Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 1,180,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,180,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 500,000 in 1983.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

See also:

Year Value
1983 500,000
1984 500,000
1985 500,000
1986 500,000
1987 500,000
1988 500,000
1989 500,000
1990 500,000
1991 500,000
1992 500,000
1993 500,000
1994 500,000
1995 500,000
1996 500,000
1997 500,000
1998 500,000
1999 500,000
2000 500,000
2001 860,000
2002 916,000
2003 980,000
2004 1,000,000
2005 1,000,000
2006 1,000,000
2007 1,180,000
2008 1,180,000
2009 1,180,000
2010 1,180,000
2011 1,180,000
2012 1,180,000
2013 1,180,000
2014 1,180,000
2015 1,180,000
2016 1,180,000
2017 1,180,000
2019 1,180,000
2020 1,180,000

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 4.58 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.88 in 2007 and a minimum value of 2.18 in 2000.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

See also:

Year Value
1983 2.73
1984 2.69
1985 2.65
1986 2.61
1987 2.57
1988 2.54
1989 2.50
1990 2.46
1991 2.43
1992 2.39
1993 2.35
1994 2.32
1995 2.29
1996 2.26
1997 2.24
1998 2.22
1999 2.20
2000 2.18
2001 3.72
2002 3.92
2003 4.16
2004 4.21
2005 4.18
2006 4.16
2007 4.88
2008 4.85
2009 4.83
2010 4.81
2011 4.78
2012 4.76
2013 4.73
2014 4.71
2015 4.69
2016 4.66
2017 4.64
2019 4.60
2020 4.58

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications