Panama vs Thailand: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Panama
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 160.64 per 100 people against 156.59 per 100 people in Panama, a difference of 4.05 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Thailand ahead.
Panama ranks 25th and Thailand ranks 22nd of 212 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 2 and Thailand in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 1970s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 1980s | 0 per 100 people | 0.0119 per 100 people | 0.0119 per 100 people | Thailand |
| 1990s | 1.2 per 100 people | 1.86 per 100 people | 0.6586 per 100 people | Thailand |
| 2000s | 59.32 per 100 people | 49.2 per 100 people | 10.12 per 100 people | Panama |
| 2010s | 154.68 per 100 people | 145.4 per 100 people | 9.28 per 100 people | Panama |
| 2020s | 149.71 per 100 people | 168.92 per 100 people | 19.21 per 100 people | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Panama or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 160.64 per 100 people against 156.59 per 100 people in Panama as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Panama and Thailand?
- 4.05 per 100 people, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Thailand?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Panama and Thailand rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Panama ranks 25th and Thailand ranks 22nd of 212 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.