Kenya vs Tanzania: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people

Kenya

126.48 per 100 people

in 2024

Tanzania

126.56 per 100 people

in 2024

Kenya rank

69th

Tanzania rank

68th

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people over time

Tanzania currently reports 126.56 per 100 people against 126.48 per 100 people in Kenya, a difference of 0.081 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Tanzania ahead.

Kenya ranks 69th and Tanzania ranks 68th of 212 countries.

Indicator: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people
Unit: per 100 people
Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 212 places, 8,985 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

This number can get over 100 when the average person has more than one subscription to a mobile service.