Panama’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +507
- 2 Letter: PA
- 3 Letter: PAN
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 591
- Internet TLD: .pa
- ICAO Airport Code: MP
- Maritime Identification Digits: 351, 352, 353, 354, 355,356, 357, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1F5 U+1F1E6
- Official Name: The Republic of Panamá
How to call Panama (international dialing)
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (sms)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers begin with ‘6’.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Panama does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their own call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
How to call within Panama (domestic dialing)
Dial all seven to eight digits of the phone number as they are listed.
There is no trunk prefix dialed when calling within Panama.
| seven to eight digits |
| local phone number |
Panamanian phone numbers explained
Number details
Panamanian phone numbers are seven to eight digits.
The first digit signifies whether the phone number is a landline or mobile as well as represents a geographic area of Panama. Landline phone numbers begin with ‘2’, ‘4’, and ‘7’.
Mobile numbers begin with digit ‘6’.
An example of a Panamanian phone number
The Panama Canal Museum lists its phone number in Panama City as (507) 211-1649.
Number explanation
| 507 | 2 | 11 1649 |
| country code for Panama | signifies a land-line (fixed line) telephone number in Panama City | local phone number in Panama City |
Local example – calling from another location in Panama City, Panama
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Panama.
| 2 | 11 1649 |
| signifies a land-line (fixed line) telephone number in Panama City | local phone number in Panama City |
Long distance example – calling from David, Panama (on the other side of the country)
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Panama.
| 2 | 11 1649 |
| signifies a land-line (fixed line) telephone number in Panama City | local phone number in Panama City |
International example – calling from outside Panama
To call from outside Panama, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Panama’s country code of ‘507’, followed by the local phone number.
| exit code | 507 | 2 | 11 1649 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Panama | signifies a land-line (fixed line) telephone number in Panama City | local phone number in Panama City |
How to call from Panama
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from Panama.
Sources and more resources
- Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Públicos – Panama’s telephone systems regulator.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Panama (country code +507) National Numbering Plan – Details of Panama’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Públicos – National Numbering Plan – Official numbering plan for Panama through the country’s telecommunications regulator.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Panama – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Panama. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Panama – Entry for Panama in the British Telecom international directory.