The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,200 in 2024 vs 4,515,577 people in Panama in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,813,345 people compared to 4,626,304 in Panama.
Population statistics:
- Panama's population is 1.21 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Panama is the 128th.
- The countries together account for 0.1% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.06% for Panama.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +1.52% in Panama.
- Since 2006, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.81M (11.5% decline), while Panama has grown from 3.38M to 4.63M (37.1% growth).
- Panama is projected to reach its peak in 2080 at 6.03M people, while Croatia's population already peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and is projected to decrease to 2.14M people by 2100.
Croatia vs Panama: live population counter
Croatia
|
Panama
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3813345
|
4626304
|
| Population rank | 129/197 | 128/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
1.34 hours
|
9.25 minutes
|
| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
|
7.35 minutes
|
| One death every |
10.2 minutes
|
24.7 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
|
1.31 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -5,186 | +6,706 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +156 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,514 | +56,818 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 158/197 | 84/197 |
Croatia and Panama: population history and growth rate by year chart
Croatia
Population
Growth rate
Panama
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia
|
Panama
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Croatia
|
Panama
|
|
| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 1,126,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 1,159,870 | 0.65% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 1,195,301 | 0.71% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 1,232,124 | 0.69% | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 1,270,065 | 0.64% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 1,308,835 | 0.66% | 3.05% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 1,348,388 | 0.7% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 1,388,628 | 0.65% | 2.98% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 1,429,447 | 0.62% | 2.94% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 1,470,886 | 0.59% | 2.9% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 1,513,070 | 0.47% | 2.87% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 1,556,081 | 0.43% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 1,599,723 | 0.44% | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 1,643,690 | 0.44% | 2.75% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 1,687,926 | 0.46% | 2.69% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 1,732,389 | 0.48% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 1,776,935 | 0.53% | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 1,821,543 | 0.52% | 2.51% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 1,866,311 | 0.47% | 2.46% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 1,911,552 | 0.3% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 1,957,534 | 0.11% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 2,004,418 | 0.25% | 2.4% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 2,052,271 | 0.49% | 2.39% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 2,101,106 | 0.52% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 2,150,782 | 0.47% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 2,200,915 | 0.45% | 2.33% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 2,251,325 | 0.43% | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 2,301,970 | 0.39% | 2.25% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 2,352,848 | 0.33% | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 2,403,820 | 0.25% | 2.17% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 2,455,583 | 0.21% | 2.15% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 2,508,265 | -1.85% | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 2,561,336 | -2.41% | 2.12% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 2,615,099 | 0.54% | 2.1% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 2,669,546 | 1.12% | 2.08% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 2,724,557 | -0.69% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 2,780,227 | -1.36% | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 2,836,695 | -0.49% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 2,893,914 | -0.06% | 2.02% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 2,951,822 | -0.43% | 2% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 3,010,369 | -0.98% | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 3,069,537 | -3.77% | 1.97% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 3,129,344 | 0.06% | 1.95% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 3,189,807 | 0.03% | 1.93% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 3,251,155 | 0.03% | 1.92% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 3,313,026 | 0.13% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 3,375,024 | 0.02% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 3,437,490 | -0.02% | 1.85% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 3,500,648 | -0.01% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 3,564,381 | -0.1% | 1.82% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 3,628,535 | -0.23% | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 3,693,505 | -0.34% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 3,759,256 | -0.47% | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 3,825,329 | -0.62% | 1.76% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 3,892,101 | -0.76% | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 3,960,035 | -1.19% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 4,029,086 | -1.08% | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 4,098,707 | -1.59% | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 4,167,860 | -1.3% | 1.69% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 4,234,700 | -0.99% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 4,293,261 | -0.89% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 4,345,405 | -0.9% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 4,400,773 | -0.6% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 4,458,759 | 0.1% | 1.32% |
| 2024 | 3,866,200 | 4,515,577 | 0.17% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 3,839,102 | 4,571,195 | -0.7% | 1.23% |
| 2026 | 3,813,345 | 4,625,720 | -0.67% | 1.19% |
| 2027 | 3,788,411 | 4,679,241 | -0.65% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 3,764,412 | 4,731,818 | -0.63% | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 3,740,768 | 4,783,378 | -0.63% | 1.09% |
| 2030 | 3,716,995 | 4,833,856 | -0.64% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 3,692,964 | 4,883,390 | -0.65% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 3,668,796 | 4,932,075 | -0.65% | 1% |
| 2033 | 3,645,158 | 4,979,812 | -0.64% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 3,621,729 | 5,026,494 | -0.64% | 0.94% |
| 2035 | 3,598,724 | 5,072,267 | -0.64% | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 3,575,930 | 5,117,124 | -0.63% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 3,552,378 | 5,161,085 | -0.66% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 3,528,291 | 5,204,053 | -0.68% | 0.83% |
| 2039 | 3,504,229 | 5,245,902 | -0.68% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 3,480,092 | 5,286,595 | -0.69% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 3,455,620 | 5,326,183 | -0.7% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 3,430,837 | 5,364,671 | -0.72% | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 3,405,931 | 5,402,037 | -0.73% | 0.7% |
| 2044 | 3,380,593 | 5,438,259 | -0.74% | 0.67% |
| 2045 | 3,355,044 | 5,473,283 | -0.76% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 3,329,650 | 5,507,148 | -0.76% | 0.62% |
| 2047 | 3,304,087 | 5,539,873 | -0.77% | 0.59% |
| 2048 | 3,278,267 | 5,571,404 | -0.78% | 0.57% |
| 2049 | 3,252,449 | 5,601,670 | -0.79% | 0.54% |
| 2050 | 3,226,539 | 5,630,681 | -0.8% | 0.52% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Croatia decreased by 204,292 people (a 4.74% decline), while Panama gained 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Croatia lost -293,522 (a 7.15% decline), while Panama's population increased by 597,218 (a 14.8% growth).
Croatia was ranked 120th most populous country in 2006 and is 129th in 2026. Panama was ranked 128th in 2006 and still ranked 128th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Croatia's population will shrink by 15.4% to 3,226,539 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. The population of Panama will increase by 21.7% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.
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Population differences between Croatia and Panama
|
Croatia
|
Panama
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.1 years | 80.1 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 30.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 157.7 ppl/mi² |
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