South Korea vs United Kingdom: Mobile phone subscriptions

South Korea
89.22 million
in 2024
United Kingdom
84.10 million
in 2024
South Korea rank
21st
United Kingdom rank
24th

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • South Korea
  • United Kingdom
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M198020022024

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 89.22 million against 84.10 million in United Kingdom, a difference of 5.12 million.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 21st and United Kingdom ranks 24th 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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