Which is bigger, Bit or Kilobit?

Kilobit is bigger than Bit. One Kilobit contains 1,000 Bits.

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Decimal (SI Standard)	Binary (IEC Standard)
1 Kilobit = 10³ or 1000 Bits	1 Kilobyte = 10³ or 1000 Bytes	1 Kibibit = 2¹⁰ or 1024 Bits	1 Kibibyte = 2¹⁰ or 1024 Bytes
1 Megabit = 10⁶ or 1000² Bits	1 Megabyte = 10⁶ or 1000² Bytes	1 Mebibit = 2²⁰ or 1024² Bits	1 Mebibyte = 2²⁰ or 1024² Bytes
1 Gigabit = 10⁹ or 1000³ Bits	1 Gigabyte = 10⁹ or 1000³ Bytes	1 Gibibit = 2³⁰ or 1024³ Bits	1 Gibibyte = 2³⁰ or 1024³ Bytes
1 Terabit = 10¹² or 1000⁴ Bits	1 Terabyte = 10¹² or 1000⁴ Bytes	1 Tebibit = 2⁴⁰ or 1024⁴ Bits	1 Tebibyte = 2⁴⁰ or 1024⁴ Bytes
1 Petabit = 10¹⁵ or 1000⁵ Bits	1 Petabyte = 10¹⁵ or 1000⁵ Bytes	1 Pebibit = 2⁵⁰ or 1024⁵ Bits	1 Pebibyte = 2⁵⁰ or 1024⁵ Bytes
1 Exabit = 10¹⁸ or 1000⁶ Bits	1 Exabyte = 10¹⁸ or 1000⁶ Bytes	1 Exbibit = 2⁶⁰ or 1024⁶ Bits	1 Exbibyte = 2⁶⁰ or 1024⁶ Bytes
1 Zettabit = 10²¹ or 1000⁷ Bits	1 Zettabyte = 10²¹ or 1000⁷ Bytes	1 Zebibit = 2⁷⁰ or 1024⁷ Bits	1 Zebibyte = 2⁷⁰ or 1024⁷ Bytes
1 Yottabit = 10²⁴ or 1000⁸ Bits	1 Yottabyte = 10²⁴ or 1000⁸ Bytes	1 Yobibit = 2⁸⁰ or 1024⁸ Bits	1 Yobibyte = 2⁸⁰ or 1024⁸ Bytes

Bits to kbit Calculator - Convert Bit to Kilobit

Q: How to convert from Bit to Kilobit?

Bit converted to Kilobits by dividing with 1000 . In short, we can just multiply Bit with 0.001 to get the value in Kilobit.

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To Kilobit

Enter the value in Bit and press Enter. ( eg: 1, 10, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 1024, 2048 )

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Welcome, start using Bits to kbit Converter.

Bits to kbit conversion tool helps you convert the digital data storage units from Bit to Kilobit. Type the value in Bits and press CONVERT button. The calculator will process the conversion from Bit to Kilobit with the highest accuracy and display the result. Use the Copy button to copy the result to clipboard or Swap the conversion to change the conversion direction ie, Kilobit to Bit.

You can also change the source and target units in the drop-downs and quickly navigate to an entirely different conversion. Alternatively, switch to Data Transfer Converter for calculating the data storage size.

Use the below calculators to convert Bit to some other units similar to Kilobit.

Difference between Bit and Kilobit (Bits vs kbit)

Bit (b)

Bit (binary digit) is the most basic unit of information in digital computing and communications systems.
Bit is the smallest unit to represent digital data.
A bit represents a logical state with one of two possible values either 1 or 0.
The unit symbol for bit is b.

Kilobit (kbit)

One Kilobit is 10³ or 1000 Bits.
Kilobit is a decimal unit defined as per SI standard.
The unit symbol for Kilobit is kbit or kb.
Kilobit is not same as Kibibit (Kib) that contains 1024 bits.
1000 Kilobits = 1 Megabit (Mbit).

How to convert Bit to Kilobit?

Below formula is used convert from Bit (b) to Kilobit (kbit) in the above b to kbit Calculator.

b to kbit Conversion Formula :

Kilobit = Bit / (1000)
or
Kilobit = Bit x 0.001

Bit to Kilobit Conversion Steps : Bit converted to Kilobits by dividing with 1000. In short, we can just multiply Bit with 0.001 to get the value in Kilobit.

Bits -> kbit -> Kibit Conversion Table

Value of Bit (b)	in Kilobit (kbit) - 1000 bits	in Kibibit (Kibit) - 1024 bits
1 Bits	0.001 kbit	0.0009765625 Kibit
2 Bits	0.002 kbit	0.001953125 Kibit
3 Bits	0.003 kbit	0.0029296875 Kibit
4 Bits	0.004 kbit	0.00390625 Kibit
6 Bits	0.006 kbit	0.005859375 Kibit
7 Bits	0.007 kbit	0.0068359375 Kibit
8 Bits	0.008 kbit	0.0078125 Kibit
9 Bits	0.009 kbit	0.0087890625 Kibit
10 Bits	0.01 kbit	0.009765625 Kibit
100 Bits	0.1 kbit	0.09765625 Kibit
256 Bits	0.256 kbit	0.25 Kibit
500 Bits	0.5 kbit	0.48828125 Kibit
512 Bits	0.512 kbit	0.5 Kibit
1000 Bits	1 kbit	0.9765625 Kibit
1024 Bits	1.024 kbit	1 Kibit
2048 Bits	2.048 kbit	2 Kibit
5000 Bits	5 kbit	4.8828125 Kibit
10000 Bits	10 kbit	9.765625 Kibit