forward.
- Malaysia records about 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people in 2024 and ranks #3/10 among ASEAN members returned for the same year.
- Not shown for 2024: Lao PDR.
- Values can exceed 100 because a person can hold multiple SIMs or subscriptions. This is not the percentage of people who own a mobile phone.
- The indicator covers cellular subscriptions that provide voice communications and excludes some mobile-data-only services.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Declared sourceMobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
- 2TransformationPulseKita requests World Bank indicator IT.CEL.SETS.P2 for all 11 ASEAN members and fixes the comparison to 2024. The measure counts subscriptions, including qualifying prepaid and postpaid accounts, not unique people. Older observations are not carried forward.
- 3Published visualRanked snapshot
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2024
UNITmobile cellular subscriptions · per 100 people
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED2024 same-year request · checked 3 Oct 2026