Demographics of Panama

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Panama is projected at 4.38 million, up by 1.55% compared with 4.31 million in 2020. Panama is ranked 128th in terms of population and 69th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 79.75 thousand births in Panama in 2021. That is 219 per day, which is ranked 119th. The crude birth rate is 18.21 per 1000 people. There are 22.68 thousand deaths in Panama in 2021. That is 62 per day, which is ranked 138th. The crude death rate is 5.18 per 1000 people.

2.99 million people are living in urban areas, which is 68.78% of Panama population. Panama is ranked 103rd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Panama in 2021 is 100.16 males per 100 females. There are 2.193 million males and 2.189 million females in Panama. The percentage of female population is 49.96% compare to 50.04% male population. Panama has 3.58 thousand more males than females. Panama is at 131st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Panama population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	859,658	-
1955	981,083	2.81
1960	1,133,005	2.99
1965	1,314,679	3
1970	1,519,286	2.9
1975	1,745,142	2.71
1980	1,978,489	2.44
1985	2,219,200	2.25
1990	2,470,946	2.13
1995	2,739,667	2.07
2000	3,030,333	1.99
2005	3,330,222	1.86
2010	3,642,691	1.77
2015	3,968,490	1.72
2016	4,037,073	1.73
2017	4,106,764	1.73
2018	4,176,868	1.71
2019	4,246,440	1.67
2020	4,314,768	1.61
2021	4,381,583	1.55

Total
Crude

Panama death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	10,926	35,804	12.52	41.09
1955	11,101	41,037	11.26	41.67
1960	11,226	47,083	9.87	41.43
1965	11,399	52,628	8.64	39.96
1970	11,467	57,238	7.53	37.58
1975	11,182	59,968	6.41	34.36
1980	11,071	61,188	5.59	30.90
1985	11,498	62,956	5.17	28.33
1990	12,234	64,933	4.95	26.25
1995	13,221	68,025	4.82	24.78
2000	14,495	71,070	4.78	23.45
2005	16,118	73,464	4.84	22.04
2010	17,942	76,945	4.92	21.10
2015	19,871	78,902	5.00	19.86
2020	22,169	79,571	5.14	18.45
2021	22,682	79,754	5.18	18.21

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Panama

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	307,441	552,218	-	35.763
1955	377,396	603,636	4.29	38.469
1960	467,323	665,598	4.41	41.249
1965	584,097	730,529	4.53	44.431
1970	723,791	795,508	4.22	47.640
1975	855,822	889,383	3.30	49.038
1980	998,139	980,439	3.03	50.447
1985	1,157,199	1,062,077	2.92	52.143
1990	1,331,936	1,139,073	2.90	53.903
1995	1,592,910	1,146,820	3.57	58.141
2000	1,884,828	1,145,519	3.23	62.198
2005	2,120,900	1,209,565	2.34	63.682
2010	2,373,195	1,270,027	2.24	65.140
2015	2,647,313	1,321,936	2.17	66.696
2020	2,934,512	1,354,818	2.02	68.414
2021	2,993,059	1,358,886	2.00	68.775

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Panama population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	199,047	190,169	389,216	8.88	104.668
05-09	197,726	189,371	387,097	8.83	104.412
10-14	190,631	182,769	373,400	8.52	104.302
15-19	183,284	176,809	360,093	8.22	103.662
20-24	178,331	174,145	352,476	8.04	102.404
25-29	168,056	165,689	333,745	7.62	101.429
30-34	160,909	159,591	320,500	7.31	100.826
35-39	153,334	151,816	305,150	6.96	101.000
40-44	145,853	145,442	291,295	6.65	100.283
45-49	136,193	136,746	272,939	6.23	99.596
50-54	119,668	121,310	240,978	5.50	98.646
55-59	100,763	103,882	204,645	4.67	96.998
60-64	80,723	85,203	165,926	3.79	94.742
65-69	61,312	66,765	128,077	2.92	91.833
70-74	44,858	50,420	95,278	2.17	88.969
75-79	31,654	36,984	68,638	1.57	85.588
80-84	20,500	25,326	45,826	1.05	80.944
85-89	11,687	15,328	27,015	0.62	76.246
90-94	5,580	7,704	13,284	0.30	72.430
95-99	1,972	2,835	4,807	0.11	69.559
100+	503	695	1,198	0.03	72.374
Total	2,192,584	2,188,999	4,381,583		100.164