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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Panama	South Korea	Panama	South Korea
1960	1,126,005	25,012,374	-	-
1961	1,159,870	25,765,673	3.01%	3.01%
1962	1,195,301	26,513,030	3.05%	2.9%
1963	1,232,124	27,261,747	3.08%	2.82%
1964	1,270,065	27,984,155	3.08%	2.65%
1965	1,308,835	28,704,674	3.05%	2.57%
1966	1,348,388	29,435,571	3.02%	2.55%
1967	1,388,628	30,130,983	2.98%	2.36%
1968	1,429,447	30,838,302	2.94%	2.35%
1969	1,470,886	31,544,266	2.9%	2.29%
1970	1,513,070	32,240,827	2.87%	2.21%
1971	1,556,081	32,882,704	2.84%	1.99%
1972	1,599,723	33,505,406	2.8%	1.89%
1973	1,643,690	34,103,149	2.75%	1.78%
1974	1,687,926	34,692,266	2.69%	1.73%
1975	1,732,389	35,280,725	2.63%	1.7%
1976	1,776,935	35,848,523	2.57%	1.61%
1977	1,821,543	36,411,795	2.51%	1.57%
1978	1,866,311	36,969,185	2.46%	1.53%
1979	1,911,552	37,534,236	2.42%	1.53%
1980	1,957,534	38,123,775	2.41%	1.57%
1981	2,004,418	38,723,248	2.4%	1.57%
1982	2,052,271	39,326,352	2.39%	1.56%
1983	2,101,106	39,910,403	2.38%	1.49%
1984	2,150,782	40,405,956	2.36%	1.24%
1985	2,200,915	40,805,744	2.33%	0.99%
1986	2,251,325	41,213,674	2.29%	1%
1987	2,301,970	41,621,690	2.25%	0.99%
1988	2,352,848	42,031,247	2.21%	0.98%
1989	2,403,820	42,449,038	2.17%	0.99%
1990	2,455,583	42,869,283	2.15%	0.99%
1991	2,508,265	43,295,704	2.15%	0.99%
1992	2,561,336	43,747,962	2.12%	1.04%
1993	2,615,099	44,194,628	2.1%	1.02%
1994	2,669,546	44,641,540	2.08%	1.01%
1995	2,724,557	45,092,991	2.06%	1.01%
1996	2,780,227	45,524,681	2.04%	0.96%
1997	2,836,695	45,953,580	2.03%	0.94%
1998	2,893,914	46,286,503	2.02%	0.72%
1999	2,951,822	46,616,677	2%	0.71%
2000	3,010,369	47,008,111	1.98%	0.84%
2001	3,069,537	47,370,164	1.97%	0.77%
2002	3,129,344	47,644,736	1.95%	0.58%
2003	3,189,807	47,892,330	1.93%	0.52%
2004	3,251,155	48,082,519	1.92%	0.4%
2005	3,313,026	48,184,561	1.9%	0.21%
2006	3,375,024	48,438,292	1.87%	0.53%
2007	3,437,490	48,683,638	1.85%	0.51%
2008	3,500,648	49,054,708	1.84%	0.76%
2009	3,564,381	49,307,835	1.82%	0.52%
2010	3,628,535	49,554,112	1.8%	0.5%
2011	3,693,505	49,936,638	1.79%	0.77%
2012	3,759,256	50,199,853	1.78%	0.53%
2013	3,825,329	50,428,893	1.76%	0.46%
2014	3,892,101	50,746,659	1.75%	0.63%
2015	3,960,035	51,014,947	1.75%	0.53%
2016	4,029,086	51,217,803	1.74%	0.4%
2017	4,098,707	51,361,911	1.73%	0.28%
2018	4,167,860	51,585,058	1.69%	0.43%
2019	4,234,700	51,764,822	1.6%	0.35%
2020	4,293,261	51,836,239	1.38%	0.14%
2021	4,345,405	51,769,539	1.21%	-0.13%
2022	4,400,773	51,672,569	1.27%	-0.19%
2023	4,458,759	51,712,619	1.32%	0.08%
2024	4,515,577	51,751,065	1.27%	0.07%
2025	4,571,195	51,700,480	1.23%	-0.1%
2026	4,625,720	51,633,793	1.19%	-0.13%
2027	4,679,241	51,552,198	1.16%	-0.16%
2028	4,731,818	51,456,707	1.12%	-0.19%
2029	4,783,378	51,347,230	1.09%	-0.21%
2030	4,833,856	51,221,713	1.06%	-0.24%
2031	4,883,390	51,081,220	1.02%	-0.27%
2032	4,932,075	50,924,233	1%	-0.31%
2033	4,979,812	50,747,132	0.97%	-0.35%
2034	5,026,494	50,549,508	0.94%	-0.39%
2035	5,072,267	50,333,286	0.91%	-0.43%
2036	5,117,124	50,098,951	0.88%	-0.47%
2037	5,161,085	49,845,669	0.86%	-0.51%
2038	5,204,053	49,573,234	0.83%	-0.55%
2039	5,245,902	49,283,770	0.8%	-0.58%
2040	5,286,595	48,980,369	0.78%	-0.62%
2041	5,326,183	48,661,905	0.75%	-0.65%
2042	5,364,671	48,331,004	0.72%	-0.68%
2043	5,402,037	47,990,085	0.7%	-0.71%
2044	5,438,259	47,634,183	0.67%	-0.74%
2045	5,473,283	47,263,526	0.64%	-0.78%
2046	5,507,148	46,881,228	0.62%	-0.81%
2047	5,539,873	46,482,133	0.59%	-0.85%
2048	5,571,404	46,063,595	0.57%	-0.9%
2049	5,601,670	45,626,805	0.54%	-0.95%
2050	5,630,681	45,172,356	0.52%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Panama increased by 647,009 people (a 19.5% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Panama gained 654,958 (a 16.5% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Panama was ranked 128th most populous country in 2005 and is still 128th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Panama's population will grow by 22% to 5,630,681 people with a rank change from 128th to 124th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.