Population in Kiribati compared to Panama: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kiribati and Panama: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kiribati	Panama	Kiribati	Panama
1960	47,157	1,126,005	-	-
1961	48,323	1,159,870	2.47%	3.01%
1962	49,538	1,195,301	2.51%	3.05%
1963	50,791	1,232,124	2.53%	3.08%
1964	52,088	1,270,065	2.55%	3.08%
1965	53,439	1,308,835	2.59%	3.05%
1966	54,425	1,348,388	1.85%	3.02%
1967	54,996	1,388,628	1.05%	2.98%
1968	55,529	1,429,447	0.97%	2.94%
1969	56,360	1,470,886	1.5%	2.9%
1970	57,510	1,513,070	2.04%	2.87%
1971	58,652	1,556,081	1.99%	2.84%
1972	59,778	1,599,723	1.92%	2.8%
1973	60,824	1,643,690	1.75%	2.75%
1974	61,219	1,687,926	0.65%	2.69%
1975	60,987	1,732,389	-0.38%	2.63%
1976	60,661	1,776,935	-0.53%	2.57%
1977	60,267	1,821,543	-0.65%	2.51%
1978	59,864	1,866,311	-0.67%	2.46%
1979	60,172	1,911,552	0.51%	2.42%
1980	61,148	1,957,534	1.62%	2.41%
1981	62,121	2,004,418	1.59%	2.4%
1982	63,134	2,052,271	1.63%	2.39%
1983	64,169	2,101,106	1.64%	2.38%
1984	65,228	2,150,782	1.65%	2.36%
1985	66,496	2,200,915	1.94%	2.33%
1986	68,059	2,251,325	2.35%	2.29%
1987	69,733	2,301,970	2.46%	2.25%
1988	71,427	2,352,848	2.43%	2.21%
1989	73,147	2,403,820	2.41%	2.17%
1990	74,855	2,455,583	2.34%	2.15%
1991	76,367	2,508,265	2.02%	2.15%
1992	77,641	2,561,336	1.67%	2.12%
1993	78,841	2,615,099	1.55%	2.1%
1994	80,021	2,669,546	1.5%	2.08%
1995	81,234	2,724,557	1.52%	2.06%
1996	82,623	2,780,227	1.71%	2.04%
1997	84,147	2,836,695	1.84%	2.03%
1998	85,657	2,893,914	1.79%	2.02%
1999	87,126	2,951,822	1.71%	2%
2000	88,613	3,010,369	1.71%	1.98%
2001	90,335	3,069,537	1.94%	1.97%
2002	92,264	3,129,344	2.14%	1.95%
2003	94,175	3,189,807	2.07%	1.93%
2004	96,085	3,251,155	2.03%	1.92%
2005	98,035	3,313,026	2.03%	1.9%
2006	100,017	3,375,024	2.02%	1.87%
2007	102,068	3,437,490	2.05%	1.85%
2008	104,222	3,500,648	2.11%	1.84%
2009	106,467	3,564,381	2.15%	1.82%
2010	108,704	3,628,535	2.1%	1.8%
2011	110,647	3,693,505	1.79%	1.79%
2012	112,284	3,759,256	1.48%	1.78%
2013	113,838	3,825,329	1.38%	1.76%
2014	115,326	3,892,101	1.31%	1.75%
2015	116,815	3,960,035	1.29%	1.75%
2016	118,478	4,029,086	1.42%	1.74%
2017	120,275	4,098,707	1.52%	1.73%
2018	122,084	4,167,860	1.5%	1.69%
2019	123,921	4,234,700	1.5%	1.6%
2020	126,099	4,293,261	1.76%	1.38%
2021	128,377	4,345,405	1.81%	1.21%
2022	130,469	4,400,773	1.63%	1.27%
2023	132,530	4,458,759	1.58%	1.32%
2024	134,518	4,515,577	1.5%	1.27%
2025	136,501	4,571,195	1.47%	1.23%
2026	138,451	4,625,720	1.43%	1.19%
2027	140,405	4,679,241	1.41%	1.16%
2028	142,335	4,731,818	1.37%	1.12%
2029	144,231	4,783,378	1.33%	1.09%
2030	146,130	4,833,856	1.32%	1.06%
2031	148,028	4,883,390	1.3%	1.02%
2032	149,915	4,932,075	1.27%	1%
2033	151,768	4,979,812	1.24%	0.97%
2034	153,602	5,026,494	1.21%	0.94%
2035	155,447	5,072,267	1.2%	0.91%
2036	157,316	5,117,124	1.2%	0.88%
2037	159,188	5,161,085	1.19%	0.86%
2038	161,050	5,204,053	1.17%	0.83%
2039	162,895	5,245,902	1.15%	0.8%
2040	164,711	5,286,595	1.11%	0.78%
2041	166,508	5,326,183	1.09%	0.75%
2042	168,325	5,364,671	1.09%	0.72%
2043	170,182	5,402,037	1.1%	0.7%
2044	172,012	5,438,259	1.08%	0.67%
2045	173,818	5,473,283	1.05%	0.64%
2046	175,629	5,507,148	1.04%	0.62%
2047	177,392	5,539,873	1%	0.59%
2048	179,152	5,571,404	0.99%	0.57%
2049	180,915	5,601,670	0.98%	0.54%
2050	182,629	5,630,681	0.95%	0.52%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kiribati increased by 18,461 people (a 18.5% growth), while Panama gained 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kiribati gained 19,994 (a 16.9% growth), while Panama's population increased by 597,218 (a 14.8% growth).

Kiribati was ranked 183rd most populous country in 2006 and is 180th 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) Kiribati's population will grow by 31.9% to 182,629 people with a rank change from 180th to 178th. The population of Panama will increase by 21.7% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.