South Korea vs Least developed countries: UN classification: Mobile cellular subscriptions

South Korea
89.22 million
in 2024
Least developed countries: UN classification
1.05 billion
in 2025
South Korea rank
21st
Least developed countries: UN classification rank
24th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • South Korea
  • Least developed countries: UN classification
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How they compare

Least developed countries: UN classification currently reports 1.05 billion against 89.22 million in South Korea, a difference of 959.78 million.

That makes Least developed countries: UN classification's figure about 11.8 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Least developed countries: UN classification ahead.

South Korea ranks 21st and Least developed countries: UN classification ranks 24th of 212 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,039 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.