Telecommunication in Nicaragua

Compared to the European Union, Nicaragua is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +505, there were a total of 6.02 million connections in 2019. Among them were 5.79 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.88 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Nicaragua is back. Around 28% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 3% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 296,068 webhosts, Nicaragua is below the world's average by population.


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Development of telephone and internet connections

The following diagrams show the development of the different telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that on average every inhabitant has more than one subscription.


Spread of internet connections in Nicaragua 1990 - 2017




Broadband internet in Nicaragua 2000 - 2019




Landlines in the years 1990 - 2019




Mobile phones in Nicaragua 1990 - 2019




Spreading in 2019 Nicaragua
Total		 Nicaragua
percent		 EU
Total		 EU
percent
Broadband users 216,618.00 3.31 % 157.90 m 35.28 %
Landlines 228,782.00 3.50 % 166.16 m 37.13 %
Mobile cellulars 5.79 m 88.43 % 547.36 m 122.31 %