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North Korea vs Uruguay: Fixed telephone subscriptions

North Korea
1.18 million
in 2022
Uruguay
1.21 million
in 2024
North Korea rank
62nd
Uruguay rank
61st

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • North Korea
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 1.21 million against 1.18 million in North Korea, a difference of 25,880.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1983 it was North Korea ahead.

Globally, North Korea ranks 62nd and Uruguay ranks 61st of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,482 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.