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Kuwait: Mobile cellular subscriptions

167.68per 100 people · 2023-8.2% since 2013

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 Kuwait from 1960 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2023167.684
2022168.35
2021158.647
2020153.866
2019164.942
2018164.22
2017171.826
2016191.294
2015199.891
2014207.324
2013182.738
2012152.831
2011157.499
2010135.19
200993.666
200856.57
200756.876
200649.882
200561.789
200482.258
200367.302
200259.564
200143.718
200024.351
199915.979
199813.74
199711.922
19968.869
19957.105
19945.191
19933.889
19923.147
19913.21
19901.238
19891.018
19880.822
19870.698
19860.417
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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