Panama
Urban population in Panama
Urban population in Panama: 38.2% in 1950 and 66.2% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 66.2%
- Since 1950
- +28 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 109 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 77.8%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 77.8% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Panama |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.2 |
| 2024 | 66 |
| 2023 | 65.9 |
| 2022 | 65.8 |
| 2021 | 65.8 |
| 2020 | 65.8 |
| 2019 | 65.8 |
| 2018 | 65.7 |
| 2017 | 65.7 |
| 2016 | 65.6 |
| 2015 | 65.5 |
| 2014 | 65.5 |
| 2013 | 65.4 |
| 2012 | 65.3 |
| 2011 | 65.2 |
| 2010 | 65.1 |
| 2009 | 65 |
| 2008 | 64.8 |
| 2007 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 64.4 |
| 2005 | 64.1 |
| 2004 | 63.8 |
| 2003 | 63.4 |
| 2002 | 63 |
| 2001 | 62.6 |
| 2000 | 62.2 |
| 1999 | 61.7 |
| 1998 | 61 |
| 1997 | 60.2 |
| 1996 | 59.2 |
| 1995 | 58.3 |
| 1994 | 57.2 |
| 1993 | 56.3 |
| 1992 | 55.3 |
| 1991 | 54.5 |
| 1990 | 53.9 |
| 1989 | 53.3 |
| 1988 | 52.8 |
| 1987 | 52.4 |
| 1986 | 51.9 |
| 1985 | 51.5 |
| 1984 | 51.1 |
| 1983 | 50.7 |
| 1982 | 50.4 |
| 1981 | 50.1 |
| 1980 | 49.8 |
| 1979 | 49.5 |
| 1978 | 49.3 |
| 1977 | 49.1 |
| 1976 | 48.9 |
| 1975 | 48.7 |
| 1974 | 48.6 |
| 1973 | 48.4 |
| 1972 | 48.2 |
| 1971 | 47.9 |
| 1970 | 47.6 |
| 1969 | 47.2 |
| 1968 | 46.7 |
| 1967 | 46 |
| 1966 | 45.3 |
| 1965 | 44.5 |
| 1964 | 43.8 |
| 1963 | 43 |
| 1962 | 42.3 |
| 1961 | 41.8 |
| 1960 | 41.3 |
| 1959 | 40.9 |
| 1958 | 40.5 |
| 1957 | 40.1 |
| 1956 | 39.7 |
| 1955 | 39.4 |
| 1954 | 39.1 |
| 1953 | 38.8 |
| 1952 | 38.6 |
| 1951 | 38.4 |
| 1950 | 38.2 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Panama |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 66.3 |
| 2027 | 66.6 |
| 2028 | 66.8 |
| 2029 | 67.1 |
| 2030 | 67.4 |
| 2031 | 67.7 |
| 2032 | 68 |
| 2033 | 68.4 |
| 2034 | 68.8 |
| 2035 | 69.2 |
| 2036 | 69.6 |
| 2037 | 70.1 |
| 2038 | 70.6 |
| 2039 | 71.1 |
| 2040 | 71.6 |
| 2041 | 72.2 |
| 2042 | 72.7 |
| 2043 | 73.3 |
| 2044 | 73.9 |
| 2045 | 74.5 |
| 2046 | 75.2 |
| 2047 | 75.8 |
| 2048 | 76.5 |
| 2049 | 77.1 |
| 2050 | 77.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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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