Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Kiribati

Number of mobile subscriptions in Kiribati in 2024 — 72,000 subs. Ranked 147 in the world out of 151.

2024 72,000 subs +6% vs 2023
World rank 147of 151
Period maximum 72,000 subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Kiribati, 1960–2024020,00040,00060,00080,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 0 subs1996: 0 subs1997: 0 subs1998: 22 subs1999: 200 subs2000: 300 subs2001: 395 subs2002: 495 subs2003: 526 subs2004: 615 subs2005: 650 subs2006: 700 subs2007: 750 subs2008: 1,000 subs2009: 9,907 subs2010: 10,595 subs2011: 13,788 subs2012: 18,000 subs2013: 20,000 subs2014: 30,000 subs2015: 41,000 subs2016: 52,000 subs2017: 46,123 subs2018: 53,338 subs2019: 54,658 subs2020: 54,661 subs2021: 52,632 subs2022: 64,076 subs2023: 67,927 subs2024: 72,000 subs
Change over the period: +72,000

Comparison, 2024

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

Kiribati 72,000 subs
World 9.01B subs
East Asia & Pacific 3.19B subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Kiribati, by year Kiribati All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 72,000 +4,073 +6%
2023 67,927 +3,851 +6.01%
2022 64,076 +11,444 +21.74%
2021 52,632 −2,029 −3.71%
2020 54,661 +3 +0.01%
2019 54,658 +1,320 +2.47%
2018 53,338 +7,215 +15.64%
2017 46,123 −5,877 −11.3%
2016 52,000 +11,000 +26.83%
2015 41,000 +11,000 +36.67%
2014 30,000 +10,000 +50%
2013 20,000 +2,000 +11.11%
2012 18,000 +4,212 +30.55%
2011 13,788 +3,193 +30.14%
2010 10,595 +688 +6.94%
2009 9,907 +8,907 +890.7%
2008 1,000 +250 +33.33%
2007 750 +50 +7.14%
2006 700 +50 +7.69%
2005 650 +35 +5.69%
2004 615 +89 +16.92%
2003 526 +31 +6.26%
2002 495 +100 +25.32%
2001 395 +95 +31.67%
2000 300 +100 +50%
1999 200 +178 +809.09%
1998 22 +22
1997 0 +0
1996 0 +0
1995 0 +0
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
1992 0 +0
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.