Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Malawi

Number of mobile subscriptions in Malawi in 2024 — 14,998,566 subs. Ranked 67 in the world out of 151.

2024 15M subs +16.34% vs 2023
World rank 67of 151
Period maximum 15M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Malawi, 1960–202405M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 0 subs1982: 0 subs1983: 0 subs1984: 0 subs1985: 0 subs1986: 0 subs1987: 0 subs1988: 0 subs1989: 0 subs1990: 0 subs1991: 0 subs1992: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 382 subs1996: 3,700 subs1997: 7,000 subs1998: 10,500 subs1999: 22,500 subs2000: 49,000 subs2001: 55,730 subs2002: 86,047 subs2003: 135,114 subs2004: 222,135 subs2005: 421,163 subs2006: 620,163 subs2007: 1,050,852 subs2008: 1,507,684 subs2009: 2,485,646 subs2010: 3,117,364 subs2011: 3,951,572 subs2012: 4,646,894 subs2013: 5,290,044 subs2014: 5,632,514 subs2015: 6,566,707 subs2016: 7,178,384 subs2017: 7,772,503 subs2018: 7,076,906 subs2019: 8,901,027 subs2020: 10,004,680 subs2021: 11,940,135 subs2022: 12,269,158 subs2023: 12,892,012 subs2024: 14,998,566 subs
Change over the period: +15M

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malawi

Malawi 15M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 15M +2.11M +16.34%
2023 12.89M +622,854 +5.08%
2022 12.27M +329,023 +2.76%
2021 11.94M +1.94M +19.35%
2020 10M +1.1M +12.4%
2019 8.9M +1.82M +25.78%
2018 7.08M −695,597 −8.95%
2017 7.77M +594,119 +8.28%
2016 7.18M +611,677 +9.31%
2015 6.57M +934,193 +16.59%
2014 5.63M +342,470 +6.47%
2013 5.29M +643,150 +13.84%
2012 4.65M +695,322 +17.6%
2011 3.95M +834,208 +26.76%
2010 3.12M +631,718 +25.41%
2009 2.49M +977,962 +64.87%
2008 1.51M +456,832 +43.47%
2007 1.05M +430,689 +69.45%
2006 620,163 +199,000 +47.25%
2005 421,163 +199,028 +89.6%
2004 222,135 +87,021 +64.41%
2003 135,114 +49,067 +57.02%
2002 86,047 +30,317 +54.4%
2001 55,730 +6,730 +13.73%
2000 49,000 +26,500 +117.78%
1999 22,500 +12,000 +114.29%
1998 10,500 +3,500 +50%
1997 7,000 +3,300 +89.19%
1996 3,700 +3,318 +868.59%
1995 382 +382
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
1992 0 +0
1991 0 +0
1990 0 +0
1989 0 +0
1988 0 +0
1987 0 +0
1986 0 +0
1985 0 +0
1984 0 +0
1983 0 +0
1982 0 +0
1981 0 +0
1980 0 +0
1979 0 +0
1978 0 +0
1977 0 +0
1976 0 +0
1975 0
1970 0
1965 0
1960 0

About the indicator

The number of active mobile cellular subscriptions. Subscriptions are counted, not people: one person can hold several SIM cards, and in countries where calls within a network are cheaper than calls between networks this is ordinary practice. That is exactly why the same indicator per hundred people in this catalog often runs above a hundred and fifty, and why the absolute series is easier to read: it speaks of the size of the market, not of the penetration of service.

Important: Subscriptions, not subscribers. Machine-to-machine connections — meters, cars, sensors — are counted differently from country to country.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.