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Panama — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Panama, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.22%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -58.7% since 1961
Population growth for Panama was 1.22% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.03% in 1963. The lowest was 1.21% in 2021 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.37% per year.
Panama ranks 84 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 39%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Panama sits above it. It peaked in 1963 and has fallen 60% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 29%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.22%
First (1961)
2.96%
Change
-58.7%
Highest
3.03%
in 1963
Lowest
1.21%
in 2021
Average
2.16%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.37%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.22% |
| 2024 | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 1.31% |
| 2022 | 1.27% |
| 2021 | 1.21% |
| 2020 | 1.37% |
| 2019 | 1.59% |
| 2018 | 1.67% |
| 2017 | 1.71% |
| 2016 | 1.73% |
| 2015 | 1.73% |
| 2014 | 1.73% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.