This statistic shows the total population of Panama from 2020 to 2023, with projections up until 2030. In 2023, the total population of Panama amounted to approximately 4.45 million inhabitants. Panama's population Even though the population growth trend in Panama is pointing upwards, a total of only 4.42 million people are expected to inhabit the country by 2020. This is about the size of a medium city in many other parts of the world, and it is relatively small in comparison to other South-American countries. The largest city in Panama is its capital, Panama City, located at the Pacific Ocean on the famous Panama Canal, with a population of about 430,000. The second largest city is San Miguelito with 320,000. The Panama Canal serves to fuel the services sector, and the country's overall GDP per capita is increasing steadily. By 2020, GDP per capita is expected to reach around 17,000 U.S. dollars. A total of 16.7 percent of employment still belongs to the agricultural sector, which is quite high considering that agriculture composes a very small share of total GDP. As is the case with many developing countries, agriculture remains an important source of income for many inhabitants. Addtionally, more than half of Panama's inhabitants live in urban areas. This means that while urbanization is still underway a fairly large proportion of inhabitants still live in rural areas.

The total population of Panama was estimated at 4.51 million people in 2024. Following a continuous upward trend, the total population has risen by 2.53 million people from 1980 to 2024. Looking forward, the total population will rise by 280,000 people until 2030, showing an overall upward trend with periodic ups and downs.This indicator describes the total population in the country at hand. This total population of the country consists of all persons falling within the scope of the census.

. CEIC has a plan to remove the non-standard frequency indicator after the standard frequency indicator has been added and be available on this table. The National Institute of Statistics and Census provides mid-year Population. Population is in annual frequency, ending in June of each year.


Further information about Panama population data

• In the latest reports, Panama Unemployment Rate increased to 9.5 % in Aug 2024
• Monthly earnings of the Panama population was 1,310.4 USD in Aug 2024
• Panama Labour Force Participation Rate increased to 63.3 % in Aug 2024

Over a million of Panama's citizens were aged below 15 years, as of July 2022. Meanwhile, the number of people aged between 35 and 39 years old in the Central American country was of more than *******. Most of the Panamanian population lives in the capital, Panama City.

Comprehensive socio-economic dataset for Panama including population demographics, economic indicators, geographic data, and social statistics. This dataset covers key metrics such as GDP, population density, area, capital city, and regional classifications.

Panama PA: Refugee Population: by Country or Territory of Origin data was reported at 31.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 40.000 Person for 2016. Panama PA: Refugee Population: by Country or Territory of Origin data is updated yearly, averaging 100.000 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 677.000 Person in 1993 and a record low of 30.000 Person in 2003. Panama PA: Refugee Population: by Country or Territory of Origin data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Panama – Table PA.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, people recognized as refugees in accordance with the UNHCR statute, people granted refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of origin generally refers to the nationality or country of citizenship of a claimant.; ; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Statistics Database, Statistical Yearbook and data files, complemented by statistics on Palestinian refugees under the mandate of the UNRWA as published on its website. Data from UNHCR are available online at: www.unhcr.org/en-us/figures-at-a-glance.html.; Sum;

In 2024, the population of Panama amounted to approximately 4.52 million inhabitants, with the same number of women and men at 2.26 million each. Compared to 2008, the population of this Central American country increased by over 35 percent.

While the province of Panama — which includes Panama City — remains the most populated of the Republic of Panama, with approximately **** million inhabitants as of July 1st 2021, the recently created province of Panama Oeste comes in second place in terms of population. Furthermore, the overall population of the Central American country has been increasing lately.

Monthly and long-term Panama Population data: historical series and analyst forecasts curated by FocusEconomics.

Panama PA: International Migrant Stock: % of Population data was reported at 4.701 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.345 % for 2010. Panama PA: International Migrant Stock: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 3.148 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.701 % in 2015 and a record low of 2.539 % in 1990. Panama PA: International Migrant Stock: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Panama – Table PA.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained mainly from population censuses. The estimates are derived from the data on foreign-born population--people who have residence in one country but were born in another country. When data on the foreign-born population are not available, data on foreign population--that is, people who are citizens of a country other than the country in which they reside--are used as estimates. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 people living in one of the newly independent countries who were born in another were classified as international migrants. Estimates of migrant stock in the newly independent states from 1990 on are based on the 1989 census of the Soviet Union. For countries with information on the international migrant stock for at least two points in time, interpolation or extrapolation was used to estimate the international migrant stock on July 1 of the reference years. For countries with only one observation, estimates for the reference years were derived using rates of change in the migrant stock in the years preceding or following the single observation available. A model was used to estimate migrants for countries that had no data.; ; United Nations Population Division, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2008 Revision.; Weighted average;

WorldPop produces different types of gridded population count datasets, depending on the methods used and end application. An overview of the data can be found in Tatem et al, and a description of the modelling methods used found in Stevens et al. The 'Global per country 2000-2020' datasets represent the outputs from a project focused on construction of consistent 100m resolution population count datasets for all countries of the World for each year 2000-2020. These efforts necessarily involved some shortcuts for consistency. The 'individual countries' datasets represent older efforts to map populations for each country separately, using a set of tailored geospatial inputs and differing methods and time periods. The 'whole continent' datasets are mosaics of the individual countries datasets

WorldPop (www.worldpop.org - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton; Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville; Departement de Geographie, Universite de Namur) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2018). Global High Resolution Population Denominators Project - Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134076). https://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00645

Historical dataset showing total population for Panama by year from 1950 to 2025.

This dataset is about cities in Panama. It has 233 rows. It features 3 columns: country, and population.

Panama Population: 40-44 data was reported at 277,685.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 274,032.000 Person for 2016. Panama Population: 40-44 data is updated yearly, averaging 96,737.000 Person from Jun 1950 (Median) to 2017, with 68 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 277,685.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 39,038.000 Person in 1950. Panama Population: 40-44 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Census. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Panama – Table PA.G001: Population.

Historical dataset showing Panama population growth rate by year from 1961 to 2023.

This dataset is about countries per year in Panama. It has 64 rows. It features 4 columns: country, region, and population.

Panama: Population ages 0-14, percent of total: The latest value from 2024 is 24.89 percent, a decline from 25.28 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 25.79 percent, based on data from 196 countries. Historically, the average for Panama from 1960 to 2024 is 35.77 percent. The minimum value, 24.89 percent, was reached in 2024 while the maximum of 44.77 percent was recorded in 1966.

At mid-year 2020, Panama's total international migrant stock amounted to approximately 313,000 people. Venezuela was the main country of origin of immigrants, with 119,553 residents originating from that country. Colombia came in second, as about 50,700 Colombians had immigrated to Panama.

This bar chart displays urban population (people) by country using the aggregation sum in Panama. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

Actual value and historical data chart for Panama Urban Population Percent Of Total