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Panama: Mobile cellular subscriptions

156.59per 100 people · 2023-3.5% since 2013

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services. Annual figures for Panama from 1960 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2023156.587
2022152.062
2021147.9
2020142.283
2019137.57
2018137.298
2017128.826
2016127.616
2015144.997
2014177.439
2013162.199
2012165.287
2011182.359
2010183.169
2009170.203
2008111.843
200787.582
200664.428
200552.784
200438.754
200321.707
200216.804
200115.479
200013.633
19997.913
19982.977
19970.83
19960.253
19950
19940
19930
19920
19910
19900
19890
19880
19870
19860
19850
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19700
19650
19600

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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