Panama*
General Country Information
Capital: Panama
Population: 3,242,173 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Constitutional Democracy
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 440,100 (2005)
Telephone- mobile: 1.352 million (2005)
Internet hosts: 7,149 (2006)
Internet users: 300,000 (2005)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.41
World Rank 2005/2006: 89
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Association Nacional de Personas con Republica de Impedidas
+1 507 264-1945
Fundacion para la Igualdad de Oportunidades (Foundation for Equality of Opportunities) (FIO)
no contact information currently available
Instituto Panameno de Habilitacion Especia
iphespecial@cwpanama.net