Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Kuwait

Number of mobile subscriptions in Kuwait in 2023 — 8,113,877 subs. Ranked 94 in the world out of 172.

2023 8.11M subs +5.01% vs 2022
World rank 94of 172
Period maximum 8.11M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Kuwait, 1960–202302.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 8,200 subs1987: 14,300 subs1988: 17,500 subs1989: 22,500 subs1990: 20,735 subs1991: 43,000 subs1992: 51,000 subs1993: 64,311 subs1994: 85,195 subs1995: 117,609 subs1996: 151,063 subs1997: 210,000 subs1998: 250,000 subs1999: 300,000 subs2000: 476,000 subs2001: 877,920 subs2002: 1,227,000 subs2003: 1,420,000 subs2004: 1,774,567 subs2005: 1,382,084 subs2006: 1,179,573 subs2007: 1,426,395 subs2008: 1,499,912 subs2009: 2,618,413 subs2010: 3,979,145 subs2011: 4,934,160 subs2012: 5,100,000 subs2013: 6,410,000 subs2014: 7,600,000 subs2015: 7,664,743 subs2016: 7,659,365 subs2017: 7,138,833 subs2018: 7,099,848 subs2019: 7,327,028 subs2020: 6,770,346 subs2021: 6,918,180 subs2022: 7,726,449 subs2023: 8,113,877 subs
Change over the period: +8.11M

Comparison, 2023

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

Kuwait 8.11M subs
World 8.88B subs
Western Asia computed 319M subs
High-income countries computed 1.88B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 8.11M +387,428 +5.01%
2022 7.73M +808,269 +11.68%
2021 6.92M +147,834 +2.18%
2020 6.77M −556,682 −7.6%
2019 7.33M +227,180 +3.2%
2018 7.1M −38,985 −0.55%
2017 7.14M −520,532 −6.8%
2016 7.66M −5,378 −0.07%
2015 7.66M +64,743 +0.85%
2014 7.6M +1.19M +18.56%
2013 6.41M +1.31M +25.69%
2012 5.1M +165,840 +3.36%
2011 4.93M +955,015 +24%
2010 3.98M +1.36M +51.97%
2009 2.62M +1.12M +74.57%
2008 1.5M +73,517 +5.15%
2007 1.43M +246,822 +20.92%
2006 1.18M −202,511 −14.65%
2005 1.38M −392,483 −22.12%
2004 1.77M +354,567 +24.97%
2003 1.42M +193,000 +15.73%
2002 1.23M +349,080 +39.76%
2001 877,920 +401,920 +84.44%
2000 476,000 +176,000 +58.67%
1999 300,000 +50,000 +20%
1998 250,000 +40,000 +19.05%
1997 210,000 +58,937 +39.01%
1996 151,063 +33,454 +28.45%
1995 117,609 +32,414 +38.05%
1994 85,195 +20,884 +32.47%
1993 64,311 +13,311 +26.1%
1992 51,000 +8,000 +18.6%
1991 43,000 +22,265 +107.38%
1990 20,735 −1,765 −7.84%
1989 22,500 +5,000 +28.57%
1988 17,500 +3,200 +22.38%
1987 14,300 +6,100 +74.39%
1986 8,200 +8,200
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.