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South Korea vs United Kingdom: Fixed telephone subscriptions

South Korea
21.29 million
in 2024
United Kingdom
23.77 million
in 2024
South Korea rank
11th
United Kingdom rank
9th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 23.77 million against 21.29 million in South Korea, a difference of 2.48 million.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

Across all 60 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

Globally, South Korea ranks 11th and United Kingdom ranks 9th 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.