Number of fixed lines fell 8.18% to 0.774 mil in Panama in 2023, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Panama reached an all time high of 0.876 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.111 mil in 1978. When compared to Panama's main peers, number of fixed lines in Colombia amounted to 7.28 mil, 0.630 mil in Costa Rica, 0.444 mil in Honduras and 0.234 mil in Nicaragua in 2023.
Panama has been ranked 68th within the group of 141 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 25 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Fixed Lines | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Belize | mil | 0.021 | 0.021 | 0.019 | 0.019 | 0.019 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Brazil | mil | 40.4 | 38.3 | 33.7 | 30.7 | 28.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | mil | 6.99 | 6.97 | 7.01 | 7.25 | 7.57 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | mil | 0.814 | 0.768 | 0.640 | 0.560 | 0.503 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | mil | 0.928 | 0.923 | 0.894 | 0.894 | 0.856 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | mil | 2.46 | 2.44 | 1.97 | 2.27 | 2.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | mil | 0.491 | 0.532 | 0.490 | 0.532 | 0.466 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | mil | 20.8 | 21.6 | 22.7 | 24.5 | 25.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | mil | 0.376 | 0.326 | 0.229 | 0.224 | 0.208 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | mil | 0.663 | 0.728 | 0.649 | 0.809 | 0.876 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | mil | 3.08 | 2.89 | 2.47 | 2.21 | 2.14 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 116 | 110 | 106 | 102 | 97.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | mil | 5.93 | 5.55 | 5.35 | 5.25 | 3.22 |
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