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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Panama	Zambia	Panama	Zambia
1960	1,126,005	3,153,729	-	-
1961	1,159,870	3,254,086	3.01%	3.18%
1962	1,195,301	3,358,099	3.05%	3.2%
1963	1,232,124	3,465,907	3.08%	3.21%
1964	1,270,065	3,577,017	3.08%	3.21%
1965	1,308,835	3,692,086	3.05%	3.22%
1966	1,348,388	3,812,003	3.02%	3.25%
1967	1,388,628	3,936,343	2.98%	3.26%
1968	1,429,447	4,065,593	2.94%	3.28%
1969	1,470,886	4,197,116	2.9%	3.24%
1970	1,513,070	4,321,718	2.87%	2.97%
1971	1,556,081	4,442,525	2.84%	2.8%
1972	1,599,723	4,569,309	2.8%	2.85%
1973	1,643,690	4,702,693	2.75%	2.92%
1974	1,687,926	4,842,746	2.69%	2.98%
1975	1,732,389	4,990,086	2.63%	3.04%
1976	1,776,935	5,143,842	2.57%	3.08%
1977	1,821,543	5,302,480	2.51%	3.08%
1978	1,866,311	5,465,374	2.46%	3.07%
1979	1,911,552	5,631,728	2.42%	3.04%
1980	1,957,534	5,802,833	2.41%	3.04%
1981	2,004,418	5,983,289	2.4%	3.11%
1982	2,052,271	6,178,637	2.39%	3.26%
1983	2,101,106	6,381,038	2.38%	3.28%
1984	2,150,782	6,580,490	2.36%	3.13%
1985	2,200,915	6,780,953	2.33%	3.05%
1986	2,251,325	6,986,471	2.29%	3.03%
1987	2,301,970	7,191,282	2.25%	2.93%
1988	2,352,848	7,391,440	2.21%	2.78%
1989	2,403,820	7,589,216	2.17%	2.68%
1990	2,455,583	7,786,169	2.15%	2.6%
1991	2,508,265	7,981,650	2.15%	2.51%
1992	2,561,336	8,176,680	2.12%	2.44%
1993	2,615,099	8,373,921	2.1%	2.41%
1994	2,669,546	8,576,269	2.08%	2.42%
1995	2,724,557	8,785,763	2.06%	2.44%
1996	2,780,227	9,004,053	2.04%	2.48%
1997	2,836,695	9,237,063	2.03%	2.59%
1998	2,893,914	9,482,408	2.02%	2.66%
1999	2,951,822	9,740,005	2%	2.72%
2000	3,010,369	10,017,631	1.98%	2.85%
2001	3,069,537	10,325,185	1.97%	3.07%
2002	3,129,344	10,647,949	1.95%	3.13%
2003	3,189,807	10,983,595	1.93%	3.15%
2004	3,251,155	11,338,198	1.92%	3.23%
2005	3,313,026	11,718,819	1.9%	3.36%
2006	3,375,024	12,129,553	1.87%	3.5%
2007	3,437,490	12,565,085	1.85%	3.59%
2008	3,500,648	13,021,324	1.84%	3.63%
2009	3,564,381	13,490,389	1.82%	3.6%
2010	3,628,535	13,965,594	1.8%	3.52%
2011	3,693,505	14,437,796	1.79%	3.38%
2012	3,759,256	14,913,629	1.78%	3.3%
2013	3,825,329	15,398,997	1.76%	3.25%
2014	3,892,101	15,895,315	1.75%	3.22%
2015	3,960,035	16,399,089	1.75%	3.17%
2016	4,029,086	16,914,423	1.74%	3.14%
2017	4,098,707	17,441,320	1.73%	3.12%
2018	4,167,860	17,973,569	1.69%	3.05%
2019	4,234,700	18,513,839	1.6%	3.01%
2020	4,293,261	19,059,395	1.38%	2.95%
2021	4,345,405	19,603,607	1.21%	2.86%
2022	4,400,773	20,152,938	1.27%	2.8%
2023	4,458,759	20,723,965	1.32%	2.83%
2024	4,515,577	21,314,956	1.27%	2.85%
2025	4,571,195	21,913,869	1.23%	2.81%
2026	4,625,720	22,521,905	1.19%	2.77%
2027	4,679,241	23,138,716	1.16%	2.74%
2028	4,731,818	23,761,368	1.12%	2.69%
2029	4,783,378	24,389,681	1.09%	2.64%
2030	4,833,856	25,024,887	1.06%	2.6%
2031	4,883,390	25,666,496	1.02%	2.56%
2032	4,932,075	26,311,946	1%	2.51%
2033	4,979,812	26,960,073	0.97%	2.46%
2034	5,026,494	27,611,621	0.94%	2.42%
2035	5,072,267	28,266,887	0.91%	2.37%
2036	5,117,124	28,925,103	0.88%	2.33%
2037	5,161,085	29,583,482	0.86%	2.28%
2038	5,204,053	30,240,549	0.83%	2.22%
2039	5,245,902	30,895,586	0.8%	2.17%
2040	5,286,595	31,550,394	0.78%	2.12%
2041	5,326,183	32,204,340	0.75%	2.07%
2042	5,364,671	32,856,596	0.72%	2.03%
2043	5,402,037	33,510,500	0.7%	1.99%
2044	5,438,259	34,165,920	0.67%	1.96%
2045	5,473,283	34,821,101	0.64%	1.92%
2046	5,507,148	35,475,795	0.62%	1.88%
2047	5,539,873	36,129,270	0.59%	1.84%
2048	5,571,404	36,782,260	0.57%	1.81%
2049	5,601,670	37,434,667	0.54%	1.77%
2050	5,630,681	38,083,369	0.52%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Panama increased by 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Panama gained 597,218 (a 14.8% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Panama was ranked 128th most populous country in 2006 and is still 128th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.