Panama
Life expectancy in Panama
Life expectancy in Panama: 55.4 years in 1950 and 79.6 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 79.6 years
- Since 1950
- +24.2 years
- Rank, 2023
- 57 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 90.1 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 90.1 years in 2100, between 83.7 years and 97.9 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1930: 36 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Panama | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 79.6 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 79.3 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 77 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 76.3 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 78.5 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 78.3 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 77.9 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 77.8 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 77.6 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 77.4 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 77.1 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 76.9 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 76.7 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 76.4 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 76.2 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 75.9 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 75.7 | 69 |
| 2006 | 75.4 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 75.2 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 74.9 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 74.6 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 74.2 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 73.8 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 73.4 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 73.1 | 66 |
| 1998 | 72.8 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 72.5 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 72.2 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 72 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 71.9 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 71.8 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 71.5 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 71.3 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 71.3 | 64 |
| 1989 | 70.1 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 70.9 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 70.8 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 70.7 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 70.5 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 70.4 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 70.1 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 69.9 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 69.8 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 69.5 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 69.1 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 68.7 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 68.3 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 67.8 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 67.2 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 66.6 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 65.8 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 65.2 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 64.7 | 56 |
| 1970 | 64.1 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 63.7 | 56 |
| 1968 | 63.2 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 62.9 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 62.6 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 62.3 | 54 |
| 1964 | 62.1 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 61.8 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 61.4 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 60.9 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 60.3 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 59.6 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 59 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 58.3 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 57.9 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 57.5 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 57.2 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 56.8 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 56.4 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 55.9 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 55.4 | 46.4 |
| 1940 | 42 | – |
| 1930 | 36 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Panama | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 79.878.8–80.8 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 8078.6–81.3 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 80.278.5–81.7 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 80.378.4–82.2 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 80.578.4–82.5 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 80.778.3–82.9 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 80.978.3–83.2 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 81.178.1–83.6 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 81.278.3–83.9 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 81.478.3–84.2 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 81.678.3–84.4 | 75 |
| 2035 | 81.878.4–84.7 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 81.978.4–84.9 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 82.178.2–85.1 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 82.378.2–85.4 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 82.478.4–85.7 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 82.678.4–85.9 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 82.878.4–86.1 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 82.978.6–86.2 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 83.178.6–86.6 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 83.278.6–86.7 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 83.478.7–87 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 83.578.9–87.3 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 83.778.9–87.7 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 83.879–87.7 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 8479.1–88.3 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 84.179.4–88.2 | 77 |
| 2051 | 84.279.4–88.5 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 84.479.6–88.9 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 84.579.6–89.1 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 84.679.7–89.3 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 84.879.8–89.5 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 84.979.8–89.7 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 85.179.9–90 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 85.280–90.2 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 85.380–90.3 | 78 |
| 2060 | 85.480.3–90.4 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 85.680.4–90.8 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 85.780.3–90.8 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 85.880.5–91 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 85.980.6–91.3 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 86.180.7–91.5 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 86.280.7–91.6 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 86.380.8–91.8 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 86.481.1–92.1 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 86.681.2–92.2 | 79 |
| 2070 | 86.781.2–92.3 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 86.881.1–92.5 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 86.981.2–92.6 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 8781.4–92.8 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 87.281.6–93.1 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 87.381.6–93.4 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 87.481.7–93.7 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 87.581.7–93.6 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 87.681.8–94 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 87.881.9–94.1 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 87.982.2–94.2 | 80 |
| 2081 | 8882–94.4 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 88.182.2–94.7 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 88.282.4–94.9 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 88.382.5–94.9 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 88.482.5–95.2 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 88.682.8–95.4 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 88.782.8–95.6 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 88.882.9–95.7 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 88.982.8–95.8 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 8983.1–96.2 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 89.183.1–96.4 | 81 |
| 2092 | 89.283.1–96.7 | 81 |
| 2093 | 89.483–96.7 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 89.583.1–96.9 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 89.683.2–97.1 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 89.783.3–97.3 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 89.883.4–97.3 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 89.983.5–97.5 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 9083.6–97.7 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 90.183.7–97.9 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
- 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$0 in 2025
- Military spending per person$0 in 2025
- Military share of state spending0% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel28,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 1989
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2019