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Bits to Kilobits Converter

Convert bits (bit) to kilobits (kbit), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

Change the values and press Calculate to work out your own figures.

Enter an amount of data, choose its unit and the unit you want. The answer is exact until it is shown, and the same value appears in every other unit.

About valueA number, fraction (3/8), mixed number (1 1/2), scientific notation (2.5e6) or a simple sum such as 2*3.
About toThe unit you want the answer in. Swap exchanges the two units.
Result
Result
0.001 kbit
nibbles
0.25 nibble
bytes
0.125 B
megabits
1 × 10⁻⁶ Mbit
gigabits
1 × 10⁻⁹ Gbit
terabits
1 × 10⁻¹² Tbit
petabits
1 × 10⁻¹⁵ Pbit
exabits
1 × 10⁻¹⁸ Ebit
kilobytes
0.000125 kB
megabytes
1.25 × 10⁻⁷ MB
gigabytes
1.25 × 10⁻¹⁰ GB
terabytes
1.25 × 10⁻¹³ TB
petabytes
1.25 × 10⁻¹⁶ PB
exabytes
1.25 × 10⁻¹⁹ EB
kibibits
0.0009765625 Kibit
mebibits
9.53674316406 × 10⁻⁷ Mibit
gibibits
9.31322574615 × 10⁻¹⁰ Gibit
tebibits
9.09494701773 × 10⁻¹³ Tibit
pebibits
8.881784197 × 10⁻¹⁶ Pibit
exbibits
8.67361737988 × 10⁻¹⁹ Eibit
kibibytes
0.0001220703125 KiB
mebibytes
1.19209289551 × 10⁻⁷ MiB
gibibytes
1.16415321827 × 10⁻¹⁰ GiB
tebibytes
1.13686837722 × 10⁻¹³ TiB
pebibytes
1.11022302463 × 10⁻¹⁶ PiB
exbibytes
1.08420217249 × 10⁻¹⁹ EiB

1 bit = 0.001 kbit

Show the working
  1. 1 bit = 0.001 kbit
  2. 1 × 0.001 = 0.001 kbit

How to convert bits to kilobits

1 bit = 0.001 kbit, so multiply by 0.001 to go from bits to kilobits. Going the other way, 1 kbit = 1,000 bit.

kbit = bit × 0.001
bit = kbit × 1,000

Worked example:

1 bit = 0.001 kbit
5 × 0.001 = 0.005 kbit

Bits to kilobits table

BitsKilobits
1 bit0.001 kbit
2 bit0.002 kbit
3 bit0.003 kbit
4 bit0.004 kbit
5 bit0.005 kbit
6 bit0.006 kbit
7 bit0.007 kbit
8 bit0.008 kbit
9 bit0.009 kbit
10 bit0.01 kbit
15 bit0.015 kbit
20 bit0.02 kbit
25 bit0.025 kbit
30 bit0.03 kbit
40 bit0.04 kbit
50 bit0.05 kbit
75 bit0.075 kbit
100 bit0.1 kbit
250 bit0.25 kbit
500 bit0.5 kbit
1000 bit1 kbit

About the units

Bits (bit)
Bits, a specialised unit. Definition: NIST: Prefixes for binary multiples (IEC 80000-13).
Kilobits (kbit)
Kilobits, a metric unit. Definition: NIST: Prefixes for binary multiples (IEC 80000-13).

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