Panama Population Pyramid 2009
Panama in 2009
The population of Panama in 2009 was 3,564,381. A decade earlier, in 1999, the population was 2,951,822; it has grown by 20.8% since.
Half of the population was younger than 26.7 years; 29.5% were children under 15 and 6.1% were 65 or older. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Panama had on average 2.12 children, above the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 79.6 years in 2023: 82.6 for women and 76.7 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
475,936 immigrants live in Panama, 10.5% of the population.
| Venezuela | 182,386 |
| Colombia | 77,349 |
| China | 34,214 |
| United States of America | 25,732 |
| Nicaragua | 23,672 |
194,645 people born in Panama live in other countries.
| United States of America | 161,903 |
| Costa Rica | 16,546 |
| Colombia | 3,506 |
| Mexico | 2,241 |
| Italy | 1,170 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panama | 3,564,381 | 26.7 | |
| Costa Rica | 4,499,791 | 28.6 | |
| Nicaragua | 5,656,601 | 22.0 | |
| El Salvador | 6,048,279 | 23.5 | |
| Belize | 312,614 | 21.6 |





