Kuwait - Mobile cellular subscriptions

Mobile cellular subscriptions

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Kuwait was 6,770,346.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 7,664,743.00 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1960.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.00
1965 0.00
1970 0.00
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1977 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1980 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.00
1984 0.00
1985 0.00
1986 8,200.00
1987 14,300.00
1988 17,500.00
1989 22,500.00
1990 20,735.00
1991 43,000.00
1992 51,000.00
1993 64,311.00
1994 85,195.00
1995 117,609.00
1996 151,063.00
1997 210,000.00
1998 250,000.00
1999 300,000.00
2000 476,000.00
2001 877,920.00
2002 1,227,000.00
2003 1,420,000.00
2004 1,774,567.00
2005 1,382,084.00
2006 1,179,573.00
2007 1,426,395.00
2008 1,499,912.00
2009 2,618,413.00
2010 3,979,145.00
2011 4,934,160.00
2012 5,100,000.00
2013 6,410,000.00
2014 7,600,000.00
2015 7,664,743.00
2016 7,659,365.00
2017 7,138,833.00
2018 7,099,848.00
2019 7,327,028.00
2020 6,770,346.00

Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) in Kuwait was 158.53 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 205.91 in 2014 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1960.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.00
1965 0.00
1970 0.00
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1977 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1980 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.00
1984 0.00
1985 0.00
1986 0.45
1987 0.74
1988 0.86
1989 1.08
1990 0.99
1991 2.12
1992 2.67
1993 3.63
1994 5.13
1995 7.32
1996 9.29
1997 12.28
1998 13.65
1999 15.37
2000 23.27
2001 41.74
2002 57.42
2003 65.69
2004 80.64
2005 60.88
2006 49.69
2007 56.96
2008 56.47
2009 92.82
2010 133.00
2011 155.75
2012 152.29
2013 181.77
2014 205.91
2015 199.83
2016 193.57
2017 176.00
2018 171.61
2019 174.16
2020 158.53

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications