Population in Panama compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Panama and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Panama	United States	Panama	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	1,126,005	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	1,159,870	183,691,481	3.01%	1.67%
1962	1,195,301	186,537,737	3.05%	1.55%
1963	1,232,124	189,241,798	3.08%	1.45%
1964	1,270,065	191,888,791	3.08%	1.4%
1965	1,308,835	194,302,963	3.05%	1.26%
1966	1,348,388	196,560,338	3.02%	1.16%
1967	1,388,628	198,712,056	2.98%	1.09%
1968	1,429,447	200,706,052	2.94%	1%
1969	1,470,886	202,676,946	2.9%	0.98%
1970	1,513,070	205,052,174	2.87%	1.17%
1971	1,556,081	207,660,677	2.84%	1.27%
1972	1,599,723	209,896,021	2.8%	1.08%
1973	1,643,690	211,908,788	2.75%	0.96%
1974	1,687,926	213,853,928	2.69%	0.92%
1975	1,732,389	215,973,199	2.63%	0.99%
1976	1,776,935	218,035,164	2.57%	0.95%
1977	1,821,543	220,239,425	2.51%	1.01%
1978	1,866,311	222,584,545	2.46%	1.06%
1979	1,911,552	225,055,487	2.42%	1.11%
1980	1,957,534	226,542,250	2.41%	0.66%
1981	2,004,418	229,465,744	2.4%	1.29%
1982	2,052,271	231,664,432	2.39%	0.96%
1983	2,101,106	233,792,014	2.38%	0.92%
1984	2,150,782	235,824,908	2.36%	0.87%
1985	2,200,915	237,923,734	2.33%	0.89%
1986	2,251,325	240,132,831	2.29%	0.93%
1987	2,301,970	242,288,936	2.25%	0.9%
1988	2,352,848	244,499,004	2.21%	0.91%
1989	2,403,820	246,819,222	2.17%	0.95%
1990	2,455,583	250,131,894	2.15%	1.34%
1991	2,508,265	253,492,503	2.15%	1.34%
1992	2,561,336	256,894,189	2.12%	1.34%
1993	2,615,099	260,255,352	2.1%	1.31%
1994	2,669,546	263,435,673	2.08%	1.22%
1995	2,724,557	266,557,091	2.06%	1.18%
1996	2,780,227	269,667,391	2.04%	1.17%
1997	2,836,695	272,911,760	2.03%	1.2%
1998	2,893,914	276,115,288	2.02%	1.17%
1999	2,951,822	279,294,713	2%	1.15%
2000	3,010,369	282,162,411	1.98%	1.03%
2001	3,069,537	284,968,955	1.97%	0.99%
2002	3,129,344	287,625,193	1.95%	0.93%
2003	3,189,807	290,107,933	1.93%	0.86%
2004	3,251,155	292,805,298	1.92%	0.93%
2005	3,313,026	295,516,599	1.9%	0.93%
2006	3,375,024	298,379,912	1.87%	0.97%
2007	3,437,490	301,231,207	1.85%	0.96%
2008	3,500,648	304,093,966	1.84%	0.95%
2009	3,564,381	306,771,529	1.82%	0.88%
2010	3,628,535	309,327,143	1.8%	0.83%
2011	3,693,505	311,583,481	1.79%	0.73%
2012	3,759,256	313,877,662	1.78%	0.74%
2013	3,825,329	316,059,947	1.76%	0.7%
2014	3,892,101	318,386,329	1.75%	0.74%
2015	3,960,035	320,738,994	1.75%	0.74%
2016	4,029,086	323,071,755	1.74%	0.73%
2017	4,098,707	325,122,128	1.73%	0.63%
2018	4,167,860	326,838,199	1.69%	0.53%
2019	4,234,700	328,329,953	1.6%	0.46%
2020	4,293,261	331,526,933	1.38%	0.97%
2021	4,345,405	331,893,745	1.21%	0.11%
2022	4,400,773	333,271,411	1.27%	0.42%
2023	4,458,759	334,914,895	1.32%	0.49%
2024	4,515,577	340,110,988	1.27%	1.55%
2025	4,571,195	341,931,772	1.23%	0.54%
2026	4,625,720	343,664,369	1.19%	0.51%
2027	4,679,241	345,331,185	1.16%	0.49%
2028	4,731,818	346,981,137	1.12%	0.48%
2029	4,783,378	348,601,982	1.09%	0.47%
2030	4,833,856	350,176,974	1.06%	0.45%
2031	4,883,390	351,725,612	1.02%	0.44%
2032	4,932,075	353,249,060	1%	0.43%
2033	4,979,812	354,749,644	0.97%	0.42%
2034	5,026,494	356,234,239	0.94%	0.42%
2035	5,072,267	357,694,316	0.91%	0.41%
2036	5,117,124	359,119,002	0.88%	0.4%
2037	5,161,085	360,517,853	0.86%	0.39%
2038	5,204,053	361,895,407	0.83%	0.38%
2039	5,245,902	363,229,908	0.8%	0.37%
2040	5,286,595	364,512,364	0.78%	0.35%
2041	5,326,183	365,753,139	0.75%	0.34%
2042	5,364,671	366,969,419	0.72%	0.33%
2043	5,402,037	368,146,925	0.7%	0.32%
2044	5,438,259	369,258,123	0.67%	0.3%
2045	5,473,283	370,318,770	0.64%	0.29%
2046	5,507,148	371,328,255	0.62%	0.27%
2047	5,539,873	372,299,116	0.59%	0.26%
2048	5,571,404	373,230,539	0.57%	0.25%
2049	5,601,670	374,119,803	0.54%	0.24%
2050	5,630,681	374,986,259	0.52%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Panama increased by 647,009 people (a 19.5% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Panama gained 654,958 (a 16.5% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Panama was ranked 128th most populous country in 2005 and is still 128th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.