South Korea vs Singapore: Mobile cellular subscriptions

South Korea
172.52 per 100 people
in 2024
Singapore
170.78 per 100 people
in 2024
South Korea rank
17th
Singapore rank
18th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • South Korea
  • Singapore
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 172.52 per 100 people against 170.78 per 100 people in Singapore, a difference of 1.74 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Singapore ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 17th and Singapore ranks 18th 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.