Panama - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Panama was 2,951,905 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,951,905 in 2020 and a minimum value of 467,353 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 467,353
1961 488,475
1962 510,968
1963 534,421
1964 558,829
1965 584,125
1966 610,314
1967 637,424
1968 665,474
1969 694,507
1970 723,788
1971 749,019
1972 774,942
1973 801,459
1974 828,443
1975 855,783
1976 883,495
1977 911,514
1978 939,933
1979 968,722
1980 998,088
1981 1,028,907
1982 1,060,224
1983 1,092,017
1984 1,124,339
1985 1,157,157
1986 1,190,554
1987 1,224,504
1988 1,259,101
1989 1,294,319
1990 1,331,914
1991 1,381,582
1992 1,432,459
1993 1,484,558
1994 1,538,026
1995 1,592,870
1996 1,649,197
1997 1,706,836
1998 1,765,797
1999 1,825,830
2000 1,884,807
2001 1,930,933
2002 1,977,506
2003 2,024,626
2004 2,072,347
2005 2,120,752
2006 2,169,857
2007 2,219,605
2008 2,270,061
2009 2,321,157
2010 2,372,849
2011 2,425,409
2012 2,478,853
2013 2,533,389
2014 2,589,339
2015 2,646,824
2016 2,705,929
2017 2,766,522
2018 2,828,116
2019 2,890,085
2020 2,951,905

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Panama was 68.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 68.41 in 2020, while its lowest value was 41.25 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 41.25
1961 41.85
1962 42.49
1963 43.14
1964 43.78
1965 44.43
1966 45.08
1967 45.73
1968 46.39
1969 47.04
1970 47.64
1971 47.92
1972 48.20
1973 48.48
1974 48.76
1975 49.04
1976 49.32
1977 49.60
1978 49.88
1979 50.16
1980 50.45
1981 50.79
1982 51.13
1983 51.47
1984 51.81
1985 52.14
1986 52.48
1987 52.82
1988 53.16
1989 53.50
1990 53.90
1991 54.76
1992 55.61
1993 56.46
1994 57.30
1995 58.14
1996 58.98
1997 59.81
1998 60.63
1999 61.45
2000 62.20
2001 62.50
2002 62.79
2003 63.09
2004 63.39
2005 63.68
2006 63.98
2007 64.27
2008 64.56
2009 64.85
2010 65.14
2011 65.44
2012 65.74
2013 66.05
2014 66.37
2015 66.70
2016 67.03
2017 67.37
2018 67.71
2019 68.06
2020 68.41

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization