Brazil vs South Korea: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Brazil
22.55 million
in 2024
South Korea
21.29 million
in 2024
Brazil rank
10th
South Korea rank
11th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Brazil
  • South Korea
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M196019922024

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 22.55 million against 21.29 million in South Korea, a difference of 1.25 million.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 10th and South Korea ranks 11th of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and South Korea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil South Korea Difference Ahead
1960s 850,000 220,635 629,365 Brazil
1970s 2.20 million 1.04 million 1.16 million Brazil
1980s 6.86 million 6.52 million 341,134 Brazil
1990s 14.43 million 18.21 million 3.78 million South Korea
2000s 38.67 million 24.67 million 14.01 million Brazil
2010s 41.67 million 28.23 million 13.44 million Brazil
2020s 26.98 million 22.67 million 4.32 million Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Brazil or South Korea?
Brazil, at 22.55 million against 21.29 million in South Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Brazil and South Korea?
1.25 million, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and South Korea?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Brazil and South Korea rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Brazil ranks 10th and South Korea ranks 11th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Brazil vs South Korea: Fixed telephone subscriptions. Statizoid, drawing on World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/fixed-telephone-subscriptions/brazil/korea-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/fixed-telephone-subscriptions/brazil/korea-rep/">Brazil vs South Korea: Fixed telephone subscriptions</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 14,489 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.