Population in Panama compared to Switzerland: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Panama and Switzerland: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Panama	Switzerland	Panama	Switzerland
1960	1,126,005	5,327,827	-	-
1961	1,159,870	5,434,294	3.01%	2%
1962	1,195,301	5,573,815	3.05%	2.57%
1963	1,232,124	5,694,247	3.08%	2.16%
1964	1,270,065	5,789,228	3.08%	1.67%
1965	1,308,835	5,856,472	3.05%	1.16%
1966	1,348,388	5,918,002	3.02%	1.05%
1967	1,388,628	5,991,785	2.98%	1.25%
1968	1,429,447	6,067,714	2.94%	1.27%
1969	1,470,886	6,136,387	2.9%	1.13%
1970	1,513,070	6,180,877	2.87%	0.73%
1971	1,556,081	6,213,399	2.84%	0.53%
1972	1,599,723	6,260,956	2.8%	0.77%
1973	1,643,690	6,307,347	2.75%	0.74%
1974	1,687,926	6,341,405	2.69%	0.54%
1975	1,732,389	6,338,632	2.63%	-0.04%
1976	1,776,935	6,302,504	2.57%	-0.57%
1977	1,821,543	6,281,174	2.51%	-0.34%
1978	1,866,311	6,281,738	2.46%	0.009%
1979	1,911,552	6,294,365	2.42%	0.2%
1980	1,957,534	6,319,408	2.41%	0.4%
1981	2,004,418	6,354,074	2.4%	0.55%
1982	2,052,271	6,391,309	2.39%	0.59%
1983	2,101,106	6,418,773	2.38%	0.43%
1984	2,150,782	6,441,865	2.36%	0.36%
1985	2,200,915	6,470,365	2.33%	0.44%
1986	2,251,325	6,504,124	2.29%	0.52%
1987	2,301,970	6,545,106	2.25%	0.63%
1988	2,352,848	6,593,386	2.21%	0.74%
1989	2,403,820	6,646,912	2.17%	0.81%
1990	2,455,583	6,715,519	2.15%	1.03%
1991	2,508,265	6,799,978	2.15%	1.26%
1992	2,561,336	6,875,364	2.12%	1.11%
1993	2,615,099	6,938,265	2.1%	0.91%
1994	2,669,546	6,993,795	2.08%	0.8%
1995	2,724,557	7,040,687	2.06%	0.67%
1996	2,780,227	7,071,850	2.04%	0.44%
1997	2,836,695	7,088,906	2.03%	0.24%
1998	2,893,914	7,110,001	2.02%	0.3%
1999	2,951,822	7,143,991	2%	0.48%
2000	3,010,369	7,184,250	1.98%	0.56%
2001	3,069,537	7,229,854	1.97%	0.63%
2002	3,129,344	7,284,753	1.95%	0.76%
2003	3,189,807	7,339,001	1.93%	0.74%
2004	3,251,155	7,389,625	1.92%	0.69%
2005	3,313,026	7,437,115	1.9%	0.64%
2006	3,375,024	7,483,934	1.87%	0.63%
2007	3,437,490	7,551,117	1.85%	0.9%
2008	3,500,648	7,647,675	1.84%	1.28%
2009	3,564,381	7,743,831	1.82%	1.26%
2010	3,628,535	7,824,909	1.8%	1.05%
2011	3,693,505	7,912,398	1.79%	1.12%
2012	3,759,256	7,996,861	1.78%	1.07%
2013	3,825,329	8,089,346	1.76%	1.16%
2014	3,892,101	8,188,649	1.75%	1.23%
2015	3,960,035	8,282,396	1.75%	1.14%
2016	4,029,086	8,373,338	1.74%	1.1%
2017	4,098,707	8,451,840	1.73%	0.94%
2018	4,167,860	8,514,329	1.69%	0.74%
2019	4,234,700	8,575,280	1.6%	0.72%
2020	4,293,261	8,638,167	1.38%	0.73%
2021	4,345,405	8,704,546	1.21%	0.77%
2022	4,400,773	8,777,088	1.27%	0.83%
2023	4,458,759	8,888,822	1.32%	1.27%
2024	4,515,577	9,005,582	1.27%	1.31%
2025	4,571,195	9,051,441	1.23%	0.51%
2026	4,625,720	9,092,200	1.19%	0.45%
2027	4,679,241	9,128,649	1.16%	0.4%
2028	4,731,818	9,161,558	1.12%	0.36%
2029	4,783,378	9,190,268	1.09%	0.31%
2030	4,833,856	9,215,844	1.06%	0.28%
2031	4,883,390	9,239,801	1.02%	0.26%
2032	4,932,075	9,260,664	1%	0.23%
2033	4,979,812	9,278,524	0.97%	0.19%
2034	5,026,494	9,295,500	0.94%	0.18%
2035	5,072,267	9,310,659	0.91%	0.16%
2036	5,117,124	9,323,296	0.88%	0.14%
2037	5,161,085	9,334,565	0.86%	0.12%
2038	5,204,053	9,344,395	0.83%	0.11%
2039	5,245,902	9,353,187	0.8%	0.09%
2040	5,286,595	9,363,095	0.78%	0.11%
2041	5,326,183	9,372,148	0.75%	0.1%
2042	5,364,671	9,380,579	0.72%	0.09%
2043	5,402,037	9,389,228	0.7%	0.09%
2044	5,438,259	9,396,409	0.67%	0.08%
2045	5,473,283	9,402,783	0.64%	0.07%
2046	5,507,148	9,408,721	0.62%	0.06%
2047	5,539,873	9,415,274	0.59%	0.07%
2048	5,571,404	9,422,270	0.57%	0.07%
2049	5,601,670	9,427,479	0.54%	0.06%
2050	5,630,681	9,430,133	0.52%	0.03%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Panama increased by 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth), while Switzerland gained 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Panama gained 597,218 (a 14.8% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 719,260 (a 8.59% growth).

Panama was ranked 128th most populous country in 2006 and is still 128th in 2026. Switzerland was ranked 96th in 2006 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.71% to 9,430,133 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.