Mobile cellular subscriptions in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 26.17 million in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Kazakhstan, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
Kazakhstan recorded 26.17 million for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Kazakhstan peaked at 30.36 million in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
Kazakhstan ranks 54th of 213 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,520 | 0 | 49,500 | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.31 million | 197,300 | 17.06 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.42 million | 19.40 million | 30.36 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.19 million | 24.29 million | 26.17 million | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Kazakhstan
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11.87 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 2.44 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 127.08 per 100 people (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 11.88 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 89,366 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 53.08 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 64.35 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 3,212 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 93.4% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 19.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Kazakhstan?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Kazakhstan was 26.17 million in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 30.36 million in 2013.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Kazakhstan ranks 54th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kazakhstan data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Mobile cellular subscriptions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.