Colombia vs South Korea: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Colombia
- South Korea
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 92.07 million against 89.22 million in South Korea, a difference of 2.85 million.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Korea ahead.
Colombia ranks 20th and South Korea ranks 21st of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 1 and South Korea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 9,677 | 9,677 | South Korea |
| 1990s | 591,578 | 5.11 million | 4.52 million | South Korea |
| 2000s | 19.58 million | 37.48 million | 17.91 million | South Korea |
| 2010s | 55.44 million | 58.80 million | 3.36 million | South Korea |
| 2020s | 80.60 million | 78.70 million | 1.90 million | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Colombia or South Korea?
- Colombia, at 92.07 million against 89.22 million in South Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Colombia and South Korea?
- 2.85 million, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and South Korea?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and South Korea rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Colombia ranks 20th and South Korea ranks 21st of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
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.