What is fixed telephone subscriptions in North Korea?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in North Korea was 4.48 per 100 people in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in North Korea?

The highest recorded value was 4.79 per 100 people in 2007.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in North Korea?

The lowest recorded value was 2.11 per 100 people in 2000.

How does North Korea rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

North Korea ranks 133rd out of 213 countries with data for 2022.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in North Korea?

Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this North Korea data come from?

The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in North Korea

Name: Fixed telephone subscriptions in North Korea
Creator: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

North Korea: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 4.48 per 100 people in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)

4.48 per 100 people

Change on year

down 0.3%

World rank

133rd

of 213 countries

All-time high

4.79 per 100 people

in 2007

All-time low

2.11 per 100 people

in 2000

Years of data

1983–2022

Fixed telephone subscriptions in North Korea, 1983–2022

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.

Analysis

The most recent figure for fixed telephone subscriptions in North Korea is 4.48 per 100 people, measured in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in North Korea peaked at 4.79 per 100 people in 2007 and was at its lowest, 2.11 per 100 people, in 2000.

That places North Korea 133rd out of 213 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1980s	2.55 per 100 people	2.44 per 100 people	2.66 per 100 people	7
1990s	2.23 per 100 people	2.13 per 100 people	2.37 per 100 people	10
2000s	4.02 per 100 people	2.11 per 100 people	4.79 per 100 people	10
2010s	4.63 per 100 people	4.53 per 100 people	4.72 per 100 people	9
2020s	4.5 per 100 people	4.48 per 100 people	4.51 per 100 people	3

Countries ranked near North Korea

130 Micronesia (country) 5.78 per 100 people compare
131 Thailand 5.45 per 100 people compare
132 Marshall Islands 4.86 per 100 people compare
134 Belize 4.42 per 100 people compare
135 Honduras 4.25 per 100 people compare
136 Jordan 4.21 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for North Korea

Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.18 million (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 24.13 per 100 people (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 6.35 million (2022)
Air transport, passengers carried 3,690 (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 74 (2023)
Air transport, freight 0.0075 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 67 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 2,545 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 0.0% (2004)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 10.4% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in North Korea?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in North Korea was 4.48 per 100 people in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in North Korea?: The highest recorded value was 4.79 per 100 people in 2007.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in North Korea?: The lowest recorded value was 2.11 per 100 people in 2000.
How does North Korea rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: North Korea ranks 133rd out of 213 countries with data for 2022.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in North Korea?: Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this North Korea data come from?: The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Fixed telephone 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, 14,528 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.