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🇵🇦 Panama

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3PAN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2PA
UN M49 numeric591
IOC codePAN
Official nameRepublic of Panama
Native name(s)spa: official: República de Panamá; common: Panamá
Alt spellingsPA, Republic of Panama, República de Panamá
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionCentral America
UN regional groupLatin American and Caribbean Group
CapitalPanama City
Area (km²)75,417
Lat / Lng9.0000, -80.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)COL, CRI
Top-level domain.pa
Calling coderoot: +5; suffixes: 07

Demographics

Population (World Bank)4,571,189 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)79.775 (2024)
Languagesspa: Spanish
Demonymseng: f: Panamanian; m: Panamanian; fra: f: Panaméenne; m: Panaméen
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)90,462,600,000 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)19,789.731 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)8.36 (2025)
CurrenciesPAB: name: Panamanian balboa; symbol: B/.; USD: name: United States dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950860,850
1951882,000
1952904,450
1953928,196
1954953,086
1955978,962
19561,005,871
19571,033,909
19581,063,162
19591,093,801
19601,126,005
19611,159,870
19621,195,301
19631,232,124
19641,270,065
19651,308,835
19661,348,388
19671,388,628
19681,429,447
19691,470,886
19701,513,070
19711,556,081
19721,599,723
19731,643,690
19741,687,926
19751,732,389
19761,776,935
19771,821,543
19781,866,311
19791,911,552
19801,957,534
19812,004,418
19822,052,271
19832,101,106
19842,150,782
19852,200,915
19862,251,325
19872,301,970
19882,352,848
19892,403,820
19902,455,583
19912,508,265
19922,561,336
19932,615,099
19942,669,546
19952,724,557
19962,780,227
19972,836,695
19982,893,914
19992,951,822
20003,010,369
20013,069,537
20023,129,344
20033,189,807
20043,251,155
20053,313,026
20063,375,024
20073,437,490
20083,500,648
20093,564,381
20103,628,535
20113,693,505
20123,759,256
20133,825,329
20143,892,101
20153,960,035
20164,029,086
20174,098,707
20184,167,860
20194,234,700
20204,293,261
20214,345,405
20224,400,773
20234,458,759

Full raw record (JSON)

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