The latest officially reported population of Panama was 4,515,577 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Panama's population is 4,614,993 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.
Population statistics:
- Yemen's population is 9.26 times bigger than Panama's.
- Panama is ranked the 128th most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
- The countries together account for 0.57% of the world: 0.06% for Panama vs 0.52% for Yemen.
- For the last 10 years, Panama has had an average growth rate of +1.52% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
- Since 2005, the population of Panama has increased from 3.31M people to 4.61M (39.3% growth), while Yemen has grown from 22.8M to 42.7M (87.5% growth).
- Panama is projected to reach its peak in 2080 at 6.03M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2100 for Yemen.
Panama vs Yemen: live population counter
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| Current population |
4614993
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42727988
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| Population rank | 128/197 | 37/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.06% | 0.52% |
| One net population change |
9.25 minutes
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26.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
7.35 minutes
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22.7 seconds
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| One death every |
24.7 minutes
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2.78 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.31 hours
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50.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +6,706 | -10,482 |
| Daily growth/decline | +156 | +3,267 |
| Annual growth/decline | +56,818 | +1,192,365 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.27% | +3.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 85/197 | 14/197 |
Panama and Yemen: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,126,005 | 5,532,301 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,159,870 | 5,655,232 | 3.01% | 2.22% |
| 1962 | 1,195,301 | 5,782,221 | 3.05% | 2.25% |
| 1963 | 1,232,124 | 5,911,135 | 3.08% | 2.23% |
| 1964 | 1,270,065 | 6,048,006 | 3.08% | 2.32% |
| 1965 | 1,308,835 | 6,195,593 | 3.05% | 2.44% |
| 1966 | 1,348,388 | 6,351,494 | 3.02% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 1,388,628 | 6,516,444 | 2.98% | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 1,429,447 | 6,690,524 | 2.94% | 2.67% |
| 1969 | 1,470,886 | 6,875,859 | 2.9% | 2.77% |
| 1970 | 1,513,070 | 7,065,279 | 2.87% | 2.75% |
| 1971 | 1,556,081 | 7,257,462 | 2.84% | 2.72% |
| 1972 | 1,599,723 | 7,460,068 | 2.8% | 2.79% |
| 1973 | 1,643,690 | 7,672,796 | 2.75% | 2.85% |
| 1974 | 1,687,926 | 7,896,783 | 2.69% | 2.92% |
| 1975 | 1,732,389 | 8,133,598 | 2.63% | 3% |
| 1976 | 1,776,935 | 8,384,113 | 2.57% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 1,821,543 | 8,648,222 | 2.51% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 1,866,311 | 8,926,586 | 2.46% | 3.22% |
| 1979 | 1,911,552 | 9,224,194 | 2.42% | 3.33% |
| 1980 | 1,957,534 | 9,543,358 | 2.41% | 3.46% |
| 1981 | 2,004,418 | 9,882,362 | 2.4% | 3.55% |
| 1982 | 2,052,271 | 10,241,006 | 2.39% | 3.63% |
| 1983 | 2,101,106 | 10,621,499 | 2.38% | 3.72% |
| 1984 | 2,150,782 | 11,025,597 | 2.36% | 3.8% |
| 1985 | 2,200,915 | 11,453,825 | 2.33% | 3.88% |
| 1986 | 2,251,325 | 11,901,040 | 2.29% | 3.9% |
| 1987 | 2,301,970 | 12,369,912 | 2.25% | 3.94% |
| 1988 | 2,352,848 | 12,859,708 | 2.21% | 3.96% |
| 1989 | 2,403,820 | 13,364,174 | 2.17% | 3.92% |
| 1990 | 2,455,583 | 13,887,862 | 2.15% | 3.92% |
| 1991 | 2,508,265 | 14,430,201 | 2.15% | 3.91% |
| 1992 | 2,561,336 | 14,989,494 | 2.12% | 3.88% |
| 1993 | 2,615,099 | 15,563,914 | 2.1% | 3.83% |
| 1994 | 2,669,546 | 16,149,147 | 2.08% | 3.76% |
| 1995 | 2,724,557 | 16,740,058 | 2.06% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 2,780,227 | 17,313,177 | 2.04% | 3.42% |
| 1997 | 2,836,695 | 17,873,936 | 2.03% | 3.24% |
| 1998 | 2,893,914 | 18,446,013 | 2.02% | 3.2% |
| 1999 | 2,951,822 | 19,029,420 | 2% | 3.16% |
| 2000 | 3,010,369 | 19,624,141 | 1.98% | 3.13% |
| 2001 | 3,069,537 | 20,226,147 | 1.97% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 3,129,344 | 20,835,086 | 1.95% | 3.01% |
| 2003 | 3,189,807 | 21,456,379 | 1.93% | 2.98% |
| 2004 | 3,251,155 | 22,095,167 | 1.92% | 2.98% |
| 2005 | 3,313,026 | 22,790,085 | 1.9% | 3.15% |
| 2006 | 3,375,024 | 23,543,083 | 1.87% | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 3,437,490 | 24,318,082 | 1.85% | 3.29% |
| 2008 | 3,500,648 | 25,111,941 | 1.84% | 3.26% |
| 2009 | 3,564,381 | 25,927,724 | 1.82% | 3.25% |
| 2010 | 3,628,535 | 26,754,387 | 1.8% | 3.19% |
| 2011 | 3,693,505 | 27,582,897 | 1.79% | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 3,759,256 | 28,433,647 | 1.78% | 3.08% |
| 2013 | 3,825,329 | 29,312,952 | 1.76% | 3.09% |
| 2014 | 3,892,101 | 30,226,309 | 1.75% | 3.12% |
| 2015 | 3,960,035 | 31,159,379 | 1.75% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 4,029,086 | 32,109,010 | 1.74% | 3.05% |
| 2017 | 4,098,707 | 33,090,921 | 1.73% | 3.06% |
| 2018 | 4,167,860 | 34,085,182 | 1.69% | 3% |
| 2019 | 4,234,700 | 35,111,408 | 1.6% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 4,293,261 | 36,134,863 | 1.38% | 2.91% |
| 2021 | 4,345,405 | 37,140,230 | 1.21% | 2.78% |
| 2022 | 4,400,773 | 38,222,876 | 1.27% | 2.92% |
| 2023 | 4,458,759 | 39,390,799 | 1.32% | 3.06% |
| 2024 | 4,515,577 | 40,583,164 | 1.27% | 3.03% |
| 2025 | 4,571,195 | 41,773,871 | 1.23% | 2.93% |
| 2026 | 4,625,720 | 42,961,650 | 1.19% | 2.84% |
| 2027 | 4,679,241 | 44,145,620 | 1.16% | 2.76% |
| 2028 | 4,731,818 | 45,323,685 | 1.12% | 2.67% |
| 2029 | 4,783,378 | 46,497,573 | 1.09% | 2.59% |
| 2030 | 4,833,856 | 47,667,649 | 1.06% | 2.52% |
| 2031 | 4,883,390 | 48,827,503 | 1.02% | 2.43% |
| 2032 | 4,932,075 | 49,979,089 | 1% | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 4,979,812 | 51,129,867 | 0.97% | 2.3% |
| 2034 | 5,026,494 | 52,279,989 | 0.94% | 2.25% |
| 2035 | 5,072,267 | 53,429,308 | 0.91% | 2.2% |
| 2036 | 5,117,124 | 54,578,046 | 0.88% | 2.15% |
| 2037 | 5,161,085 | 55,724,259 | 0.86% | 2.1% |
| 2038 | 5,204,053 | 56,872,152 | 0.83% | 2.06% |
| 2039 | 5,245,902 | 58,024,713 | 0.8% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 5,286,595 | 59,181,514 | 0.78% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 5,326,183 | 60,345,667 | 0.75% | 1.97% |
| 2042 | 5,364,671 | 61,517,965 | 0.72% | 1.94% |
| 2043 | 5,402,037 | 62,696,517 | 0.7% | 1.92% |
| 2044 | 5,438,259 | 63,880,172 | 0.67% | 1.89% |
| 2045 | 5,473,283 | 65,066,344 | 0.64% | 1.86% |
| 2046 | 5,507,148 | 66,253,578 | 0.62% | 1.82% |
| 2047 | 5,539,873 | 67,438,796 | 0.59% | 1.79% |
| 2048 | 5,571,404 | 68,620,844 | 0.57% | 1.75% |
| 2049 | 5,601,670 | 69,799,794 | 0.54% | 1.72% |
| 2050 | 5,630,681 | 70,976,389 | 0.52% | 1.69% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Panama increased by 647,009 people (a 19.5% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Panama gained 654,958 (a 16.5% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).
Panama was ranked 128th most populous country in 2005 and is still 128th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.
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Population differences between Panama and Yemen
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| Life expectancy | 80 years | 69.6 years |
| Average age | 33.3 years | 23.1 years |
| Median age | 30.9 years | 19.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 2.12 births per woman | 4.59 births per woman |
| Population density | 157.7 ppl/mi² | 199.1 ppl/mi² |
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