Country or area · Central America · Latin America and the Caribbean · Americas · UN WPP 2024

Panama population

Panama population now

4,638,962

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 4.6–4.7 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 4,458,759

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 4.62571 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 4.6–4.7 million
Median age: 31.6
Aged 65+: 10.0%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 1,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

PAN · 1950–2100 · in brief

Panama in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 4,458,759 people in Panama: the 129th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.06% of the world's people. That is 5.2 times its 1950 population of 861 thousand.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2080 at 6.0 million, then falling to 5.9 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 3.8 million to 8.9 million.

The medium projection has deaths passing births in 2078 and staying above them from then on. The population still grows until 2080, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 18.7 in 1950 and 30.6 in 2023; the projection has 49.0 in 2100. 9.1% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 31.2% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2061 at 3.6 million.

By size it is the 129th country in 2023; the projection puts it 125th in 2050 and 118th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Slovakia in 2039, Costa Rica in 2043 and Finland in 2044. It is overtaken by Eritrea in 2049, Gabon in 2083 and Qatar in 2083.

Population, mid-2023: 4,458,759
Rank by population, 2023: 129 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.06%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +1.32% · +57,986 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 60
Land area, 2023: 74,180 km²
Births, 2023: 71,469
Deaths, 2023: 21,272
Net migration, 2023: +7,262
Children per woman, 2023: 2.12
Median age, 2023: 30.6 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 79.6 years
In a city, 2025: 49 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 860,850
Projected, mid-2050: 5,630,680
Projected, mid-2100: 5,904,927

PAN · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Panama, 1950–2100

Panama: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	850,600		34,787	11,144	5.57	55.4
1951	estimate	871,100		35,770	10,973	5.62	55.9
1952	estimate	892,899		36,845	10,874	5.67	56.4
1953	estimate	916,001		37,982	10,825	5.72	56.8
1954	estimate	940,390		38,898	10,856	5.72	57.2
1955	estimate	965,781		39,893	10,962	5.73	57.5
1956	estimate	992,143		40,961	10,994	5.75	57.9
1957	estimate	1,019,599		42,106	11,041	5.76	58.3
1958	estimate	1,048,218		43,277	10,944	5.76	59.0
1959	estimate	1,078,107		44,699	10,893	5.79	59.6
1960	estimate	1,109,494		46,238	10,808	5.83	60.3
1961	estimate	1,142,515		47,872	10,773	5.87	60.9
1962	estimate	1,177,224		49,345	10,808	5.87	61.4
1963	estimate	1,213,378		50,782	10,910	5.87	61.8
1964	estimate	1,250,870		51,856	11,049	5.81	62.1
1965	estimate	1,289,260		52,799	11,196	5.73	62.3
1966	estimate	1,328,410		53,765	11,308	5.65	62.6
1967	estimate	1,368,365		54,478	11,424	5.53	62.9
1968	estimate	1,408,890		55,101	11,460	5.41	63.2
1969	estimate	1,450,003		55,729	11,451	5.29	63.7
1970	estimate	1,491,768		56,535	11,460	5.17	64.1
1971	estimate	1,534,371		57,180	11,312	5.05	64.7
1972	estimate	1,577,791		57,527	11,216	4.91	65.2
1973	estimate	1,621,655		57,588	11,048	4.74	65.8
1974	estimate	1,665,725		57,695	10,761	4.58	66.5
1975	estimate	1,710,127		57,682	10,532	4.41	67.2
1976	estimate	1,754,650		57,722	10,414	4.26	67.8
1977	estimate	1,799,220		57,795	10,355	4.12	68.3
1978	estimate	1,843,865		58,025	10,331	3.98	68.7
1979	estimate	1,888,757		58,707	10,345	3.88	69.1
1980	estimate	1,934,346		59,476	10,399	3.80	69.5
1981	estimate	1,980,722		60,498	10,480	3.72	69.8
1982	estimate	2,028,114		61,605	10,747	3.66	69.9
1983	estimate	2,076,429		62,793	10,913	3.60	70.1
1984	estimate	2,125,784		63,480	11,045	3.52	70.4
1985	estimate	2,175,779		63,845	11,274	3.43	70.5
1986	estimate	2,226,051		64,197	11,516	3.34	70.7
1987	estimate	2,276,599		64,433	11,745	3.25	70.8
1988	estimate	2,327,341		64,750	11,983	3.17	70.9
1989	estimate	2,378,355		65,357	13,061	3.12	70.1
1990	estimate	2,429,285		65,894	12,445	3.07	71.3
1991	estimate	2,481,881		65,837	12,758	3.00	71.3
1992	estimate	2,534,650		66,211	13,025	2.95	71.5
1993	estimate	2,588,021		66,692	13,102	2.91	71.8
1994	estimate	2,642,176		67,232	13,388	2.88	71.9
1995	estimate	2,696,915		67,842	13,774	2.85	72.0
1996	estimate	2,752,199		68,520	14,007	2.83	72.2
1997	estimate	2,808,255		69,154	14,093	2.81	72.5
1998	estimate	2,865,136		69,788	14,306	2.79	72.8
1999	estimate	2,922,692		70,326	14,417	2.77	73.1
2000	estimate	2,980,952		70,773	14,538	2.74	73.4
2001	estimate	3,039,785		71,276	14,621	2.72	73.8
2002	estimate	3,099,288		71,715	14,706	2.70	74.2
2003	estimate	3,159,400		72,250	14,791	2.68	74.6
2004	estimate	3,220,214		73,308	15,027	2.68	74.8
2005	estimate	3,282,095		73,219	15,205	2.64	75.2
2006	estimate	3,343,956		73,521	15,455	2.62	75.4
2007	estimate	3,406,093		74,220	15,765	2.61	75.7
2008	estimate	3,468,887		75,006	16,045	2.61	75.9
2009	estimate	3,532,410		75,482	16,313	2.59	76.2
2010	estimate	3,596,352		76,140	16,725	2.59	76.4
2011	estimate	3,660,718		77,488	17,079	2.60	76.7
2012	estimate	3,726,291		77,938	17,467	2.59	76.9
2013	estimate	3,792,220		78,114	17,817	2.57	77.1
2014	estimate	3,858,439		78,413	18,189	2.55	77.4
2015	estimate	3,925,762		78,563	18,666	2.53	77.6
2016	estimate	3,994,307		78,547	19,092	2.50	77.8
2017	estimate	4,063,866		78,206	19,598	2.46	77.9
2018	estimate	4,133,548		77,189	19,682	2.40	78.3
2019	estimate	4,202,173		74,406	19,984	2.29	78.5
2020	estimate	4,267,228		71,775	25,176	2.18	76.3
2021	estimate	4,319,294		71,269	24,520	2.15	77.0
2022	estimate	4,371,516		71,463	20,910	2.14	79.3
2023	estimate	4,430,030		71,469	21,272	2.12	79.6
2024	estimate	4,487,488		71,650	22,189	2.11	79.8
2025	projection	4,543,666	4.5–4.6 million	71,610	22,707	2.09	80.0
2026	projection	4,598,712	4.6–4.6 million	71,573	23,224	2.07	80.2
2027	projection	4,652,724	4.6–4.7 million	71,517	23,777	2.06	80.3
2028	projection	4,705,759	4.7–4.8 million	71,482	24,337	2.04	80.5
2029	projection	4,757,873	4.7–4.8 million	71,338	24,911	2.02	80.7
2030	projection	4,808,870	4.7–4.9 million	71,262	25,509	2.01	80.9
2031	projection	4,858,847	4.8–5.0 million	71,315	26,122	2.00	81.0
2032	projection	4,907,926	4.8–5.0 million	71,414	26,731	1.99	81.2
2033	projection	4,956,224	4.8–5.1 million	71,364	27,379	1.97	81.4
2034	projection	5,003,390	4.8–5.2 million	71,321	28,028	1.96	81.6
2035	projection	5,049,603	4.9–5.2 million	71,311	28,725	1.95	81.8
2036	projection	5,094,923	4.9–5.3 million	71,294	29,422	1.95	81.9
2037	projection	5,139,328	4.9–5.4 million	71,235	30,142	1.94	82.1
2038	projection	5,182,843	4.9–5.4 million	71,050	30,887	1.93	82.3
2039	projection	5,225,276	5.0–5.5 million	70,746	31,628	1.92	82.4
2040	projection	5,266,527	5.0–5.6 million	70,404	32,413	1.92	82.6
2041	projection	5,306,656	5.0–5.6 million	70,051	33,200	1.91	82.8
2042	projection	5,345,709	5.0–5.7 million	69,626	33,986	1.90	82.9
2043	projection	5,383,618	5.0–5.8 million	69,280	34,807	1.89	83.1
2044	projection	5,420,443	5.0–5.8 million	68,899	35,607	1.89	83.2
2045	projection	5,456,077	5.1–5.9 million	68,532	36,431	1.88	83.4
2046	projection	5,490,476	5.1–5.9 million	68,239	37,267	1.88	83.5
2047	projection	5,523,807	5.1–6.0 million	67,809	38,139	1.87	83.7
2048	projection	5,555,925	5.1–6.0 million	67,499	39,012	1.87	83.8
2049	projection	5,586,871	5.1–6.1 million	67,147	39,884	1.86	84.0
2050	projection	5,616,462	5.1–6.2 million	66,757	40,748	1.85	84.1
2051	projection	5,644,898	5.1–6.2 million	66,298	41,640	1.85	84.2
2052	projection	5,672,059	5.1–6.3 million	65,854	42,512	1.84	84.4
2053	projection	5,697,873	5.1–6.3 million	65,485	43,350	1.84	84.5
2054	projection	5,722,520	5.1–6.4 million	65,153	44,211	1.83	84.6
2055	projection	5,745,934	5.1–6.4 million	64,836	45,043	1.83	84.8
2056	projection	5,768,264	5.1–6.5 million	64,567	45,861	1.83	84.9
2057	projection	5,789,458	5.1–6.6 million	64,295	46,665	1.82	85.0
2058	projection	5,809,672	5.1–6.6 million	64,041	47,442	1.82	85.2
2059	projection	5,828,948	5.1–6.7 million	63,801	48,244	1.82	85.3
2060	projection	5,847,055	5.1–6.7 million	63,548	48,971	1.81	85.4
2061	projection	5,864,266	5.0–6.8 million	63,339	49,668	1.81	85.6
2062	projection	5,880,559	5.0–6.8 million	63,101	50,386	1.81	85.7
2063	projection	5,895,918	5.0–6.9 million	62,960	51,037	1.81	85.8
2064	projection	5,910,325	5.0–6.9 million	62,701	51,679	1.80	85.9
2065	projection	5,923,959	5.0–7.0 million	62,435	52,315	1.80	86.1
2066	projection	5,936,693	5.0–7.1 million	62,337	52,949	1.80	86.2
2067	projection	5,948,697	5.0–7.1 million	62,152	53,571	1.80	86.3
2068	projection	5,959,805	4.9–7.2 million	61,912	54,169	1.80	86.4
2069	projection	5,970,251	4.9–7.2 million	61,675	54,746	1.79	86.5
2070	projection	5,979,858	4.9–7.3 million	61,372	55,310	1.79	86.7
2071	projection	5,988,567	4.9–7.3 million	61,100	55,830	1.79	86.8
2072	projection	5,996,531	4.8–7.4 million	60,865	56,357	1.79	86.9
2073	projection	6,003,739	4.8–7.4 million	60,557	56,931	1.78	87.0
2074	projection	6,010,001	4.8–7.5 million	60,184	57,436	1.78	87.2
2075	projection	6,015,481	4.8–7.5 million	59,875	57,978	1.78	87.3
2076	projection	6,019,964	4.7–7.6 million	59,422	58,475	1.77	87.4
2077	projection	6,023,593	4.7–7.6 million	59,125	58,972	1.77	87.5
2078	projection	6,026,406	4.7–7.7 million	58,752	59,488	1.77	87.6
2079	projection	6,028,430	4.6–7.7 million	58,497	59,996	1.77	87.8
2080	projection	6,029,576	4.6–7.8 million	58,165	60,463	1.76	87.9
2081	projection	6,029,892	4.6–7.8 million	57,825	60,954	1.76	88.0
2082	projection	6,029,431	4.5–7.9 million	57,454	61,446	1.76	88.1
2083	projection	6,028,131	4.5–8.0 million	57,152	61,911	1.76	88.2
2084	projection	6,026,016	4.5–8.0 million	56,816	62,283	1.75	88.3
2085	projection	6,023,239	4.4–8.1 million	56,522	62,687	1.75	88.4
2086	projection	6,019,668	4.4–8.1 million	56,241	63,018	1.75	88.5
2087	projection	6,015,598	4.3–8.2 million	55,998	63,362	1.75	88.7
2088	projection	6,010,882	4.3–8.2 million	55,763	63,776	1.75	88.8
2089	projection	6,005,603	4.3–8.3 million	55,483	64,089	1.75	88.9
2090	projection	5,999,563	4.2–8.3 million	55,210	64,409	1.75	89.0
2091	projection	5,993,071	4.2–8.4 million	54,980	64,719	1.74	89.1
2092	projection	5,986,014	4.2–8.5 million	54,752	64,997	1.74	89.2
2093	projection	5,978,472	4.1–8.5 million	54,498	65,270	1.74	89.3
2094	projection	5,970,285	4.1–8.6 million	54,299	65,555	1.74	89.5
2095	projection	5,961,644	4.0–8.6 million	54,083	65,846	1.74	89.6
2096	projection	5,952,357	4.0–8.7 million	53,841	66,106	1.74	89.7
2097	projection	5,942,663	3.9–8.7 million	53,606	66,337	1.74	89.8
2098	projection	5,932,542	3.9–8.8 million	53,356	66,575	1.74	89.9
2099	projection	5,921,852	3.8–8.9 million	53,130	66,773	1.74	90.0
2100	projection	5,910,734	3.8–8.9 million	52,913	66,953	1.74	90.1

Show the numbers: Panama, mid-2026, by single year of age

Panama: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	36,443	34,678
1	36,466	34,688
2	36,418	34,632
3	36,346	34,551
4	36,328	34,526
5	36,478	34,612
6	37,284	35,311
7	38,646	36,565
8	39,650	37,478
9	40,025	37,831
10	40,088	37,962
11	39,976	37,969
12	39,795	37,864
13	39,600	37,754
14	39,368	37,610
15	38,861	37,177
16	38,326	36,700
17	38,026	36,448
18	37,715	36,177
19	37,370	35,855
20	37,150	35,667
21	37,128	35,684
22	36,931	35,538
23	36,593	35,265
24	36,416	35,154
25	36,244	35,058
26	36,067	34,952
27	35,870	34,826
28	35,604	34,644
29	35,293	34,423
30	34,948	34,183
31	34,590	33,928
32	34,256	33,677
33	33,940	33,432
34	33,654	33,195
35	33,490	33,056
36	33,280	32,848
37	32,908	32,466
38	32,570	32,142
39	32,298	31,900
40	31,994	31,645
41	31,642	31,352
42	31,208	30,965
43	30,570	30,381
44	29,829	29,690
45	29,121	29,028
46	28,480	28,444
47	27,917	27,928
48	27,472	27,529
49	27,148	27,266
50	26,844	27,036
51	26,536	26,818
52	26,196	26,568
53	25,821	26,282
54	25,371	25,927
55	24,786	25,421
56	24,096	24,795
57	23,402	24,170
58	22,730	23,596
59	22,036	23,008
60	21,284	22,342
61	20,500	21,629
62	19,712	20,883
63	18,841	20,036
64	17,905	19,120
65	16,949	18,170
66	16,002	17,216
67	15,102	16,325
68	14,270	15,520
69	13,490	14,780
70	12,723	14,070
71	11,971	13,394
72	11,241	12,744
73	10,496	12,062
74	9,728	11,351
75	8,988	10,657
76	8,266	9,994
77	7,501	9,242
78	6,797	8,522
79	6,202	7,944
80	5,624	7,370
81	5,072	6,808
82	4,549	6,264
83	4,052	5,733
84	3,580	5,216
85	3,128	4,712
86	2,694	4,218
87	2,282	3,731
88	1,890	3,249
89	1,528	2,778
90	1,206	2,332
91	932	1,925
92	710	1,566
93	532	1,258
94	392	996
95	282	774
96	197	585
97	132	429
98	85	303
99	53	208
100+	72	382

PAN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Panama, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

PAN · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Panama

On the UN's projection, Panama will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2061: 3,600,050 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 2,927,940.

100 aged 15–64

38 children

14 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

PAN · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Panama, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Panama gains 6,647 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 1,192 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 200 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 11,130 (2018), and a loss of 3,140 (1950).

In 2024, 477,749 people living in Panama had been born in another country, 11 of every 100 people there, against 3 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

PAN · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Panama

Of every 100 babies born in Panama in 2023, 15 had a mother under 20, 72 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 13 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 16 under 20 and 13 aged 35 or older.

1950
16 · 71 · 13

2023
15 · 72 · 13

2050 · projected
8 · 72 · 20

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 71,469
Average age when women have a baby: 27.3 years; 28.2 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 57; 124 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Panama by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	135	241	556	328	96	13
15–19	5,318	10,702	13,324	10,193	5,205	1,486
20–24	10,667	18,906	20,272	20,241	16,530	8,229
25–29	8,575	13,974	17,345	17,733	16,585	14,388
30–34	5,463	7,921	11,993	13,241	15,100	15,789
35–39	3,424	4,447	5,739	7,506	9,944	9,912
40–44	1,068	1,273	1,351	2,015	3,092	2,917
45–49	133	211	187	207	202	177
50–54	4	7	6	5	3	2
All babies	34,787	57,682	70,773	71,469	66,757	52,913

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

PAN · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Panama

In Panama, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 66.7 (95% range 65.9–67.6), out of 77.2 in all. That leaves 10.5 years in less than full health, more than the world's 9.5: a longer life usually brings a longer stretch of illness near its end.

Women

68.3 in full health, 12.0 not: 80.3 years

Men

65.3 in full health, 9.1 not: 74.4 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 68.3 healthy years of 80.3. Men: 65.3 of 74.4. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 68.3.

PAN · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Panama

At the end of 2025, Panama was hosting 64,109 people who had crossed a border into it, about 14 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad64,109
Panama nationals abroad3,368

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 2,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Panama living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, Panama counted its 790 new asylum claims as cases, a family as one; 832 people from Panama asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Panama whose claims were decided that year, 35 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

PAN · of every 100 people

How people live in Panama

Of every 100 people in Panama in 2025, 49 lived in a city, 20 in a town or suburb and 31 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

4 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 27.2 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

PAN · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Panama went in school

Of every 100 adults in Panama in 2020, 5 never went to school and 51 finished upper secondary or went further.

5 never went to school 8 some primary 24 finished primary 12 finished lower secondary 27 finished upper secondary 24 studied after school

Among women, 2 of every 100 aged 25–29 never went to school, against 7.6 of every 100 aged 60–64; among men, 1.6 against 5.3.

Its people aged 15 to 64 are projected to be most numerous in 2060; the ones who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2070.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

PAN · cities · 2025

Cities in Panama

Panama had 5 cities in 2025, home to 2.3 million people. The largest, Panama City, holds 33 of every 100 people in Panama.

Panama City1,527,393
Arraiján257,136
Colón187,007
La Chorrera166,922
David121,467

How to read this: the 5 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Panama are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.