Iran vs South Korea: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Iran
174.07 per 100 people
in 2024
South Korea
172.52 per 100 people
in 2024
Iran rank
15th
South Korea rank
17th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Iran
  • South Korea
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How they compare

Iran currently reports 174.07 per 100 people against 172.52 per 100 people in South Korea, a difference of 1.55 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Korea ahead.

Globally, Iran ranks 15th and South Korea ranks 17th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,015 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.