Kilobits to Kibibytes converter

To convert kilobits to kibibytes, enter the value in the first field. The result in kibibytes is calculated automatically using the exact conversion factor.

1 kbit = 0.1220703125 KiB
1 KiB = 8.192 kbit

Formula: KiB = kbit × 0.1220703125
kbit = KiB × 8.192

Definitions: 1 kbit = 1000 bit; 1 KiB = 1024 B

The kilobit (kbit) is 1,000 bits. It is used mainly for data transfer rates, such as the kilobits per second of audio and video streams and older connections.

The kibibyte (KiB) is 1,024 bytes. The binary prefixes kibi, mebi and gibi were introduced by the IEC in the late 1990s to tell powers of 1,024 apart from powers of 1,000.

See the conversion table with commonly used values, handy for quick reference or study.