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Panama: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
4.57 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+1.2%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.4%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20314.83Forecast
20304.83Forecast
20294.78Forecast
20284.73Forecast
20274.68Forecast
20264.63Forecast
20254.57
20244.52
20234.46
20224.40
20214.35
20204.29
20194.23
20184.17
20174.10
20164.03

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • MOxLAD1900–2010
  • Maddison Project Database1906–2022
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2023
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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