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Korea, Republic of: Fixed telephone subscriptions

41.17per 100 people · 2024-29.4% since 2014

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones. Annual figures for Korea, Republic of from 1965 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202441.167
202342.813
202244.049
202144.771
202046.006
201947.766
201850.167
201752.14
201654.653
201556.651
201458.334
201360.58
201260.684
201159.984
201058.527
200955.398
200850.371
200747.753
200646.726
200549.957
200449.411
200352.884
200254.409
200154.79
200055.302
199955.1
199843.5
199744.5
199642.9
199541
199439.1
199337.2
199234.9
199132.8
199030.1
198927.065
198823.974
198720.341
198617.988
198515.806
198413.759
198312.009
198210.353
19818.425
19807.085
19796.075
19785.034
19774.164
19763.486
19752.945
19741.495
19731.495
19721.495
19711.495
19701.476
19690.764
19680.764
19670.764
19660.764
19650.756

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Fixed telephone subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-fixed-telephone-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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