Kenya vs Spain: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Kenya
- Spain
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 71.38 million against 62.41 million in Spain, a difference of 8.97 million.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Spain ahead.
Kenya ranks 27th and Spain ranks 30th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 6,759 | 6,759 | Spain |
| 1990s | 5,064 | 3.07 million | 3.07 million | Spain |
| 2000s | 6.50 million | 40.08 million | 33.58 million | Spain |
| 2010s | 37.28 million | 52.02 million | 14.74 million | Spain |
| 2020s | 66.07 million | 59.01 million | 7.06 million | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Kenya or Spain?
- Kenya, at 71.38 million against 62.41 million in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Kenya and Spain?
- 8.97 million, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Spain?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Spain rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Kenya ranks 27th and Spain ranks 30th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.