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Population in Panama compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Panama was 4,515,577 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Panama's population is 4,614,993 people compared to 22,125,995 in Sri Lanka.

Population statistics:

  • Sri Lanka's population is 4.79 times bigger than Panama's.
  • Panama is ranked the 128th most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.32% of the world: 0.06% for Panama vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
  • For the last 10 years, Panama has had an average growth rate of +1.52% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
  • Since 2005, the population of Panama has increased from 3.31M people to 4.61M (39.3% growth), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.2M to 22.1M (9.45% growth).
  • Panama is projected to reach its peak in 2080 at 6.03M people compared to the peak of 23.5M people in 2051 for Sri Lanka.

Panama vs Sri Lanka: live population counter

Panama Sri Lanka
Current population
4614993
22125995
Population rank 128/197 63/197
Percent of world population 0.06% 0.27%
One net population change
9.25 minutes
4.34 minutes
One birth every
7.35 minutes
2.13 minutes
One death every
24.7 minutes
2.91 minutes
One migration net change every
1.31 hours
19.3 minutes
Annual migration change +6,706 -27,245
Daily growth/decline +156 -332
Annual growth/decline +56,818 -121,000
Annual growth/decline rate +1.27% -0.55%
Population growth rate rank 85/197 187/197

Panama and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Panama
Population

Growth rate
Sri Lanka
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Panama Sri Lanka Panama Sri Lanka
1960 1,126,005 9,661,389 - -
1961 1,159,870 9,899,372 3.01% 2.46%
1962 1,195,301 10,143,754 3.05% 2.47%
1963 1,232,124 10,395,040 3.08% 2.48%
1964 1,270,065 10,653,397 3.08% 2.49%
1965 1,308,835 10,916,965 3.05% 2.47%
1966 1,348,388 11,183,928 3.02% 2.45%
1967 1,388,628 11,457,328 2.98% 2.44%
1968 1,429,447 11,736,088 2.94% 2.43%
1969 1,470,886 12,013,858 2.9% 2.37%
1970 1,513,070 12,287,110 2.87% 2.27%
1971 1,556,081 12,551,910 2.84% 2.16%
1972 1,599,723 12,809,205 2.8% 2.05%
1973 1,643,690 13,060,916 2.75% 1.97%
1974 1,687,926 13,305,693 2.69% 1.87%
1975 1,732,389 13,548,984 2.63% 1.83%
1976 1,776,935 13,796,770 2.57% 1.83%
1977 1,821,543 14,049,371 2.51% 1.83%
1978 1,866,311 14,310,128 2.46% 1.86%
1979 1,911,552 14,579,614 2.42% 1.88%
1980 1,957,534 14,847,974 2.41% 1.84%
1981 2,004,418 15,099,414 2.4% 1.69%
1982 2,052,271 15,286,567 2.39% 1.24%
1983 2,101,106 15,388,794 2.38% 0.67%
1984 2,150,782 15,441,860 2.36% 0.34%
1985 2,200,915 15,544,154 2.33% 0.66%
1986 2,251,325 15,731,256 2.29% 1.2%
1987 2,301,970 15,916,576 2.25% 1.18%
1988 2,352,848 16,078,621 2.21% 1.02%
1989 2,403,820 16,248,557 2.17% 1.06%
1990 2,455,583 16,352,458 2.15% 0.64%
1991 2,508,265 16,475,354 2.15% 0.75%
1992 2,561,336 16,739,284 2.12% 1.6%
1993 2,615,099 17,025,918 2.1% 1.71%
1994 2,669,546 17,275,773 2.08% 1.47%
1995 2,724,557 17,564,068 2.06% 1.67%
1996 2,780,227 17,905,018 2.04% 1.94%
1997 2,836,695 18,248,200 2.03% 1.92%
1998 2,893,914 18,596,003 2.02% 1.91%
1999 2,951,822 18,944,731 2% 1.88%
2000 3,010,369 19,293,054 1.98% 1.84%
2001 3,069,537 19,600,362 1.97% 1.59%
2002 3,129,344 19,805,752 1.95% 1.05%
2003 3,189,807 19,951,521 1.93% 0.74%
2004 3,251,155 20,087,605 1.92% 0.68%
2005 3,313,026 20,216,524 1.9% 0.64%
2006 3,375,024 20,352,411 1.87% 0.67%
2007 3,437,490 20,492,545 1.85% 0.69%
2008 3,500,648 20,629,378 1.84% 0.67%
2009 3,564,381 20,756,435 1.82% 0.62%
2010 3,628,535 20,879,089 1.8% 0.59%
2011 3,693,505 21,009,048 1.79% 0.62%
2012 3,759,256 21,169,458 1.78% 0.76%
2013 3,825,329 20,585,000 1.76% -2.76%
2014 3,892,101 20,778,000 1.75% 0.94%
2015 3,960,035 20,970,000 1.75% 0.92%
2016 4,029,086 21,209,000 1.74% 1.14%
2017 4,098,707 21,453,000 1.73% 1.15%
2018 4,167,860 21,670,000 1.69% 1.01%
2019 4,234,700 21,803,000 1.6% 0.61%
2020 4,293,261 21,919,000 1.38% 0.53%
2021 4,345,405 22,156,000 1.21% 1.08%
2022 4,400,773 22,181,000 1.27% 0.11%
2023 4,458,759 22,037,000 1.32% -0.65%
2024 4,515,577 21,916,000 1.27% -0.55%
2025 4,571,195 22,035,440 1.23% 0.54%
2026 4,625,720 22,148,172 1.19% 0.51%
2027 4,679,241 22,255,601 1.16% 0.49%
2028 4,731,818 22,357,682 1.12% 0.46%
2029 4,783,378 22,453,922 1.09% 0.43%
2030 4,833,856 22,546,245 1.06% 0.41%
2031 4,883,390 22,635,106 1.02% 0.39%
2032 4,932,075 22,720,118 1% 0.38%
2033 4,979,812 22,802,043 0.97% 0.36%
2034 5,026,494 22,879,527 0.94% 0.34%
2035 5,072,267 22,952,739 0.91% 0.32%
2036 5,117,124 23,022,027 0.88% 0.3%
2037 5,161,085 23,088,877 0.86% 0.29%
2038 5,204,053 23,152,480 0.83% 0.28%
2039 5,245,902 23,211,633 0.8% 0.26%
2040 5,286,595 23,265,986 0.78% 0.23%
2041 5,326,183 23,315,260 0.75% 0.21%
2042 5,364,671 23,359,578 0.72% 0.19%
2043 5,402,037 23,398,752 0.7% 0.17%
2044 5,438,259 23,433,096 0.67% 0.15%
2045 5,473,283 23,464,943 0.64% 0.14%
2046 5,507,148 23,492,738 0.62% 0.12%
2047 5,539,873 23,512,629 0.59% 0.08%
2048 5,571,404 23,525,953 0.57% 0.06%
2049 5,601,670 23,533,940 0.54% 0.03%
2050 5,630,681 23,538,230 0.52% 0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Panama increased by 647,009 people (a 19.5% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Panama gained 654,958 (a 16.5% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Panama was ranked 128th most populous country in 2005 and is still 128th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.

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