Costa Rica vs North Korea: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Costa Rica
- North Korea
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 6.98 million against 6.35 million in North Korea, a difference of 624,500.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times North Korea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was North Korea ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 113th and North Korea ranks 116th of 212 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | North Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 39,114 | 0 | 39,114 | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 1.06 million | 6,926 | 1.06 million | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 6.52 million | 2.58 million | 3.94 million | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 7.08 million | 6.12 million | 960,313 | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Costa Rica or North Korea?
- Costa Rica, at 6.98 million against 6.35 million in North Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Costa Rica and North Korea?
- 624,500, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and North Korea?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Costa Rica and North Korea rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Costa Rica ranks 113th and North Korea ranks 116th of 212 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.
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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.