Panama Population Pyramid 2012
Panama in 2012
As of 2012, Panama counted 3,759,256 inhabitants. That is 20.1% more than in 2002, when the population stood at 3,129,344.
Half of the population was younger than 27.5 years; 28.7% were children under 15 and 6.6% 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 | 3,759,256 | 27.5 | |
| Costa Rica | 4,663,934 | 29.8 | |
| Nicaragua | 5,901,287 | 22.8 | |
| El Salvador | 6,113,975 | 24.1 | |
| Belize | 334,414 | 22.7 |





