Nicaragua vs Panama: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Nicaragua
- Panama
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 7.33 million against 6.98 million in Panama, a difference of 346,600.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Panama ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 110th and Panama ranks 112th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 2 and Panama in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 8,211 | 34,924 | 26,714 | Panama |
| 2000s | 1.36 million | 2.03 million | 667,768 | Panama |
| 2010s | 6.49 million | 6.04 million | 451,577 | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 6.61 million | 6.55 million | 56,960 | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Nicaragua or Panama?
- Nicaragua, at 7.33 million against 6.98 million in Panama as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Nicaragua and Panama?
- 346,600, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Panama?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Nicaragua and Panama rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Nicaragua ranks 110th and Panama ranks 112th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions. 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.