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Korea, Republic of: Mobile cellular subscriptions

172.52per 100 people · 2024+52.2% since 2014

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. Annual figures for Korea, Republic of from 1960 to 2024.

19832024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024172.52
2023162.114
2022148.684
2021140.516
2020135.973
2019133.08
2018128.495
2017123.642
2016119.49
2015115.595
2014113.359
2013109.206
2012108.115
2011106.878
2010104.097
200998.759
200894.314
200792.094
200683.733
200580.127
200476.705
200370.698
200268.379
200161.742
200057.341
199950.392
199830.31
199714.966
19966.967
19953.616
19942.126
19931.05
19920.608
19910.373
19900.181
19890.091
19880.047
19870.024
19860.017
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19700
19650
19600

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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