East Asia & Pacific vs Korea: Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled

East Asia & Pacific
288.00 million
in 2025
Korea
21.29 million
in 2024
East Asia & Pacific rank
10th
Korea rank
11th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled over time

  • East Asia & Pacific
  • Korea
0200.0M400.0M600.0M196519952025

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific currently reports 288.00 million against 21.29 million in Korea, a difference of 266.71 million.

That makes East Asia & Pacific's figure about 13.5 times Korea's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific ranks 10th and Korea ranks 11th of 47 groups.

East Asia & Pacific has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific Korea Difference Ahead
1970s 47.99 million 1.61 million 46.38 million East Asia & Pacific
1980s 72.30 million 6.52 million 65.78 million East Asia & Pacific
1990s 159.31 million 18.21 million 141.10 million East Asia & Pacific
2000s 440.19 million 24.67 million 415.53 million East Asia & Pacific
2010s 411.75 million 28.23 million 383.52 million East Asia & Pacific
2020s 318.60 million 22.67 million 295.93 million East Asia & Pacific

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled, East Asia & Pacific or Korea?
East Asia & Pacific, at 288.00 million against 21.29 million in Korea as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled between East Asia & Pacific and Korea?
266.71 million, with East Asia & Pacific ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Korea?
50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do East Asia & Pacific and Korea rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled?
East Asia & Pacific ranks 10th and Korea ranks 11th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
260 places, 14,635 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Fixed telephone subscriptions with 153 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement β€” these are filled holes, not forecasts.