Panama Population Pyramid 2013
Panama in 2013
As of 2013, Panama counted 3,825,330 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 2003, the population was 3,189,807; it has grown by 19.9% since.
With a median age of 27.8 years, Panama had a youth dependency ratio of 43.9 and an old-age dependency ratio of 10.5 per 100 people of working age. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
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 | 3,825,330 | 27.8 | |
| Costa Rica | 4,716,147 | 30.3 | |
| Nicaragua | 5,983,845 | 23.1 | |
| El Salvador | 6,138,839 | 24.3 | |
| Belize | 341,627 | 23.1 |





