The latest officially reported population of Niger was 27,032,412 in 2024 vs 4,515,577 people in Panama in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Niger's population is 28,824,804 people compared to 4,626,304 in Panama.
Population statistics:
- Niger's population is 6.23 times bigger than Panama's.
- Niger is ranked the 53rd most populous country in the world, while Panama is the 128th.
- The countries together account for 0.4% of the world: 0.35% for Niger vs 0.06% for Panama.
- For the last 10 years, Niger has had an average growth rate of +3.5% per year vs +1.52% in Panama.
- Since 2006, the population of Niger has increased from 14.3M people to 28.8M (102% growth), while Panama has grown from 3.38M to 4.63M (37.1% growth).
- Niger is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 90.8M people compared to the peak of 6.03M people in 2080 for Panama.
Niger vs Panama: live population counter
Niger
|
Panama
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
28824804
|
4626304
|
| Population rank | 53/197 | 128/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.35% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
36.1 seconds
|
9.25 minutes
|
| One birth every |
28.8 seconds
|
7.35 minutes
|
| One death every |
2.27 minutes
|
24.7 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
2.17 hours
|
1.31 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -4,041 | +6,706 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,391 | +156 |
| Annual growth/decline | +872,545 | +56,818 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.34% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 10/197 | 84/197 |
Niger and Panama: population history and growth rate by year chart
Niger
Population
Growth rate
Panama
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Niger
|
Panama
|
Niger
|
Panama
|
|
| 1960 | 3,505,050 | 1,126,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,608,162 | 1,159,870 | 2.94% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 3,714,520 | 1,195,301 | 2.95% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 3,823,873 | 1,232,124 | 2.94% | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 3,935,814 | 1,270,065 | 2.93% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 4,049,695 | 1,308,835 | 2.89% | 3.05% |
| 1966 | 4,165,544 | 1,348,388 | 2.86% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 4,283,590 | 1,388,628 | 2.83% | 2.98% |
| 1968 | 4,403,637 | 1,429,447 | 2.8% | 2.94% |
| 1969 | 4,525,725 | 1,470,886 | 2.77% | 2.9% |
| 1970 | 4,650,275 | 1,513,070 | 2.75% | 2.87% |
| 1971 | 4,776,225 | 1,556,081 | 2.71% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 4,904,845 | 1,599,723 | 2.69% | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 5,037,865 | 1,643,690 | 2.71% | 2.75% |
| 1974 | 5,174,953 | 1,687,926 | 2.72% | 2.69% |
| 1975 | 5,317,019 | 1,732,389 | 2.75% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 5,464,962 | 1,776,935 | 2.78% | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 5,619,716 | 1,821,543 | 2.83% | 2.51% |
| 1978 | 5,782,932 | 1,866,311 | 2.9% | 2.46% |
| 1979 | 5,955,556 | 1,911,552 | 2.99% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 6,135,971 | 1,957,534 | 3.03% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 6,322,006 | 2,004,418 | 3.03% | 2.4% |
| 1982 | 6,512,732 | 2,052,271 | 3.02% | 2.39% |
| 1983 | 6,708,644 | 2,101,106 | 3.01% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 6,909,971 | 2,150,782 | 3% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 7,118,457 | 2,200,915 | 3.02% | 2.33% |
| 1986 | 7,335,811 | 2,251,325 | 3.05% | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 7,561,150 | 2,301,970 | 3.07% | 2.25% |
| 1988 | 7,793,748 | 2,352,848 | 3.08% | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 8,034,780 | 2,403,820 | 3.09% | 2.17% |
| 1990 | 8,286,059 | 2,455,583 | 3.13% | 2.15% |
| 1991 | 8,546,900 | 2,508,265 | 3.15% | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 8,817,633 | 2,561,336 | 3.17% | 2.12% |
| 1993 | 9,100,789 | 2,615,099 | 3.21% | 2.1% |
| 1994 | 9,398,258 | 2,669,546 | 3.27% | 2.08% |
| 1995 | 9,714,529 | 2,724,557 | 3.37% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 10,044,852 | 2,780,227 | 3.4% | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 10,383,969 | 2,836,695 | 3.38% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 10,741,413 | 2,893,914 | 3.44% | 2.02% |
| 1999 | 11,117,411 | 2,951,822 | 3.5% | 2% |
| 2000 | 11,509,630 | 3,010,369 | 3.53% | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 11,920,647 | 3,069,537 | 3.57% | 1.97% |
| 2002 | 12,349,144 | 3,129,344 | 3.59% | 1.95% |
| 2003 | 12,796,984 | 3,189,807 | 3.63% | 1.93% |
| 2004 | 13,265,836 | 3,251,155 | 3.66% | 1.92% |
| 2005 | 13,756,192 | 3,313,026 | 3.7% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 14,268,581 | 3,375,024 | 3.72% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 14,803,610 | 3,437,490 | 3.75% | 1.85% |
| 2008 | 15,361,915 | 3,500,648 | 3.77% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 15,943,675 | 3,564,381 | 3.79% | 1.82% |
| 2010 | 16,548,835 | 3,628,535 | 3.8% | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 17,176,283 | 3,693,505 | 3.79% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 17,836,769 | 3,759,256 | 3.85% | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 18,519,898 | 3,825,329 | 3.83% | 1.76% |
| 2014 | 19,215,909 | 3,892,101 | 3.76% | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 19,939,498 | 3,960,035 | 3.77% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 20,685,753 | 4,029,086 | 3.74% | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 21,435,446 | 4,098,707 | 3.62% | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 22,188,069 | 4,167,860 | 3.51% | 1.69% |
| 2019 | 22,947,757 | 4,234,700 | 3.42% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 23,717,613 | 4,293,261 | 3.35% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | 24,502,140 | 4,345,405 | 3.31% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 25,311,973 | 4,400,773 | 3.31% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 26,159,867 | 4,458,759 | 3.35% | 1.32% |
| 2024 | 27,032,412 | 4,515,577 | 3.34% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 27,917,825 | 4,571,195 | 3.28% | 1.23% |
| 2026 | 28,814,872 | 4,625,720 | 3.21% | 1.19% |
| 2027 | 29,723,688 | 4,679,241 | 3.15% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 30,643,561 | 4,731,818 | 3.09% | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 31,575,091 | 4,783,378 | 3.04% | 1.09% |
| 2030 | 32,518,069 | 4,833,856 | 2.99% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 33,469,616 | 4,883,390 | 2.93% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 34,428,638 | 4,932,075 | 2.87% | 1% |
| 2033 | 35,397,029 | 4,979,812 | 2.81% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 36,372,374 | 5,026,494 | 2.76% | 0.94% |
| 2035 | 37,353,462 | 5,072,267 | 2.7% | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 38,340,142 | 5,117,124 | 2.64% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 39,330,372 | 5,161,085 | 2.58% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 40,323,460 | 5,204,053 | 2.52% | 0.83% |
| 2039 | 41,318,407 | 5,245,902 | 2.47% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 42,316,733 | 5,286,595 | 2.42% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 43,319,236 | 5,326,183 | 2.37% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 44,326,115 | 5,364,671 | 2.32% | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 45,337,248 | 5,402,037 | 2.28% | 0.7% |
| 2044 | 46,353,160 | 5,438,259 | 2.24% | 0.67% |
| 2045 | 47,374,113 | 5,473,283 | 2.2% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 48,397,993 | 5,507,148 | 2.16% | 0.62% |
| 2047 | 49,423,853 | 5,539,873 | 2.12% | 0.59% |
| 2048 | 50,452,202 | 5,571,404 | 2.08% | 0.57% |
| 2049 | 51,482,559 | 5,601,670 | 2.04% | 0.54% |
| 2050 | 52,513,870 | 5,630,681 | 2% | 0.52% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Niger increased by 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth), while Panama gained 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Niger gained 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth), while Panama's population increased by 597,218 (a 14.8% growth).
Niger was ranked 64th most populous country in 2006 and is 53rd 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) Niger's population will grow by 82.2% to 52,513,870 people with a rank change from 53rd to 38th. 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 Niger and Panama
|
Niger
|
Panama
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 61.9 years | 80.1 years |
| Average age | 21.2 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 16.5 years | 30.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 6.06 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 55.3 ppl/mi² | 157.7 ppl/mi² |
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