Ethiopia vs Panama: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Ethiopia

765,634

in 2024

Panama

774,060

in 2023

Ethiopia rank

73rd

Panama rank

71st

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Ethiopia
Panama

How they compare

Panama currently reports 774,060 against 765,634 in Ethiopia, a difference of 8,426.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Panama ahead.

Globally, Ethiopia ranks 73rd and Panama ranks 71st of 213 countries.

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Fixed telephone subscriptions in Ethiopia
Fixed telephone subscriptions in Panama
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 260 places, 14,482 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.