Panama's population rose from 2.78M in 1996 to 4.57M in 2025.
Panama · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Panama's population growth fell from 2.0 % in 1996 to 1.2 % in 2025.
Panama's population density rose from 35.9 in 1994 to 60.1 in 2023.
Panama's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.7 % in 1996 to 50.0 % in 2025.
Panama's urbanisation rose from 59.2 % in 1996 to 66.2 % in 2025.
Panama's urban population rose from 1.65M in 1996 to 3.02M in 2025.
Panama's rural population rose from 1.13M in 1996 to 1.55M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.6 %97th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.0 %98th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +3.0 %196th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.6 %160th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs112th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts97th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.1 pts80th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.3 pts102nd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.1 pts138th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.4 pts99th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −8.3 %49th of 217
- Migrant stockup +3.3 pts80th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −2.4 %113th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs55th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs53rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs57th of 217