Kenya vs Least developed countries: UN classification: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Kenya
71.38 million
in 2024
Least developed countries: UN classification
1.05 billion
in 2025
Kenya rank
27th
Least developed countries: UN classification rank
24th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Kenya
  • Least developed countries: UN classification
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How they compare

Least developed countries: UN classification currently reports 1.05 billion against 71.38 million in Kenya, a difference of 977.62 million.

That makes Least developed countries: UN classification's figure about 14.7 times Kenya's.

Across all 53 years both countries report, Least developed countries: UN classification has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 27th and Least developed countries: UN classification ranks 24th of 212 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,039 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.