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

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STAT South Korea United Kingdom HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 30.1 million
Ranked 11th.
33.01 million
Ranked 9th. 10% more than South Korea

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 601.94
Ranked 8th. 15% more than United Kingdom
522.08
Ranked 16th.

Landlines 29.47 million
Ranked 11th.
33.21 million
Ranked 8th. 13% more than South Korea
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 61.42
Ranked 5th. 16% more than United Kingdom
52.88
Ranked 12th.

Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 106%
Ranked 4th. 47% more than United Kingdom
72%
Ranked 14th.
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 52.51 million
Ranked 26th.
75.75 million
Ranked 17th. 44% more than South Korea
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 51.81 million
Ranked 8th. 14% more than United Kingdom
45.42 million
Ranked 9th.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 1,058.33
Ranked 4th. 48% more than United Kingdom
716.45
Ranked 13th.
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 53.62 million
Ranked 26th.
84.94 million
Ranked 18th. 58% more than South Korea

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,072.4
Ranked 91st.
1,343.35
Ranked 40th. 25% more than South Korea

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.; 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.

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