Mobile subscriptions in Panama

Panama had 157 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 2014.

Measure: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 1960 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Panama, 2023 157 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2022 +5per 100 people 2022: 152 per 100 people
World, 2023 110 per 100 people Official aggregate
Position in 2023 22nd of 172 See the full ranking

Mobile subscriptions in Panama over time

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Subscriptions per 100 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people (subscriptions per 100 people), 2001 to 2025
Period PanamaWorld
2025 – 112 per 100 people
2024 – 110 per 100 people
2023 157 per 100 people 110 per 100 people
2022 152 per 100 people 108 per 100 people
2021 148 per 100 people 107 per 100 people
2020 142 per 100 people 105 per 100 people
2019 138 per 100 people 106 per 100 people
2018 137 per 100 people 103 per 100 people
2017 129 per 100 people 101 per 100 people
2016 128 per 100 people 99 per 100 people
2015 145 per 100 people 96 per 100 people
2014 177 per 100 people 97 per 100 people
2013 162 per 100 people 93 per 100 people
2012 165 per 100 people 89 per 100 people
2011 182 per 100 people 84 per 100 people
2010 183 per 100 people 77 per 100 people
2009 170 per 100 people 68 per 100 people
2008 112 per 100 people 60 per 100 people
2007 88 per 100 people 51 per 100 people
2006 64 per 100 people 42 per 100 people
2005 53 per 100 people 34 per 100 people
2004 39 per 100 people –
2003 22 per 100 people –
2002 17 per 100 people –
2001 15 per 100 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5 from 152 per 100 people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 162 per 100 people, the figure has changed by −6.
  • Among the 172 countries with data for 2023, Panama has the 22nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 110 per 100 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2023 for Panama
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database