Korea, Democratic People's Republic of vs Papua New Guinea: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
24.13 per 100 people
in 2022
Papua New Guinea
38.77 per 100 people
in 2024
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank
211th
Papua New Guinea rank
207th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 38.77 per 100 people against 24.13 per 100 people in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, a difference of 14.64 per 100 people.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.6 times Korea, Democratic People's Republic of's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 211th and Papua New Guinea ranks 207th of 213 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people
1970s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people
1980s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people
1990s 0 per 100 people 0.0366 per 100 people 0.0366 per 100 people Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.0278 per 100 people 3.99 per 100 people 3.96 per 100 people Papua New Guinea
2010s 10.09 per 100 people 37.61 per 100 people 27.52 per 100 people Papua New Guinea
2020s 23.32 per 100 people 48.8 per 100 people 25.48 per 100 people Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 38.77 per 100 people against 24.13 per 100 people in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Papua New Guinea?
14.64 per 100 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Papua New Guinea?
50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 211th and Papua New Guinea ranks 207th of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.