Population in Panama compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Panama and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Panama	South Africa	Panama	South Africa
1960	1,126,005	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,159,870	16,908,035	3.01%	2.85%
1962	1,195,301	17,418,522	3.05%	3.02%
1963	1,232,124	17,954,564	3.08%	3.08%
1964	1,270,065	18,511,361	3.08%	3.1%
1965	1,308,835	19,089,380	3.05%	3.12%
1966	1,348,388	19,690,087	3.02%	3.15%
1967	1,388,628	20,314,066	2.98%	3.17%
1968	1,429,447	20,957,287	2.94%	3.17%
1969	1,470,886	21,614,676	2.9%	3.14%
1970	1,513,070	22,279,984	2.87%	3.08%
1971	1,556,081	22,942,143	2.84%	2.97%
1972	1,599,723	23,609,456	2.8%	2.91%
1973	1,643,690	24,294,263	2.75%	2.9%
1974	1,687,926	24,989,108	2.69%	2.86%
1975	1,732,389	25,690,940	2.63%	2.81%
1976	1,776,935	26,395,450	2.57%	2.74%
1977	1,821,543	27,118,952	2.51%	2.74%
1978	1,866,311	27,869,507	2.46%	2.77%
1979	1,911,552	28,634,162	2.42%	2.74%
1980	1,957,534	29,518,857	2.41%	3.09%
1981	2,004,418	30,541,044	2.4%	3.46%
1982	2,052,271	31,615,339	2.39%	3.52%
1983	2,101,106	32,739,304	2.38%	3.56%
1984	2,150,782	33,892,788	2.36%	3.52%
1985	2,200,915	35,042,093	2.33%	3.39%
1986	2,251,325	36,180,515	2.29%	3.25%
1987	2,301,970	37,326,190	2.25%	3.17%
1988	2,352,848	38,480,649	2.21%	3.09%
1989	2,403,820	39,628,575	2.17%	2.98%
1990	2,455,583	40,746,268	2.15%	2.82%
1991	2,508,265	41,687,898	2.15%	2.31%
1992	2,561,336	42,443,509	2.12%	1.81%
1993	2,615,099	43,297,156	2.1%	2.01%
1994	2,669,546	44,004,139	2.08%	1.63%
1995	2,724,557	44,541,554	2.06%	1.22%
1996	2,780,227	45,123,018	2.04%	1.31%
1997	2,836,695	45,666,838	2.03%	1.21%
1998	2,893,914	46,223,880	2.02%	1.22%
1999	2,951,822	46,730,335	2%	1.1%
2000	3,010,369	47,159,719	1.98%	0.92%
2001	3,069,537	47,566,800	1.97%	0.86%
2002	3,129,344	48,019,415	1.95%	0.95%
2003	3,189,807	48,500,348	1.93%	1%
2004	3,251,155	48,991,421	1.92%	1.01%
2005	3,313,026	49,490,033	1.9%	1.02%
2006	3,375,024	49,998,277	1.87%	1.03%
2007	3,437,490	50,528,584	1.85%	1.06%
2008	3,500,648	51,114,599	1.84%	1.16%
2009	3,564,381	51,728,516	1.82%	1.2%
2010	3,628,535	52,344,051	1.8%	1.19%
2011	3,693,505	52,995,205	1.79%	1.24%
2012	3,759,256	53,782,567	1.78%	1.49%
2013	3,825,329	54,678,791	1.76%	1.67%
2014	3,892,101	55,594,838	1.75%	1.68%
2015	3,960,035	56,723,537	1.75%	2.03%
2016	4,029,086	57,259,551	1.74%	0.94%
2017	4,098,707	57,635,162	1.73%	0.66%
2018	4,167,860	58,613,001	1.69%	1.7%
2019	4,234,700	59,587,885	1.6%	1.66%
2020	4,293,261	60,562,381	1.38%	1.64%
2021	4,345,405	61,502,603	1.21%	1.55%
2022	4,400,773	62,378,410	1.27%	1.42%
2023	4,458,759	63,212,384	1.32%	1.34%
2024	4,515,577	64,007,187	1.27%	1.26%
2025	4,571,195	64,747,317	1.23%	1.16%
2026	4,625,720	65,453,086	1.19%	1.09%
2027	4,679,241	66,143,018	1.16%	1.05%
2028	4,731,818	66,830,384	1.12%	1.04%
2029	4,783,378	67,506,850	1.09%	1.01%
2030	4,833,856	68,161,357	1.06%	0.97%
2031	4,883,390	68,798,574	1.02%	0.93%
2032	4,932,075	69,426,441	1%	0.91%
2033	4,979,812	70,040,484	0.97%	0.88%
2034	5,026,494	70,641,572	0.94%	0.86%
2035	5,072,267	71,234,749	0.91%	0.84%
2036	5,117,124	71,816,372	0.88%	0.82%
2037	5,161,085	72,387,807	0.86%	0.8%
2038	5,204,053	72,949,611	0.83%	0.78%
2039	5,245,902	73,496,152	0.8%	0.75%
2040	5,286,595	74,035,615	0.78%	0.73%
2041	5,326,183	74,575,444	0.75%	0.73%
2042	5,364,671	75,111,899	0.72%	0.72%
2043	5,402,037	75,641,512	0.7%	0.71%
2044	5,438,259	76,164,461	0.67%	0.69%
2045	5,473,283	76,681,448	0.64%	0.68%
2046	5,507,148	77,199,542	0.62%	0.68%
2047	5,539,873	77,716,650	0.59%	0.67%
2048	5,571,404	78,215,323	0.57%	0.64%
2049	5,601,670	78,699,584	0.54%	0.62%
2050	5,630,681	79,177,329	0.52%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Panama increased by 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Panama gained 597,218 (a 14.8% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Panama was ranked 128th most populous country in 2006 and is still 128th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Panama's population will grow by 21.7% to 5,630,681 people with a rank change from 128th to 124th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.