South Korea vs Post-demographic dividend: Fixed telephone subscriptions

South Korea
21.29 million
in 2024
Post-demographic dividend
385.20 million
in 2022
South Korea rank
11th
Post-demographic dividend rank
8th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • South Korea
  • Post-demographic dividend
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How they compare

Post-demographic dividend currently reports 385.20 million against 21.29 million in South Korea, a difference of 363.91 million.

That makes Post-demographic dividend's figure about 18.1 times South Korea's.

Across all 58 years both countries report, Post-demographic dividend has been ahead every year.

South Korea ranks 11th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 8th of 214 countries.

Post-demographic dividend has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Korea Post-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1960s 220,635 107.73 million 107.51 million Post-demographic dividend
1970s 1.04 million 184.69 million 183.65 million Post-demographic dividend
1980s 6.52 million 324.51 million 317.99 million Post-demographic dividend
1990s 18.21 million 476.23 million 458.02 million Post-demographic dividend
2000s 24.67 million 537.60 million 512.93 million Post-demographic dividend
2010s 28.23 million 473.88 million 445.65 million Post-demographic dividend
2020s 23.29 million 397.48 million 374.19 million Post-demographic dividend

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, South Korea or Post-demographic dividend?
Post-demographic dividend, at 385.20 million against 21.29 million in South Korea as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between South Korea and Post-demographic dividend?
363.91 million, with Post-demographic dividend ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Post-demographic dividend?
58 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2022.
How do South Korea and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
South Korea ranks 11th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 8th 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.