Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Latin America and the Caribbean · Central America
Panama is recorded at 4.52m people in 2024, with total annual change of +56,178 under the WPP medium variant.
Panama observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 71,650 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -22,189 |
| Natural change | +49,461 |
| Net migration | +6,706 |
| Total change | +56,178 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +56,178 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -1,514,157 since 2080 |
| Projected 2100 | 5.90m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Panama 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.13m, ages 15-64 2.93m, ages 65+ 403.8k.
Panama 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.04m, ages 15-64 3.55m, ages 65+ 1.04m.
Panama 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 823.1k, ages 15-64 3.24m, ages 65+ 1.84m.
Stage since 2024.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2061.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.52m | 56,178 | 71.7k | 22.2k | 2.11 |
| 2030 | 4.83m | 49,977 | 71.3k | 25.5k | 2.01 |
| 2050 | 5.63m | 28,436 | 66.8k | 40.7k | 1.85 |
| 2080 | 6.03m | 316 | 58.2k | 60.5k | 1.76 |
| 2100 | 5.90m | -11,614 | 52.9k | 67.0k | 1.74 |