IBRD only vs South Korea: Mobile cellular subscriptions

IBRD only
115.9 per 100 people
in 2025
South Korea
172.52 per 100 people
in 2024
IBRD only rank
20th
South Korea rank
17th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • IBRD only
  • South Korea
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 172.52 per 100 people against 115.9 per 100 people in IBRD only, a difference of 56.62 per 100 people.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.5 times IBRD only's.

Across all 51 years both countries report, South Korea has been ahead every year.

IBRD only ranks 20th and South Korea ranks 17th of 48 groups.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,015 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.