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Korea - Mobile Subscriptions 1999

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Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people · World Bank

50.39 +20.08 from 1998 Global rank: 8th

Korea's mobile subscriptions was 50.39 in 1999, increased +20.08 from 30.31 in 1998. This was the 8th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Mobile Subscriptions by Country - 1999
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Hong Kong SAR, China	64.36	32.7%
2nd	Finland	63.37	14.8%
3rd	Iceland	62.18	63.5%
4th	Norway	59.70	27.7%
5th	Sweden	57.93	24.5%
6th	Italy	53.20	47.8%
7th	Austria	53.19	85.0%
8th	Korea	50.39	66.3%
9th	Denmark	49.41	35.6%
10th	Luxembourg	48.72	58.1%
11th	Israel	48.05	31.4%
12th	United Kingdom	46.36	82.1%
13th	Portugal	45.65	51.1%
14th	Ireland	45.08	75.3%
15th	Japan	44.92	19.9%
16th	Switzerland	42.81	79.1%
17th	Netherlands	42.66	100.2%
18th	Singapore	41.11	45.2%
19th	Monaco	40.38	13.3%
20th	Spain	37.01	132.0%
21st	France	36.73	90.3%
22nd	New Zealand	36.39	75.5%
23rd	San Marino	36.28	89.4%
24th	Greece	35.51	89.8%
25th	Australia	33.59	27.0%
26th	European Union	32.39	70.2%
27th	Slovenia	31.79	291.1%
28th	Andorra	31.38	44.9%
29th	Belgium	31.17	80.8%
30th	United States	30.82	22.8%
31st	Germany	28.75	68.5%
32nd	Virgin Islands (US)	27.82	18.9%
33rd	Macao SAR, China	27.75	41.5%
34th	Liechtenstein	27.59	18.4%
35th	Estonia	27.57	57.5%
36th	United Arab Emirates	26.87	59.1%
37th	Greenland	24.10	52.0%
38th	Faroe Islands	23.81	63.9%
39th	Canada	22.73	28.2%
40th	Cyprus	21.96	28.8%
41st	Cayman Islands	21.96	56.9%
42nd	Puerto Rico (US)	21.36	39.4%
43rd	Bermuda	20.99	1.2%
44th	Seychelles	20.70	209.7%
45th	Brunei Darussalam	20.18	31.5%
46th	Bahrain	19.28	40.9%
47th	Czechia	18.97	101.7%
48th	Kuwait	15.98	16.3%
49th	Hungary	15.92	52.6%
50th	Chile	14.90	131.7%
51st	Lebanon	14.75	22.0%
52nd	Aruba	13.81	116.6%
53rd	Qatar	13.76	21.5%
54th	Malaysia	13.37	32.5%
55th	Gibraltar	13.17	48.9%
56th	Türkiye	12.85	128.2%
57th	Guam	12.63	53.8%
58th	Slovak Republic	12.36	42.6%
59th	New Caledonia	11.72	91.2%
60th	Antigua and Barbuda	11.51	457.1%
61st	Latvia	11.31	66.3%
62nd	South Africa	11.19	53.8%
63rd	Argentina	10.50	42.5%
64th	Poland	10.32	105.3%
65th	Uruguay	9.73	109.8%
66th	Nauru	9.63	17.6%
67th	Malta	9.48	65.1%
68th	Lithuania	9.14	25.1%
69th	French Polynesia	8.88	95.1%
70th	Paraguay	8.67	84.3%
71st	Brazil	8.67	101.1%
72nd	El Salvador	8.63	270.5%
73rd	Mauritius	8.47	67.5%
74th	Mexico	8.03	127.1%
75th	Panama	7.91	165.8%
76th	Barbados	7.69	68.9%
77th	Croatia	6.41	63.6%
78th	Romania	6.15	112.0%
79th	Jamaica	5.56	82.3%
80th	Botswana	5.44	492.8%
81st	Oman	5.37	23.3%
82nd	Colombia	5.10	7.4%
83rd	Dominican Republic	5.05	99.6%
84th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.98	72.5%
85th	Bahamas, The	4.97	94.1%
86th	Azerbaijan	4.57	465.0%
87th	Bulgaria	4.29	178.0%
88th	Saudi Arabia	3.98	30.0%
89th	Peru	3.86	34.2%
90th	Northern Mariana Islands	3.81	54.7%
91st	Thailand	3.75	17.0%
92nd	Philippines	3.74	60.6%
93rd	Suriname	3.72	185.9%
94th	Costa Rica	3.54	24.4%
95th	China	3.45	80.2%
96th	American Samoa	3.13	17.9%
97th	Ecuador	3.09	55.1%
98th	Georgia	3.03	128.3%
99th	Guatemala	2.95	195.7%
100th	Trinidad and Tobago	2.91	46.5%
101st	Fiji	2.84	188.9%
102nd	Belize	2.83	80.2%
103rd	North Macedonia	2.41	61.1%
104th	Jordan	2.39	40.6%
105th	Grenada	1.88	41.9%
106th	Cabo Verde	1.79	674.4%
107th	Namibia	1.69	50.2%
108th	Côte d'Ivoire	1.57	173.5%
109th	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.56	57.0%
110th	Zimbabwe	1.49	802.7%
111th	St. Lucia	1.45	20.0%
112th	Mongolia	1.42	279.0%
113th	Eswatini	1.37	194.0%
114th	Sri Lanka	1.37	46.5%
115th	Samoa	1.33	62.7%
116th	Morocco	1.30	212.7%
117th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.27	107.0%
118th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.25	89.6%
119th	Honduras	1.21	119.3%
120th	Dominica	1.16	23.5%
121st	Indonesia	1.05	105.3%
122nd	Maldives	1.05	79.4%
123rd	Russian Federation	0.93	84.0%
124th	Senegal	0.93	212.4%
125th	Nicaragua	0.88	138.0%
126th	Marshall Islands	0.82	26.8%
127th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	0.76	23.8%
128th	Cambodia	0.75	42.5%
129th	Gabon	0.72	-10.6%
130th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.69	418.7%
131st	Lesotho	0.60	21.5%
132nd	Libya	0.59	47.7%
133rd	Tunisia	0.56	40.1%
134th	Ukraine	0.44	89.2%
135th	Viet Nam	0.42	45.7%
136th	Moldova	0.42	160.1%
137th	Gambia, The	0.38	2.1%
138th	Guyana	0.37	93.3%
139th	Ghana	0.37	63.7%
140th	Togo	0.35	120.2%
141st	Albania	0.34	98.0%
142nd	Kazakhstan	0.32	69.0%
143rd	Guinea	0.31	14.2%
144th	Haiti	0.30	145.5%
145th	Zambia	0.29	232.5%
146th	Solomon Islands	0.26	51.6%
147th	Armenia	0.25	5.3%
148th	Uganda	0.24	81.9%
149th	Algeria	0.24	294.4%
150th	Kiribati	0.23	793.6%
151st	Belarus	0.23	93.9%
152nd	Madagascar	0.23	171.1%
153rd	Lao PDR	0.23	83.9%
154th	Malawi	0.21	109.6%
155th	India	0.18	54.7%
156th	Pakistan	0.18	31.6%
157th	Congo, Republic of	0.17	43.6%
158th	Uzbekistan	0.16	48.4%
159th	Vanuatu	0.16	33.2%
160th	Yemen, Republic of	0.15	66.6%
161st	Tanzania	0.15	30.8%
162nd	Angola	0.15	136.6%
163rd	Rwanda	0.14	117.4%
164th	Tonga	0.14	7.0%
165th	Papua New Guinea	0.13	22.6%
166th	Bangladesh	0.12	94.9%
167th	Central African Republic	0.11	147.9%
168th	Benin	0.11	12.2%
169th	Equatorial Guinea	0.09	94.2%
170th	Turkmenistan	0.09	31.3%
171st	Kenya	0.08	114.8%
172nd	Mozambique	0.07	77.7%
173rd	Mali	0.06	38.9%
174th	Kyrgyz Republic	0.05	88.0%
175th	Sudan	0.05	47.6%
176th	Cuba	0.05	26.2%
177th	Burkina Faso	0.04	79.2%
178th	Cameroon	0.04	16.9%
179th	Djibouti	0.04	22.9%
180th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	0.03	16.6%
181st	Myanmar	0.03	32.2%
182nd	Syrian Arab Republic	0.03	-
183rd	Nepal	0.02	-
184th	Nigeria	0.02	21.9%
185th	Niger	0.02	57.0%
186th	Burundi	0.01	26.0%
187th	Tajikistan	0.01	48.0%
188th	Afghanistan	0.00	-
189th	Bhutan	0.00	-
190th	Comoros	0.00	-
191st	Eritrea	0.00	-
192nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.00	-
193rd	Guinea-Bissau	0.00	-
194th	Iraq	0.00	-
195th	Liberia	0.00	-
196th	Mauritania	0.00	-
197th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	0.00	-
198th	Sierra Leone	0.00	-
199th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.00	-
200th	São Tomé and Principe	0.00	-
201st	Chad	0.00	-
202nd	Tuvalu	0.00	-

FAQ

What was Korea's mobile subscriptions in 1999?▾

Korea's mobile subscriptions in 1999 was 50.39. This ranked 8th globally.

How did Korea's mobile subscriptions change in 1999?▾

Korea's mobile subscriptions increased by 66.3% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest mobile subscriptions in 1999?▾

Hong Kong SAR, China had the highest mobile subscriptions in 1999 at 64.36.

What is the mobile subscriptions of Korea in 1999?▾

The mobile subscriptions of Korea in 1999 was 50.39. This ranked 8th globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Korea's mobile subscriptions?▾

Korea's mobile subscriptions went from 30.31 in 1998 to 50.39 in 1999, a 66.3% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Korea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1999. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.7%. View full analysis →

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