Costa Rica vs Panama

Costa Rica vs Panama: Net migration rate

Net migration rate in 2023: 0.2 per 1,000 people in Costa Rica and 1.6 per 1,000 people in Panama, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Panama, by 1.4 per 1,000 people, or 8.35 times that in Costa Rica.

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per 1,000 people · UN

Costa Rica vs Panama: Net migration rateNet migration rate in 2023: 0.2 per 1,000 people in Costa Rica and 1.6 per 1,000 people in Panama, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Panama, by 1.4 per 1,000 people, or 8.35 times that in Costa Rica.
Costa RicaPanamaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • Panama has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Costa Rica.
  • In 2023, Costa Rica ranked 92 and Panama ranked 72 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts Costa Rica at 0.2 per 1,000 people and Panama at 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2100.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearCosta RicaPanama
20230.21.6
20220.21.8
20210.21.3
20200.21.3
20190.32.5
20180.32.7
20170.32.7
20160.32.5
20150.32.2
20140.31.8
20130.31.5
20120.31.4
20110.41.4
20100.51.4
20090.81.3
20080.91.3
20070.91.3
200611.2
20051.11.2
20041.21.1
20031.31.1
20021.41
20011.80.9
20002.20.9
19993.40.8
19984.10.7
19974.60.6
19964.80.6
19954.70.4
19944.50.3
19934.30.2
199240.1
19913.4-0.1
19902.5-0.3
19891.2-0.6
19880.8-0.7
19870.8-0.8
19860.8-0.9
19850.9-1
19840.9-1.1
19830.9-1.2
19821-1.2
19811-1.3
19801-1.4
19791-1.5
19781-1.5
19771-1.5
19761-1.5
19751-1.5
19740.9-1.5
19730.7-1.5
19720.7-1.5
19710.7-1.6
19700.6-1.6
19690.6-1.7
19680.5-1.8
19670.5-1.8
19660.6-1.9
19650.6-1.9
19640.6-1.9
19630.6-1.9
19620.7-2
19610.7-2.1
19600.7-2.1
19590.7-2.2
19580.7-2.3
19570.7-2.4
19560.7-2.5
19550.7-2.6
19540.6-2.8
19530.6-3
19520.5-3.2
19510.5-3.4
19500.4-3.6
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearCosta RicaPanama
20240.2-0.4–0.81.50.9–2.2
20250.2-0.7–11.30.5–2.2
20260.2-0.9–1.21.20.3–2.3
20270.2-1–1.31.10.1–2.3
20280.2-1.2–1.51.1-0.1–2.4
20290.2-1.3–1.71-0.3–2.5
20300.2-1.4–1.70.9-0.4–2.3
20310.2-1.4–1.80.8-0.6–2.4
20320.2-1.5–1.90.7-0.7–2.4
20330.2-1.6–2.10.6-0.9–2.2
20340.2-1.7–2.10.6-1–2.2
20350.2-1.8–2.20.5-1.1–2.2
20360.2-2–2.20.5-1.3–2.2
20370.2-2–2.20.5-1.3–2.3
20380.2-2–2.30.4-1.4–2.2
20390.2-2.2–2.30.4-1.4–2.1
20400.2-2.4–2.40.4-1.3–2.3
20410.2-2.4–2.50.4-1.5–2.3
20420.2-2.5–2.50.4-1.5–2.3
20430.2-2.5–2.40.4-1.4–2.4
20440.2-2.6–2.60.4-1.5–2.3
20450.2-2.8–2.60.4-1.6–2.3
20460.2-2.6–2.60.4-1.6–2.5
20470.2-2.6–2.70.4-1.6–2.4
20480.2-2.6–2.80.4-1.6–2.5
20490.2-2.7–2.70.4-1.6–2.5
20500.2-2.7–2.90.4-1.6–2.5
20510.2-2.7–2.80.4-1.6–2.6
20520.2-2.9–2.80.4-1.5–2.6
20530.2-2.9–30.4-1.6–2.6
20540.2-2.9–2.90.4-1.7–2.6
20550.2-2.8–30.4-1.7–2.7
20560.2-2.9–30.4-1.6–2.7
20570.2-3–3.10.4-1.7–2.8
20580.2-3–3.10.5-1.8–2.8
20590.2-3–30.4-1.7–2.6
20600.2-3–2.90.5-1.8–2.6
20610.2-2.9–3.20.4-1.8–2.9
20620.2-3–3.30.4-1.8–2.7
20630.2-3.2–3.20.4-1.8–2.7
20640.2-3.3–3.20.4-1.8–2.9
20650.2-3.3–3.10.4-1.7–2.8
20660.2-3.3–3.40.4-1.8–2.8
20670.2-3.3–3.40.4-1.8–2.7
20680.2-3.3–3.50.5-1.8–2.9
20690.2-3.3–3.40.4-1.9–2.9
20700.2-3.3–3.50.4-2–3
20710.2-3.3–3.40.5-2–3
20720.2-3.3–3.40.4-1.9–2.9
20730.2-3.4–3.50.4-2–2.8
20740.2-3.3–3.30.5-2.1–2.8
20750.2-3.3–3.40.4-2.1–2.8
20760.2-3.4–3.40.4-2.1–2.9
20770.2-3.5–3.40.4-2–2.9
20780.2-3.5–3.50.5-2–2.9
20790.2-3.6–3.40.4-2–2.9
20800.2-3.5–3.40.4-2.2–2.9
20810.2-3.5–3.60.4-2.2–3
20820.2-3.6–3.40.4-2–2.9
20830.2-3.7–3.50.4-2–2.8
20840.2-3.7–3.40.4-2–2.8
20850.2-3.7–3.50.4-2.2–2.9
20860.2-3.7–3.70.4-2.1–3
20870.2-3.8–3.50.4-2.1–3.1
20880.2-3.7–3.50.5-2.1–3
20890.2-3.8–3.40.4-2.1–2.8
20900.2-4–3.50.5-1.9–2.9
20910.2-3.9–3.70.4-1.9–2.8
20920.2-4.1–3.50.5-1.9–2.9
20930.2-4–3.40.4-2–2.9
20940.2-4–3.60.4-2.1–2.8
20950.2-4.1–3.50.4-2.1–2.7
20960.2-4.2–3.50.4-2–2.8
20970.2-4–3.50.4-2.1–3
20980.2-4.1–3.50.4-2.2–2.9
20990.2-4.3–3.50.4-2.2–2.9
21000.2-4.2–3.80.4-2.3–2.9

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Good to know

  • People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.

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