Panama Urban Population 1960-2024

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Panama urban population for 2023 was 3,105,857, a 1.89% increase from 2022.
  • Panama urban population for 2022 was 3,048,137, a 1.86% increase from 2021.
  • Panama urban population for 2021 was 2,992,584, a 1.86% increase from 2020.
  • Panama urban population for 2020 was 2,937,968, a 1.99% increase from 2019.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Urban Population
United States 278,977,409
Japan 114,608,860
Germany 65,697,635
United Kingdom 57,852,807
France 55,747,567
Argentina 43,138,225
Italy 42,292,160
South Korea 42,123,031
Spain 39,449,423
Canada 32,824,829
Saudi Arabia 31,386,498
Australia 23,073,508
Poland 22,091,485
Chile 17,276,395
Netherlands 16,659,928
Belgium 11,608,485
Sweden 9,349,997
Israel 9,059,486
Greece 8,358,768
UAE 8,353,814
Czech Republic 8,106,553
Hong Kong 7,536,100
Portugal 7,147,342
Hungary 6,987,564
Switzerland 6,566,767
Singapore 5,917,648
Austria 5,436,508
Denmark 5,262,755
Finland 4,789,791
Norway 4,636,183
New Zealand 4,543,314
Kuwait 4,310,108
Oman 4,105,635
Ireland 3,392,447
Uruguay 3,278,345
Panama 3,105,857
Puerto Rico 3,001,617
Slovak Republic 2,931,905
Qatar 2,698,843
Croatia 2,257,012
Lithuania 1,972,821
Bahrain 1,335,012
Latvia 1,292,217
Slovenia 1,189,591
Estonia 953,736
Cyprus 844,129
Trinidad and Tobago 820,255
Macao 704,149
Luxembourg 615,639
Malta 525,227
Iceland 370,149
Brunei 358,168
Bahamas 345,056
New Caledonia 194,843
French Polynesia 192,390
Guam 164,592
Curacao 131,631
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 100,958
Barbados 88,617
Seychelles 70,450
Andorra 70,296
Cayman Islands 69,310
Bermuda 63,489
Channel Islands 54,636
Greenland 50,007
Aruba 47,032
Northern Mariana Islands 45,850
Isle of Man 45,305
Turks and Caicos Islands 43,412
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 41,163
Monaco 36,297
San Marino 32,914
Gibraltar 32,688
Antigua and Barbuda 22,945
Faroe Islands 22,899
British Virgin Islands 15,690
Palau 14,881
St. Kitts and Nevis 14,850
Liechtenstein 5,786
Panama Urban Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2023 3,105,857 69.51 1.88%
2022 3,048,137 69.14 1.84%
2021 2,992,584 68.78 1.84%
2020 2,937,968 68.41 1.97%
2019 2,880,619 68.06 2.12%
2018 2,820,253 67.71 2.18%
2017 2,759,313 67.37 2.22%
2016 2,698,732 67.03 2.23%
2015 2,639,227 66.70 2.23%
2014 2,581,031 66.37 2.23%
2013 2,524,214 66.05 2.23%
2012 2,468,484 65.74 2.24%
2011 2,413,758 65.44 2.23%
2010 2,360,424 65.14 2.23%
2009 2,308,270 64.85 2.27%
2008 2,256,550 64.56 2.29%
2007 2,205,430 64.27 2.31%
2006 2,155,078 63.98 2.34%
2005 2,105,243 63.68 2.37%
2004 2,055,838 63.39 2.39%
2003 2,007,308 63.09 2.40%
2002 1,959,794 62.79 2.41%
2001 1,913,048 62.50 2.44%
2000 1,867,017 62.20 3.18%
1999 1,808,577 61.45 3.33%
1998 1,749,341 60.63 3.37%
1997 1,691,337 59.81 3.41%
1996 1,634,638 58.98 3.45%
1995 1,579,149 58.14 3.49%
1994 1,525,000 57.30 3.53%
1993 1,472,090 56.46 3.57%
1992 1,420,466 55.61 3.61%
1991 1,370,044 54.76 3.68%
1990 1,320,606 53.90 2.88%
1989 1,283,144 53.50 2.77%
1988 1,248,078 53.16 2.82%
1987 1,213,397 52.82 2.85%
1986 1,179,250 52.48 2.89%
1985 1,145,616 52.14 2.93%
1984 1,112,552 51.81 2.97%
1983 1,079,993 51.47 2.99%
1982 1,048,209 51.13 2.99%
1981 1,017,290 50.79 3.00%
1980 987,241 50.45 2.91%
1979 958,947 50.16 2.92%
1978 931,397 49.88 2.96%
1977 904,244 49.60 3.01%
1976 877,403 49.32 3.09%
1975 850,748 49.04 3.15%
1974 824,357 48.76 3.22%
1973 798,246 48.48 3.28%
1972 772,459 48.20 3.34%
1971 747,092 47.92 3.37%
1970 722,312 47.64 4.10%
1969 693,324 47.04 4.27%
1968 664,351 46.39 4.34%
1967 636,165 45.73 4.40%
1966 608,788 45.08 4.45%
1965 582,293 44.43 4.50%
1964 556,696 43.78 4.54%
1963 531,994 43.14 4.55%
1962 508,351 42.49 4.53%
1961 485,843 41.85 4.41%
1960 464,872 41.25 %