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Kenya: Mobile cellular subscriptions

126.48per 100 people · 2024+73.2% since 2014

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services. Annual figures for Kenya from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024126.478
2023120.612
2022121.169
2021122.298
2020117.603
2019106.548
201898.594
201787.027
201680.977
201580.096
201473.033
201370.754
201270.023
201165.673
201060.023
200947.922
200841.584
200729.838
200619.89
200512.884
20047.335
20034.727
20023.638
20011.898
20000.416
19990.079
19980.037
19970.024
19960.01
19950.008
19940.008
19930.005
19920.004
19910
19900
19890
19880
19870
19860
19850
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19700
19650
19600

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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