South Korea vs Late-demographic dividend: Fixed telephone subscriptions

South Korea
21.29 million
in 2024
Late-demographic dividend
267.08 million
in 2022
South Korea rank
11th
Late-demographic dividend rank
11th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • South Korea
  • Late-demographic dividend
0200.0M400.0M600.0M196519942024

How they compare

Late-demographic dividend currently reports 267.08 million against 21.29 million in South Korea, a difference of 245.79 million.

That makes Late-demographic dividend's figure about 12.5 times South Korea's.

Across all 48 years both countries report, Late-demographic dividend has been ahead every year.

South Korea ranks 11th and Late-demographic dividend ranks 11th of 214 countries.

Late-demographic dividend has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Korea Late-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1970s 1.61 million 21.42 million 19.81 million Late-demographic dividend
1980s 6.52 million 41.02 million 34.50 million Late-demographic dividend
1990s 18.21 million 121.66 million 103.45 million Late-demographic dividend
2000s 24.67 million 436.66 million 411.99 million Late-demographic dividend
2010s 28.23 million 391.77 million 363.54 million Late-demographic dividend
2020s 23.29 million 289.53 million 266.24 million Late-demographic dividend

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, South Korea or Late-demographic dividend?
Late-demographic dividend, at 267.08 million against 21.29 million in South Korea as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between South Korea and Late-demographic dividend?
245.79 million, with Late-demographic dividend ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Late-demographic dividend?
48 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2022.
How do South Korea and Late-demographic dividend rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
South Korea ranks 11th and Late-demographic dividend 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.

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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.