Panama vs Puerto Rico: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Panama
774,060
in 2023
Puerto Rico
773,022
in 2024
Panama rank
71st
Puerto Rico rank
72nd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Panama
  • Puerto Rico
0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M197519992024

How they compare

Panama currently reports 774,060 against 773,022 in Puerto Rico, a difference of 1,038.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Puerto Rico ahead.

Globally, Panama ranks 71st and Puerto Rico ranks 72nd of 213 countries.

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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

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.