Germany vs South Korea: Mobile phone subscriptions

Germany
109.20 million
in 2024
South Korea
89.22 million
in 2024
Germany rank
18th
South Korea rank
21st

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • Germany
  • South Korea
025.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M198020022024

How they compare

Germany currently reports 109.20 million against 89.22 million in South Korea, a difference of 19.98 million.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.2 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was South Korea ahead.

Globally, Germany ranks 18th and South Korea ranks 21st of 212 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile phone subscriptions
Source
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
212 places, 9,009 data points, 1980–2024
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