Panama Rural Population 1960-2024

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Panama rural population for 2023 was 1,362,230, a 0.13% increase from 2022.
  • Panama rural population for 2022 was 1,360,444, a 0.13% increase from 2021.
  • Panama rural population for 2021 was 1,358,683, a 0.17% increase from 2020.
  • Panama rural population for 2020 was 1,356,428, a 0.33% increase from 2019.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Rural Population
United States 55,937,486
Germany 18,784,632
Italy 16,468,986
Poland 14,594,364
France 12,422,661
United Kingdom 10,497,193
Japan 9,907,790
South Korea 9,589,588
Spain 8,923,913
Canada 7,272,932
Saudi Arabia 5,560,527
Austria 3,695,875
Australia 3,565,036
Argentina 3,516,356
Portugal 3,378,005
Czech Republic 2,767,136
Hungary 2,602,308
Slovak Republic 2,494,835
Chile 2,353,195
Switzerland 2,283,085
Greece 2,002,527
Ireland 1,869,935
Croatia 1,596,188
Panama 1,362,230
Netherlands 1,219,560
Sweden 1,186,635
UAE 1,163,057
Slovenia 931,346
Lithuania 899,076
Norway 883,411
Finland 794,473
Trinidad and Tobago 714,682
Israel 697,214
Denmark 684,197
New Zealand 679,786
Latvia 589,533
Oman 538,749
Cyprus 416,009
Estonia 412,452
Belgium 214,107
Puerto Rico 204,074
Barbados 193,378
Bahrain 150,497
Uruguay 144,763
Channel Islands 120,710
French Polynesia 116,482
Brunei 94,356
New Caledonia 73,097
Antigua and Barbuda 71,353
Bahamas 67,567
Aruba 59,245
Luxembourg 52,967
Seychelles 49,323
Isle of Man 39,405
Liechtenstein 33,798
St. Kitts and Nevis 32,905
Faroe Islands 30,371
Malta 27,987
Iceland 23,451
Qatar 17,548
Curacao 16,231
British Virgin Islands 15,848
Andorra 9,792
Guam 8,360
Greenland 6,858
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 3,959
Northern Mariana Islands 3,946
Palau 3,177
Turks and Caicos Islands 2,650
San Marino 728
Panama Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2023 1,362,230 30.49 0.13%
2022 1,360,444 30.86 0.13%
2021 1,358,683 31.23 0.17%
2020 1,356,428 31.59 0.33%
2019 1,351,913 31.94 0.51%
2018 1,345,002 32.29 0.62%
2017 1,336,750 32.64 0.69%
2016 1,327,604 32.97 0.74%
2015 1,317,872 33.30 0.77%
2014 1,307,762 33.63 0.80%
2013 1,297,342 33.95 0.85%
2012 1,286,378 34.26 0.90%
2011 1,274,916 34.56 0.92%
2010 1,263,193 34.86 0.96%
2009 1,251,073 35.15 0.99%
2008 1,238,726 35.44 1.02%
2007 1,226,184 35.73 1.04%
2006 1,213,495 36.02 1.07%
2005 1,200,625 36.32 1.10%
2004 1,187,473 36.61 1.12%
2003 1,174,300 36.91 1.12%
2002 1,161,196 37.21 1.15%
2001 1,147,976 37.50 1.16%
2000 1,134,714 37.80 0.02%
1999 1,134,543 38.55 -0.11%
1998 1,135,836 39.37 -0.07%
1997 1,136,655 40.19 -0.03%
1996 1,136,968 41.02 0.00%
1995 1,136,918 41.86 0.05%
1994 1,136,385 42.70 0.09%
1993 1,135,409 43.54 0.13%
1992 1,133,916 44.39 0.17%
1991 1,132,000 45.24 0.23%
1990 1,129,362 46.10 1.24%
1989 1,115,391 46.50 1.41%
1988 1,099,743 46.84 1.46%
1987 1,083,834 47.18 1.50%
1986 1,067,710 47.52 1.53%
1985 1,051,449 47.86 1.57%
1984 1,035,025 48.20 1.61%
1983 1,018,506 48.54 1.63%
1982 1,002,038 48.87 1.63%
1981 985,802 49.21 1.64%
1980 969,746 49.55 1.76%
1979 952,867 49.84 1.80%
1978 935,916 50.12 1.83%
1977 918,902 50.40 1.90%
1976 901,634 50.68 1.96%
1975 884,128 50.96 2.03%
1974 866,319 51.24 2.10%
1973 848,334 51.52 2.16%
1972 830,187 51.80 2.22%
1971 811,980 52.08 2.25%
1970 793,876 52.36 1.68%
1969 780,641 52.96 1.65%
1968 767,904 53.62 1.71%
1967 754,907 54.27 1.77%
1966 741,674 54.92 1.82%
1965 728,263 55.57 1.87%
1964 714,765 56.22 1.91%
1963 701,273 56.86 1.92%
1962 687,938 57.51 1.90%
1961 674,989 58.15 1.93%
1960 662,117 58.75 %