Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Panama

Number of mobile subscriptions in Panama in 2023 — 6,981,815 subs. Ranked 106 in the world out of 172.

2023 6.98M subs +4.33% vs 2022
World rank 106of 172
Period maximum 6.98M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Panama, 1960–202302M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 0 subs1982: 0 subs1983: 0 subs1984: 0 subs1985: 0 subs1986: 0 subs1987: 0 subs1988: 0 subs1989: 0 subs1990: 0 subs1991: 0 subs1992: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 0 subs1996: 7,000 subs1997: 23,474 subs1998: 85,883 subs1999: 232,888 subs2000: 410,401 subs2001: 475,141 subs2002: 525,845 subs2003: 692,406 subs2004: 1,259,948 subs2005: 1,748,740 subs2006: 2,174,451 subs2007: 3,010,635 subs2008: 3,915,246 subs2009: 6,066,683 subs2010: 6,646,348 subs2011: 6,735,429 subs2012: 6,213,564 subs2013: 6,204,636 subs2014: 6,906,090 subs2015: 5,741,929 subs2016: 5,141,768 subs2017: 5,280,195 subs2018: 5,722,370 subs2019: 5,825,677 subs2020: 6,108,584 subs2021: 6,426,848 subs2022: 6,691,911 subs2023: 6,981,815 subs
Change over the period: +6.98M

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Panama

Panama 6.98M subs
World 8.88B subs
Central America computed 206M subs
High-income countries computed 1.88B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2023 6.98M +289,904 +4.33%
2022 6.69M +265,063 +4.12%
2021 6.43M +318,264 +5.21%
2020 6.11M +282,907 +4.86%
2019 5.83M +103,307 +1.81%
2018 5.72M +442,175 +8.37%
2017 5.28M +138,427 +2.69%
2016 5.14M −600,161 −10.45%
2015 5.74M −1.16M −16.86%
2014 6.91M +701,454 +11.31%
2013 6.2M −8,928 −0.14%
2012 6.21M −521,865 −7.75%
2011 6.74M +89,081 +1.34%
2010 6.65M +579,665 +9.55%
2009 6.07M +2.15M +54.95%
2008 3.92M +904,611 +30.05%
2007 3.01M +836,184 +38.45%
2006 2.17M +425,711 +24.34%
2005 1.75M +488,792 +38.79%
2004 1.26M +567,542 +81.97%
2003 692,406 +166,561 +31.67%
2002 525,845 +50,704 +10.67%
2001 475,141 +64,740 +15.77%
2000 410,401 +177,513 +76.22%
1999 232,888 +147,005 +171.17%
1998 85,883 +62,409 +265.86%
1997 23,474 +16,474 +235.34%
1996 7,000 +7,000
1995 0 +0
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
1992 0 +0
1991 0 +0
1990 0 +0
1989 0 +0
1988 0 +0
1987 0 +0
1986 0 +0
1985 0 +0
1984 0 +0
1983 0 +0
1982 0 +0
1981 0 +0
1980 0 +0
1979 0 +0
1978 0 +0
1977 0 +0
1976 0 +0
1975 0
1970 0
1965 0
1960 0

Central America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of active mobile cellular subscriptions. Subscriptions are counted, not people: one person can hold several SIM cards, and in countries where calls within a network are cheaper than calls between networks this is ordinary practice. That is exactly why the same indicator per hundred people in this catalog often runs above a hundred and fifty, and why the absolute series is easier to read: it speaks of the size of the market, not of the penetration of service.

Important: Subscriptions, not subscribers. Machine-to-machine connections — meters, cars, sensors — are counted differently from country to country.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.