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Media > Telecommunications > Telephone Stats: compare key data on Mexico & South Korea

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STAT Mexico South Korea HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 20.22 million
Ranked 14th.
30.1 million
Ranked 11th. 49% more than Mexico

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 167.3
Ranked 104th.
601.94
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Mexico

Households with landlines per thousand people 103.17
Ranked 2nd.
285.34
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Mexico
International calling code 52
Ranked 29th.
82
Ranked 45th. 58% more than Mexico
Landlines 20.67 million
Ranked 13th.
29.47 million
Ranked 11th. 43% more than Mexico
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 16.73
Ranked 99th.
61.42
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Mexico

Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 9.7%
Ranked 94th.
106%
Ranked 4th. 11 times more than Mexico
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 92.9 million
Ranked 14th. 77% more than South Korea
52.51 million
Ranked 26th.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 11.18 million
Ranked 23th.
51.81 million
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Mexico
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 96.2
Ranked 94th.
1,058.33
Ranked 4th. 11 times more than Mexico
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 100.73 million
Ranked 12th. 88% more than South Korea
53.62 million
Ranked 26th.

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 833.51
Ranked 130th.
1,072.4
Ranked 91st. 29% more than Mexico

Rural households with landlines per thousand people 8.69
Ranked 1st.
62.64
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Mexico
Telephone greetings, owner answers phone Bueno. Yeoboseyo? / 여보세요?
Urban households with landlines per thousand people 94.47
Ranked 2nd.
222.7
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Mexico
Households with landlines 12.16 million
Ranked 1st.
13.41 million
Ranked 1st. 10% more than Mexico
Rural households with landlines 1.02 million
Ranked 1st.
2.94 million
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Mexico
Urban households with landlines 11.14 million
Ranked 1st. 6% more than South Korea
10.47 million
Ranked 1st.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. 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.; Wikipedia: Telephone numbers in Asia (States and territories with country calling codes); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; 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.; Wikipedia: Greeting (Telephone greetings); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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