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Media > Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone Stats: compare key data on South Korea & United States

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STAT South Korea United States HISTORY
Mobile penetration 106%
Ranked 4th. 42% more than United States
74.7%
Ranked 9th.
Mobile phones 52.51 million
Ranked 26th.
327.58 million
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than South Korea
Mobile subscriptions 51.81 million
Ranked 8th.
234.41 million
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than South Korea
Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 1,058.33
Ranked 4th. 43% more than United States
740.25
Ranked 9th.
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 53.62 million
Ranked 26th.
303.05 million
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than South Korea

Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,072.4
Ranked 91st. 11% more than United States
965.4
Ranked 113th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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