The latest officially reported population of Panama was 4,515,577 in 2024 vs 71,668,011 people in Thailand in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Panama's population is 4,626,304 people compared to 71,559,621 in Thailand.
Population statistics:
- Thailand's population is 15.5 times bigger than Panama's.
- Panama is ranked the 128th most populous country in the world, while Thailand is the 21st.
- The countries together account for 0.92% of the world: 0.06% for Panama vs 0.86% for Thailand.
- For the last 10 years, Panama has had an average growth rate of +1.52% per year vs +0.23% in Thailand.
- Since 2006, the population of Panama has increased from 3.38M people to 4.63M (37.1% growth), while Thailand has grown from 66.6M to 71.6M (7.5% growth).
- Panama is projected to reach its peak in 2080 at 6.03M people, while Thailand's population already peaked in 2022 at 71.7M people and is projected to decrease to 45.6M people by 2100.
Panama vs Thailand: live population counter
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| Current population |
4626304
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71559621
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| Population rank | 128/197 | 21/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.06% | 0.86% |
| One net population change |
9.25 minutes
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15.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.35 minutes
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53.3 seconds
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| One death every |
24.7 minutes
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49.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.31 hours
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22.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +6,706 | +23,321 |
| Daily growth/decline | +156 | -94 |
| Annual growth/decline | +56,818 | -34,424 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.27% | -0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 84/197 | 169/197 |
Panama and Thailand: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,126,005 | 26,851,747 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,159,870 | 27,650,334 | 3.01% | 2.97% |
| 1962 | 1,195,301 | 28,481,040 | 3.05% | 3% |
| 1963 | 1,232,124 | 29,342,322 | 3.08% | 3.02% |
| 1964 | 1,270,065 | 30,232,141 | 3.08% | 3.03% |
| 1965 | 1,308,835 | 31,149,337 | 3.05% | 3.03% |
| 1966 | 1,348,388 | 32,086,071 | 3.02% | 3.01% |
| 1967 | 1,388,628 | 33,037,801 | 2.98% | 2.97% |
| 1968 | 1,429,447 | 34,002,560 | 2.94% | 2.92% |
| 1969 | 1,470,886 | 34,973,782 | 2.9% | 2.86% |
| 1970 | 1,513,070 | 35,954,408 | 2.87% | 2.8% |
| 1971 | 1,556,081 | 36,937,387 | 2.84% | 2.73% |
| 1972 | 1,599,723 | 37,933,929 | 2.8% | 2.7% |
| 1973 | 1,643,690 | 38,947,787 | 2.75% | 2.67% |
| 1974 | 1,687,926 | 39,952,891 | 2.69% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 1,732,389 | 40,940,005 | 2.63% | 2.47% |
| 1976 | 1,776,935 | 41,896,504 | 2.57% | 2.34% |
| 1977 | 1,821,543 | 42,843,974 | 2.51% | 2.26% |
| 1978 | 1,866,311 | 43,788,976 | 2.46% | 2.21% |
| 1979 | 1,911,552 | 44,718,434 | 2.42% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 1,957,534 | 45,650,022 | 2.41% | 2.08% |
| 1981 | 2,004,418 | 46,575,855 | 2.4% | 2.03% |
| 1982 | 2,052,271 | 47,494,577 | 2.39% | 1.97% |
| 1983 | 2,101,106 | 48,423,309 | 2.38% | 1.96% |
| 1984 | 2,150,782 | 49,351,708 | 2.36% | 1.92% |
| 1985 | 2,200,915 | 50,270,753 | 2.33% | 1.86% |
| 1986 | 2,251,325 | 51,177,834 | 2.29% | 1.8% |
| 1987 | 2,301,970 | 52,074,105 | 2.25% | 1.75% |
| 1988 | 2,352,848 | 52,969,595 | 2.21% | 1.72% |
| 1989 | 2,403,820 | 53,848,956 | 2.17% | 1.66% |
| 1990 | 2,455,583 | 54,738,329 | 2.15% | 1.65% |
| 1991 | 2,508,265 | 55,637,434 | 2.15% | 1.64% |
| 1992 | 2,561,336 | 56,528,834 | 2.12% | 1.6% |
| 1993 | 2,615,099 | 57,408,198 | 2.1% | 1.56% |
| 1994 | 2,669,546 | 58,260,854 | 2.08% | 1.49% |
| 1995 | 2,724,557 | 59,098,232 | 2.06% | 1.44% |
| 1996 | 2,780,227 | 59,920,064 | 2.04% | 1.39% |
| 1997 | 2,836,695 | 60,724,584 | 2.03% | 1.34% |
| 1998 | 2,893,914 | 61,522,630 | 2.02% | 1.31% |
| 1999 | 2,951,822 | 62,299,043 | 2% | 1.26% |
| 2000 | 3,010,369 | 63,007,815 | 1.98% | 1.14% |
| 2001 | 3,069,537 | 63,651,141 | 1.97% | 1.02% |
| 2002 | 3,129,344 | 64,266,437 | 1.95% | 0.97% |
| 2003 | 3,189,807 | 64,868,166 | 1.93% | 0.94% |
| 2004 | 3,251,155 | 65,452,047 | 1.92% | 0.9% |
| 2005 | 3,313,026 | 66,017,420 | 1.9% | 0.86% |
| 2006 | 3,375,024 | 66,567,687 | 1.87% | 0.83% |
| 2007 | 3,437,490 | 67,102,394 | 1.85% | 0.8% |
| 2008 | 3,500,648 | 67,619,830 | 1.84% | 0.77% |
| 2009 | 3,564,381 | 68,121,080 | 1.82% | 0.74% |
| 2010 | 3,628,535 | 68,579,447 | 1.8% | 0.67% |
| 2011 | 3,693,505 | 69,007,208 | 1.79% | 0.62% |
| 2012 | 3,759,256 | 69,436,098 | 1.78% | 0.62% |
| 2013 | 3,825,329 | 69,845,114 | 1.76% | 0.59% |
| 2014 | 3,892,101 | 70,216,367 | 1.75% | 0.53% |
| 2015 | 3,960,035 | 70,540,795 | 1.75% | 0.46% |
| 2016 | 4,029,086 | 70,859,841 | 1.74% | 0.45% |
| 2017 | 4,098,707 | 71,160,187 | 1.73% | 0.42% |
| 2018 | 4,167,860 | 71,376,079 | 1.69% | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 4,234,700 | 71,522,271 | 1.6% | 0.2% |
| 2020 | 4,293,261 | 71,641,484 | 1.38% | 0.17% |
| 2021 | 4,345,405 | 71,727,332 | 1.21% | 0.12% |
| 2022 | 4,400,773 | 71,735,329 | 1.27% | 0.01% |
| 2023 | 4,458,759 | 71,702,435 | 1.32% | -0.05% |
| 2024 | 4,515,577 | 71,668,011 | 1.27% | -0.05% |
| 2025 | 4,571,195 | 71,619,867 | 1.23% | -0.07% |
| 2026 | 4,625,720 | 71,559,621 | 1.19% | -0.08% |
| 2027 | 4,679,241 | 71,488,156 | 1.16% | -0.1% |
| 2028 | 4,731,818 | 71,406,996 | 1.12% | -0.11% |
| 2029 | 4,783,378 | 71,316,195 | 1.09% | -0.13% |
| 2030 | 4,833,856 | 71,215,017 | 1.06% | -0.14% |
| 2031 | 4,883,390 | 71,104,025 | 1.02% | -0.16% |
| 2032 | 4,932,075 | 70,982,286 | 1% | -0.17% |
| 2033 | 4,979,812 | 70,847,947 | 0.97% | -0.19% |
| 2034 | 5,026,494 | 70,701,651 | 0.94% | -0.21% |
| 2035 | 5,072,267 | 70,540,884 | 0.91% | -0.23% |
| 2036 | 5,117,124 | 70,366,496 | 0.88% | -0.25% |
| 2037 | 5,161,085 | 70,180,031 | 0.86% | -0.26% |
| 2038 | 5,204,053 | 69,979,034 | 0.83% | -0.29% |
| 2039 | 5,245,902 | 69,763,928 | 0.8% | -0.31% |
| 2040 | 5,286,595 | 69,535,003 | 0.78% | -0.33% |
| 2041 | 5,326,183 | 69,288,477 | 0.75% | -0.35% |
| 2042 | 5,364,671 | 69,025,348 | 0.72% | -0.38% |
| 2043 | 5,402,037 | 68,748,075 | 0.7% | -0.4% |
| 2044 | 5,438,259 | 68,456,533 | 0.67% | -0.42% |
| 2045 | 5,473,283 | 68,150,148 | 0.64% | -0.45% |
| 2046 | 5,507,148 | 67,827,309 | 0.62% | -0.47% |
| 2047 | 5,539,873 | 67,489,358 | 0.59% | -0.5% |
| 2048 | 5,571,404 | 67,136,737 | 0.57% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 5,601,670 | 66,767,316 | 0.54% | -0.55% |
| 2050 | 5,630,681 | 66,382,732 | 0.52% | -0.58% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Panama increased by 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Panama gained 597,218 (a 14.8% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).
Panama was ranked 128th most populous country in 2006 and is still 128th in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.
Biggest cities by population
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| 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 |
| Penonome | 21.7K |
| Balboa | 10K |
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| City | Population |
| Bangkok | 5.68M |
| Chiang Mai | 1.2M |
| Nonthaburi | 256K |
| Pak Kret | 185K |
| Hat Yai | 159K |
| Nakhon Ratchasima | 134K |
| Chaophraya Surasak | 133K |
| Surat Thani | 131K |
| Udon Thani | 130K |
| Klaeng | 130K |
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Population differences between Panama and Thailand
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| Life expectancy | 80.1 years | 77.1 years |
| Average age | 33.3 years | 40.8 years |
| Median age | 30.9 years | 41.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 48.7:51.3 |
| Fertility rate | 2.12 births per woman | 1.21 births per woman |
| Population density | 157.7 ppl/mi² | 363 ppl/mi² |
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