Kenya Number of Subscriber Mobile

1960 - 2023 | Yearly | Person | World Bank

Key information about Kenya Number of Subscriber Mobile

  • Kenya Number of Subscriber Mobile was reported at 66,745,700.000 Person in Dec 2023
  • This records an increase from the previous number of 65,737,200.000 Person for Dec 2022
  • Kenya Number of Subscriber Mobile data is updated yearly, averaging 6,767.000 Person from Dec 1960 to 2023, with 52 observations
  • The data reached an all-time high of 66,745,700.000 Person in 2023 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 1991
  • Kenya Number of Subscriber Mobile data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank
  • The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Telecommunication Sector – Table KE.World Bank.WDI: Telecommunication

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.;World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU);Sum;

View Kenya's Number of Subscriber Mobile from 1960 to 2023 in the chart:

Kenya Number of Subscriber Mobile

What was Kenya's Number of Subscriber Mobile in 2023?

Kenya Number of Subscriber Mobile was reported at 66,745,700.000 Person in Dec 2023 See the table below for more data.

Last Previous Min Max Unit Frequency Range
66,745,700.000 2023 65,737,200.000 2022 0.000 1991 66,745,700.000 2023 Person yearly 1960 - 2023

Number of Subscriber Mobile by Country Comparison

country/region Last Frequency Range
Afghanistan (Person) 23,027,100.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Albania (Person) 2,614,760.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Algeria (Person) 51,522,100.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Andorra (Person) 126,214.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Angola (Person) 25,744,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Antigua and Barbuda (Person) 186,182.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Argentina (Person) 62,709,200.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Armenia (Person) 3,959,450.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Aruba (Person) 140,815.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Australia (Person) 29,761,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Austria (Person) 11,116,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Azerbaijan (Person) 11,111,300.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bahamas (Person) 399,630.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bahrain (Person) 2,415,720.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh (Person) 196,081,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Barbados (Person) 323,482.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Belarus (Person) 11,757,300.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Belgium (Person) 12,087,300.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Belize (Person) 270,536.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Benin (Person) 16,373,900.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bermuda (Person) 68,164.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Bhutan (Person) 751,989.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bolivia (Person) 12,266,900.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Person) 3,749,900.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Botswana (Person) 4,440,310.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Brazil (Person) 213,295,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Brunei (Person) 582,919.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria (Person) 8,014,470.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso (Person) 26,889,900.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Burundi (Person) 8,646,690.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cambodia (Person) 21,049,600.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cameroon (Person) 27,374,500.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Canada (Person) 37,000,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde (Person) 590,354.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cayman Islands (Person) 99,737.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Central African Republic (Person) 1,979,150.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Chad (Person) 13,559,500.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Chile (Person) 26,710,700.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
China (Person) 1,824,420,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Colombia (Person) 87,365,900.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Comoros (Person) 934,198.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Congo (Person) 5,865,800.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Costa Rica (Person) 7,443,280.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Croatia (Person) 4,562,730.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cuba (Person) 7,667,310.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Cyprus (Person) 1,433,500.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Czech Republic (Person) 13,620,800.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo (Person) 56,268,400.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Denmark (Person) 7,549,290.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Djibouti (Person) 558,607.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Dominica (Person) 56,929.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Dominican Republic (Person) 10,409,800.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ecuador (Person) 18,165,600.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Egypt (Person) 106,319,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
El Salvador (Person) 11,338,800.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Equatorial Guinea (Person) 893,441.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Eritrea (Person) 2,015,830.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Estonia (Person) 2,053,470.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Swaziland (Person) 1,579,960.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia (Person) 71,424,300.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Faroe Islands (Person) 57,146.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Fiji (Person) 1,027,450.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Finland (Person) 7,140,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
France (Person) 77,526,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
French Polynesia (Person) 333,905.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Gabon (Person) 3,046,520.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Gambia (Person) 2,815,280.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Georgia (Person) 5,911,130.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Germany (Person) 105,400,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ghana (Person) 33,384,500.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Greece (Person) 11,348,300.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Greenland (Person) 66,425.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Grenada (Person) 111,955.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Guatemala (Person) 20,609,600.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Guinea (Person) 15,303,900.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Guinea-Bissau (Person) 2,758,650.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Guyana (Person) 924,876.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Haiti (Person) 7,499,080.000 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022
Honduras (Person) 7,921,350.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Hong Kong SAR, China (Person) 23,779,100.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Hungary (Person) 10,176,100.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Iceland (Person) 478,176.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
India (Person) 1,158,550,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Indonesia (Person) 352,157,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Iran (Person) 150,664,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Iraq (Person) 45,700,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ireland (Person) 5,757,780.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Israel (Person) 14,193,300.000 2023 yearly 1990 - 2023
Italy (Person) 78,462,900.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast (Person) 53,601,500.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Jamaica (Person) 3,268,370.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Japan (Person) 221,918,000.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Jordan (Person) 7,726,690.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan (Person) 25,842,600.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kenya (Person) 66,745,700.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kiribati (Person) 67,927.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
South Korea (Person) 83,891,800.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kuwait (Person) 8,113,880.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan (Person) 7,681,220.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023
Laos (Person) 4,963,760.000 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023

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Kenya Key Series

Government and Public Finance Last Frequency Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) -5.9 Jun 2025 quarterly Dec 2009 - Jun 2025
Tax Revenue (USD mn) 13,986.408 Apr 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Apr 2025
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) 6.6 2024 yearly 2006 - 2024
National Government Debt (USD mn) 92,599.6 Aug 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Aug 2025
Government Debt: % of GDP (%) 69.0 Jun 2025 quarterly Dec 2009 - Jun 2025
Forecast: Government Expenditure (KES bn) 6,515.675 2030 yearly 1982 - 2030
Forecast: Government Net Debt (KES bn) 19,848.135 2030 yearly 1998 - 2030
Forecast: Government Revenue (KES bn) 5,159.680 2030 yearly 1982 - 2030
Central Government Expenditure: ytd: Development (KES mn) 53,800.000 Aug 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Aug 2025
Central Government Revenue and Grants: ytd: Revenue: Tax: Excise Duty (KES mn) 48,500.000 Aug 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Aug 2025
Central Government Revenue and Grants: ytd: Revenue: Tax: VAT (KES mn) 110,800.000 Aug 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Aug 2025
Central Government Expenditure: ytd: Recurrent (KES mn) 492,100.000 Aug 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Aug 2025
Central Government Expenditure: ytd (KES mn) 578,800.000 Aug 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Aug 2025
Central Government Revenue and Grants: ytd: Revenue (KES mn) 419,200.000 Aug 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Aug 2025
Central Government Revenue and Grants: ytd: Revenue: Tax (KES mn) 1,811,438.000 Apr 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Apr 2025
Foreign Trade Last Frequency Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) 7.212 2028 yearly 1980 - 2028
Trade Balance (USD mn) -1,175.1 Sep 2025 monthly Oct 1992 - Sep 2025
Total Exports (USD mn) 747.8 Sep 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Sep 2025
Total Exports Growth (%) -25.1 Sep 2025 monthly Aug 1999 - Sep 2025
Aluminum: Exports (USD th) 6,652.580 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Exports: Medicament (USD th) 137,291.301 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 36,135.594 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Total Imports (USD mn) 1,922.9 Sep 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Sep 2025
Total Imports Growth (%) -3.6 Sep 2025 monthly Aug 1999 - Sep 2025
Imports: Medicament (USD th) 437,549.295 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 231,810.109 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Total Exports to USA (USD mn) 51.523 Aug 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Aug 2025
Total Imports from USA (USD mn) 104.790 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Sep 2025
Total Exports to China (USD mn) 13.522 Aug 2025 monthly Apr 1998 - Aug 2025
Total Imports from China (USD mn) 420.626 Aug 2025 monthly Jan 2001 - Aug 2025
Exports: Netherlands (KES mn) 4,460.730 Aug 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Aug 2025
Exports: Tanzania (KES mn) 4,587.560 Aug 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Aug 2025
Exports: Uganda (KES mn) 45,608.290 Aug 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Aug 2025
Exports: United Kingdom (KES mn) 4,187.250 Aug 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Aug 2025
Imports: India (KES mn) 22,399.370 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Sep 2025
Imports: United Arab Emirates (KES mn) 31,773.490 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Sep 2025
Imports: Italy (KES mn) 2,366.680 Aug 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Aug 2025
Imports: Saudi Arabia (KES mn) 12,239.950 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Sep 2025
Imports: South Africa (KES mn) 7,255.640 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1998 - Sep 2025
Exports (KES mn) 96,644.470 Sep 2025 monthly Aug 1998 - Sep 2025
Imports (KES mn) 227,665.150 Nov 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Nov 2024
Exports: Re-Exports (KES mn) 9,777.190 Nov 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Nov 2024
Exports: Domestic: Cement (KES mn) 110.210 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Exports: Domestic: Chemicals (KES mn) 5,610.320 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Exports: Domestic: Tea (KES mn) 13,808.090 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Exports: Domestic: Coffee (KES mn) 2,025.080 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Exports: Domestic: Horticulture (KES mn) 10,919.320 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Imports: Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials (KES mn) 46,977.700 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Imports: Machinery and Transport Equipment (KES mn) 48,967.450 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Imports: Manufactured Goods Classified Chiefly by Materials (KES mn) 35,443.980 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Imports: Chemicals (KES mn) 29,382.760 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Imports: Food and Live Animals (KES mn) 17,032.330 Dec 2024 monthly Aug 1998 - Dec 2024
Imports Volume Index (2009=100) 124.300 2022 yearly 2007 - 2022
Exports Volume Index (2009=100) 125.500 2022 yearly 2007 - 2022
Import Value Index (2015=100) 121.536 2021 yearly 1980 - 2021
Export Value Index (2015=100) 114.099 2021 yearly 1980 - 2021
Balance of Payments Last Frequency Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) 417.6 2024 yearly 2009 - 2024
Current Account Balance (USD mn) -124.0 Jun 2025 monthly Jan 2002 - Jun 2025
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) -1.9 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2009 - Jun 2025
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) 463.4 2024 yearly 1970 - 2024
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) 0.4 2024 yearly 1996 - 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) 430.625 2024 yearly 2009 - 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) 0.4 2024 yearly 2009 - 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) -122.5 2024 yearly 2009 - 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) 553.136 2024 yearly 2009 - 2024
External Debt (USD mn) 41,807.5 Aug 2025 monthly Sep 1999 - Aug 2025
External Debt: % of GDP (%) 31.2 2024 yearly 2006 - 2024
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) 2,815.4 2023 yearly 1970 - 2023
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) 2.6 2023 yearly 1996 - 2023
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) -6.168 2030 yearly 1980 - 2030
Balance of Payment: Current Account (USD mn) -266.000 Jun 2024 monthly Dec 2014 - Jun 2024
BoP: Reserves and Related Items: Reserve Assets (KES mn) -24,917.900 2017 yearly 2009 - 2017
BoP: Net Errors and Omissions (KES mn) 6,858.800 2017 yearly 2009 - 2017
Balance of Payments (BoP) (USD mn) -140.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Goods (USD mn) -2,273.000 Mar 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Mar 2024
BoP: Current Account: Services: Credit (USD mn) 1,438.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Goods: Exports (USD mn) 2,195.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account n.i.e (USD mn) -1,452.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Capital Account: Debit (USD mn) 0.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Services: Debit (USD mn) 1,293.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Goods: Imports (USD mn) 5,221.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Capital Account n.i.e (USD mn) 10.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities n.i.e (USD mn) 135.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Capital Account: Credit n.i.e (USD mn) 10.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Direct Investment: Liabilities n.i.e (USD mn) 186.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Assets (USD mn) 71.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Direct Investment: Assets (USD mn) 110.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Debit (USD mn) 32.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Credit n.i.e (USD mn) 2,004.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Services (USD mn) 182.000 Mar 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Mar 2024
BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Credit (USD mn) 80.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Current Account: Primary Income: Debit (USD mn) 912.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account n.i.e (USD mn) -1,260.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Financial Derivatives: Net (USD mn) -18.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets (USD mn) -184.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabilities n.i.e (USD mn) 917.000 Sep 2024 quarterly Mar 2015 - Sep 2024
BoP: Financial Account: Direct Investment: Liabilities (KES mn) 101,915.400 2023 yearly 2009 - 2023
Monetary Last Frequency Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) 15.1 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2016 - Jun 2025
Non-Performing Loans (USD mn) 2,674.259 Dec 2019 monthly Apr 2001 - Dec 2019
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) 17,804.587 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 1995 - Sep 2025
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) 39,983.357 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 1995 - Sep 2025
M2 Growth (%) 27.8 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 1996 - Sep 2025
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) 4.3 Mar 2023 monthly Dec 1999 - Mar 2023
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) 11,480.5 Aug 2025 monthly Dec 2000 - Aug 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) 8.977 Jun 2025 quarterly Dec 2009 - Jun 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) 5.0 Aug 2025 monthly Sep 2005 - Aug 2025
Gold Reserves (USD mn) 2.237 Oct 2025 monthly Sep 1973 - Oct 2025
Total Deposits (USD mn) 43,578.237 Jun 2025 monthly Jan 1999 - Jun 2025
Total Deposits Growth (%) 6.5 Jun 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - Jun 2025
Domestic Credit (USD mn) 52,325.8 Jul 2025 monthly Dec 1995 - Jul 2025
Domestic Credit Growth (%) 8.0 Jul 2025 monthly Dec 1996 - Jul 2025
Total Loans (USD mn) 58,481.108 Jun 2025 monthly Jan 1999 - Jun 2025
Total Loans Growth (%) 10.54 Jun 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - Jun 2025
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) 27.48 Jun 2025 quarterly Dec 2009 - Jun 2025
Money Supply: M3: M2 (KES mn) 4,231,335.358 Dec 2024 monthly Dec 1995 - Dec 2024
Money Supply: M3: M2: M1 (KES mn) 2,121,395.209 Dec 2024 monthly Dec 1995 - Dec 2024
Money Supply: M3 (KES mn) 5,488,738.058 Dec 2024 monthly Dec 1995 - Dec 2024

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