Panama
Population 2026
4,625,719
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.19%
- Density
- 62 per km²
- Land area
- 74,180 km²
- Capital
- Panama City
- Currency
- Balboa (PAB)
- Official languages
- ES-PA, EN
- Urban population
- 66.2%
- Continent
- NA
Demographics
- Births
- 71,5732026
- Deaths
- 23,2272026
- Birth rate
- 15.9per 1,000
- Death rate
- 4.9per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 2.11
- Life expectancy
- 79.8At birth, years
- Median age
- 30.6
- Net migration
- 6,151
Age distribution
- 0–1424.5%
- 15–6465.8%
- 65+9.7%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $90.5B
- GDP per capita
- $19.8K
- GDP growth
- +4.4%
- Inflation
- -0.2%
- Unemployment
- 8.4%
- Exports
- $38.4B
- Imports
- $34.0B
- Tourism receipts
- 9.3%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture2.6%
- Industry24.9%
- Manufacturing4.8%
- Services70.0%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture16.0%
- Industry17.0%
- Services67.0%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama CityPanamá | 408,1682026 |
| 2 | San MiguelitoPanamá | 321,5012026 |
| 3 | Juan DíazPanamá | 100,6362026 |
| 4 | DavidChiriquí Province | 82,9072026 |
| 5 | ColónColón | 78,0002026 |
| 6 | ArraijánPanamá Oeste Province | 76,8152023 |
| 7 | La ChorreraPanamá Oeste Province | 61,2322026 |
| 8 | TocumenPanamá | 50,8442020 |
| 9 | Santiago de VeraguasVeraguas Province | 45,3552026 |
| 10 | ChilibrePanamá | 33,5362021 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4,625,719 | 71.6K | 23.2K |
| 2020 | 4,293,258 | 71.8K | 25.2K |
| 2010 | 3,628,537 | 76.1K | 16.7K |
| 2000 | 3,010,376 | 70.8K | 14.5K |
| 1990 | 2,455,588 | 65.9K | 12.5K |
| 1980 | 1,957,543 | 59.5K | 10.4K |
| 1970 | 1,513,071 | 56.5K | 11.5K |
| 1960 | 1,126,004 | 46.2K | 10.8K |
| 1950 | 860,855 | 34.8K | 11.1K |