Population in Panama compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Panama and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Panama	Vatican	Panama	Vatican
1960	1,126,005	-	-	-
1961	1,159,870	-	3.01%	-
1962	1,195,301	-	3.05%	-
1963	1,232,124	-	3.08%	-
1964	1,270,065	-	3.08%	-
1965	1,308,835	-	3.05%	-
1966	1,348,388	-	3.02%	-
1967	1,388,628	-	2.98%	-
1968	1,429,447	-	2.94%	-
1969	1,470,886	-	2.9%	-
1970	1,513,070	-	2.87%	-
1971	1,556,081	-	2.84%	-
1972	1,599,723	-	2.8%	-
1973	1,643,690	-	2.75%	-
1974	1,687,926	-	2.69%	-
1975	1,732,389	-	2.63%	-
1976	1,776,935	-	2.57%	-
1977	1,821,543	-	2.51%	-
1978	1,866,311	-	2.46%	-
1979	1,911,552	-	2.42%	-
1980	1,957,534	-	2.41%	-
1981	2,004,418	-	2.4%	-
1982	2,052,271	-	2.39%	-
1983	2,101,106	-	2.38%	-
1984	2,150,782	-	2.36%	-
1985	2,200,915	-	2.33%	-
1986	2,251,325	-	2.29%	-
1987	2,301,970	-	2.25%	-
1988	2,352,848	-	2.21%	-
1989	2,403,820	-	2.17%	-
1990	2,455,583	-	2.15%	-
1991	2,508,265	-	2.15%	-
1992	2,561,336	-	2.12%	-
1993	2,615,099	-	2.1%	-
1994	2,669,546	-	2.08%	-
1995	2,724,557	-	2.06%	-
1996	2,780,227	-	2.04%	-
1997	2,836,695	-	2.03%	-
1998	2,893,914	-	2.02%	-
1999	2,951,822	-	2%	-
2000	3,010,369	880	1.98%	-
2001	3,069,537	890	1.97%	1.14%
2002	3,129,344	900	1.95%	1.12%
2003	3,189,807	911	1.93%	1.22%
2004	3,251,155	921	1.92%	1.1%
2005	3,313,026	921	1.9%	0%
2006	3,375,024	932	1.87%	1.19%
2007	3,437,490	821	1.85%	-11.9%
2008	3,500,648	824	1.84%	0.37%
2009	3,564,381	826	1.82%	0.24%
2010	3,628,535	829	1.8%	0.36%
2011	3,693,505	832	1.79%	0.36%
2012	3,759,256	836	1.78%	0.48%
2013	3,825,329	839	1.76%	0.36%
2014	3,892,101	842	1.75%	0.36%
2015	3,960,035	1,000	1.75%	18.8%
2016	4,029,086	-	1.74%	0%
2017	4,098,707	1,000	1.73%	0%
2018	4,167,860	-	1.69%	0%
2019	4,234,700	1,000	1.6%	0%
2020	4,293,261	987	1.38%	-1.29%
2021	4,345,405	970	1.21%	-1.68%
2022	4,400,773	944	1.27%	-2.66%
2023	4,458,759	922	1.32%	-2.34%
2024	4,515,577	933	1.27%	1.2%
2025	4,571,195	939	1.23%	0.59%
2026	4,625,720	952	1.19%	1.37%
2027	4,679,241	974	1.16%	2.32%
2028	4,731,818	985	1.12%	1.13%
2029	4,783,378	983	1.09%	-0.19%
2030	4,833,856	976	1.06%	-0.75%
2031	4,883,390	968	1.02%	-0.75%
2032	4,932,075	968	1%	0%
2033	4,979,812	988	0.97%	2.09%
2034	5,026,494	992	0.94%	0.37%
2035	5,072,267	1,000	0.91%	0.74%
2036	5,117,124	998	0.88%	-0.18%
2037	5,161,085	1,003	0.86%	0.55%
2038	5,204,053	1,022	0.83%	1.83%
2039	5,245,902	1,060	0.8%	3.78%
2040	5,286,595	1,095	0.78%	3.3%
2041	5,326,183	1,127	0.75%	2.86%
2042	5,364,671	1,149	0.72%	1.96%
2043	5,402,037	1,169	0.7%	1.76%
2044	5,438,259	1,186	0.67%	1.42%
2045	5,473,283	1,209	0.64%	2.02%
2046	5,507,148	1,224	0.62%	1.22%
2047	5,539,873	1,248	0.59%	1.95%
2048	5,571,404	1,272	0.57%	1.92%
2049	5,601,670	1,296	0.54%	1.88%
2050	5,630,681	1,325	0.52%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Panama increased by 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Panama gained 597,218 (a 14.8% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Panama was ranked 128th most populous country in 2006 and is still 128th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.