The current population of Panama is 4,614,993 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 4,515,577 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Panama has had an average growth rate of 1.96% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 3.31M people to 4.61M (39.3% growth in 20 years).
- Panama is projected to reach 6.03M people in 2080.
- Panama is ranked 128/197 by population and was ranked 128th in 2005.
- Panama accounts for 0.06% of the world's population.
Panama population clock
Panama
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
4614993
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 128/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.06% | N/A |
| One net population change |
9.25 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
7.35 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
24.7 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +156 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +56,818 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.27% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 85/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.31 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +6,706 | N/A |
Panama population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,126,005 | - |
| 1961 | 1,159,870 | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 1,195,301 | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 1,232,124 | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 1,270,065 | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 1,308,835 | 3.05% |
| 1966 | 1,348,388 | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 1,388,628 | 2.98% |
| 1968 | 1,429,447 | 2.94% |
| 1969 | 1,470,886 | 2.9% |
| 1970 | 1,513,070 | 2.87% |
| 1971 | 1,556,081 | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 1,599,723 | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 1,643,690 | 2.75% |
| 1974 | 1,687,926 | 2.69% |
| 1975 | 1,732,389 | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 1,776,935 | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 1,821,543 | 2.51% |
| 1978 | 1,866,311 | 2.46% |
| 1979 | 1,911,552 | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 1,957,534 | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 2,004,418 | 2.4% |
| 1982 | 2,052,271 | 2.39% |
| 1983 | 2,101,106 | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 2,150,782 | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 2,200,915 | 2.33% |
| 1986 | 2,251,325 | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 2,301,970 | 2.25% |
| 1988 | 2,352,848 | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 2,403,820 | 2.17% |
| 1990 | 2,455,583 | 2.15% |
| 1991 | 2,508,265 | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 2,561,336 | 2.12% |
| 1993 | 2,615,099 | 2.1% |
| 1994 | 2,669,546 | 2.08% |
| 1995 | 2,724,557 | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 2,780,227 | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 2,836,695 | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 2,893,914 | 2.02% |
| 1999 | 2,951,822 | 2% |
| 2000 | 3,010,369 | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 3,069,537 | 1.97% |
| 2002 | 3,129,344 | 1.95% |
| 2003 | 3,189,807 | 1.93% |
| 2004 | 3,251,155 | 1.92% |
| 2005 | 3,313,026 | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 3,375,024 | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 3,437,490 | 1.85% |
| 2008 | 3,500,648 | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 3,564,381 | 1.82% |
| 2010 | 3,628,535 | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 3,693,505 | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 3,759,256 | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 3,825,329 | 1.76% |
| 2014 | 3,892,101 | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 3,960,035 | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 4,029,086 | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 4,098,707 | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 4,167,860 | 1.69% |
| 2019 | 4,234,700 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 4,293,261 | 1.38% |
| 2021 | 4,345,405 | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 4,400,773 | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 4,458,759 | 1.32% |
| 2024 | 4,515,577 | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 4,571,195 | 1.23% |
| 2026 | 4,625,720 | 1.19% |
| 2027 | 4,679,241 | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 4,731,818 | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 4,783,378 | 1.09% |
| 2030 | 4,833,856 | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 4,883,390 | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 4,932,075 | 1% |
| 2033 | 4,979,812 | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 5,026,494 | 0.94% |
| 2035 | 5,072,267 | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 5,117,124 | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 5,161,085 | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 5,204,053 | 0.83% |
| 2039 | 5,245,902 | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 5,286,595 | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 5,326,183 | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 5,364,671 | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 5,402,037 | 0.7% |
| 2044 | 5,438,259 | 0.67% |
| 2045 | 5,473,283 | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 5,507,148 | 0.62% |
| 2047 | 5,539,873 | 0.59% |
| 2048 | 5,571,404 | 0.57% |
| 2049 | 5,601,670 | 0.54% |
| 2050 | 5,630,681 | 0.52% |
Panama has a population of 4.61M as of 2025, compared to 3.96M in 2015, 3.31M in 2005, and 2.72M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.65% per year. Panama is ranked 83rd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Panama will have 5,473,283 people (18.6% growth) with a rank change from 128th to 124th.
By the year 2100, Panama's population is projected to grow by 28% to 5.9M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Panama
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Panama | 410K |
| Colon | 242K |
| Santiago de Veraguas | 110K |
| Tocumen | 103K |
| David | 82.9K |
| La Chorrera | 68.9K |
| Chitre | 60.5K |
| Pacora | 52.5K |
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Panama population statistics
|
Panama
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 80 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 33.3 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 30.9 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.12 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 157.7 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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