Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Kenya

Number of mobile subscriptions in Kenya in 2024 — 71,375,093 subs. Ranked 25 in the world out of 151.

2024 71.38M subs +6.94% vs 2023
World rank 25of 151
Period maximum 71.38M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Kenya, 1960–2024020M40M60M80M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 0 subs1982: 0 subs1983: 0 subs1984: 0 subs1985: 0 subs1986: 0 subs1987: 0 subs1988: 0 subs1989: 0 subs1990: 0 subs1991: 0 subs1992: 1,100 subs1993: 1,162 subs1994: 1,990 subs1995: 2,279 subs1996: 2,826 subs1997: 6,767 subs1998: 10,756 subs1999: 23,757 subs2000: 127,404 subs2001: 600,000 subs2002: 1,187,122 subs2003: 1,590,785 subs2004: 2,546,157 subs2005: 4,611,970 subs2006: 7,340,317 subs2007: 11,349,412 subs2008: 16,303,573 subs2009: 19,364,559 subs2010: 24,968,891 subs2011: 28,080,771 subs2012: 30,731,754 subs2013: 31,830,003 subs2014: 33,632,631 subs2015: 37,715,944 subs2016: 38,982,188 subs2017: 42,815,109 subs2018: 49,501,430 subs2019: 54,555,497 subs2020: 61,408,904 subs2021: 65,085,720 subs2022: 65,737,164 subs2023: 66,745,709 subs2024: 71,375,093 subs
Change over the period: +71.38M

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kenya

Kenya 71.38M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 71.38M +4.63M +6.94%
2023 66.75M +1.01M +1.53%
2022 65.74M +651,444 +1%
2021 65.09M +3.68M +5.99%
2020 61.41M +6.85M +12.56%
2019 54.56M +5.05M +10.21%
2018 49.5M +6.69M +15.62%
2017 42.82M +3.83M +9.83%
2016 38.98M +1.27M +3.36%
2015 37.72M +4.08M +12.14%
2014 33.63M +1.8M +5.66%
2013 31.83M +1.1M +3.57%
2012 30.73M +2.65M +9.44%
2011 28.08M +3.11M +12.46%
2010 24.97M +5.6M +28.94%
2009 19.36M +3.06M +18.77%
2008 16.3M +4.95M +43.65%
2007 11.35M +4.01M +54.62%
2006 7.34M +2.73M +59.16%
2005 4.61M +2.07M +81.13%
2004 2.55M +955,372 +60.06%
2003 1.59M +403,663 +34%
2002 1.19M +587,122 +97.85%
2001 600,000 +472,596 +370.94%
2000 127,404 +103,647 +436.28%
1999 23,757 +13,001 +120.87%
1998 10,756 +3,989 +58.95%
1997 6,767 +3,941 +139.46%
1996 2,826 +547 +24%
1995 2,279 +289 +14.52%
1994 1,990 +828 +71.26%
1993 1,162 +62 +5.64%
1992 1,100 +1,100
1991 0 +0
1990 0 +0
1989 0 +0
1988 0 +0
1987 0 +0
1986 0 +0
1985 0 +0
1984 0 +0
1983 0 +0
1982 0 +0
1981 0 +0
1980 0 +0
1979 0 +0
1978 0 +0
1977 0 +0
1976 0 +0
1975 0
1970 0
1965 0
1960 0

About the indicator

The number of active mobile cellular subscriptions. Subscriptions are counted, not people: one person can hold several SIM cards, and in countries where calls within a network are cheaper than calls between networks this is ordinary practice. That is exactly why the same indicator per hundred people in this catalog often runs above a hundred and fifty, and why the absolute series is easier to read: it speaks of the size of the market, not of the penetration of service.

Important: Subscriptions, not subscribers. Machine-to-machine connections — meters, cars, sensors — are counted differently from country to country.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.