Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Panama

Urban population share in Panama in 2025 — 66.2%. Ranked 102 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 24.9 pp.

2025 66.2% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 102of 217
Period maximum 66.2%2025
Period minimum 41.3%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Panama, 1960–20254050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 41.3%1962: 42.3%1964: 43.8%1966: 45.3%1968: 46.7%1970: 47.6%1972: 48.2%1974: 48.6%1976: 48.9%1978: 49.3%1980: 49.8%1982: 50.4%1984: 51.1%1986: 51.9%1988: 52.8%1990: 53.9%1992: 55.3%1994: 57.2%1996: 59.2%1998: 61%2000: 62.2%2002: 63%2004: 63.8%2006: 64.4%2008: 64.8%2010: 65.1%2012: 65.3%2014: 65.5%2016: 65.6%2018: 65.7%2020: 65.8%2022: 65.8%2024: 66%2025: 66.2%
Change over the period: +24.9 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Panama

Panama 66.2%
World 57.8%
Central America computed 75%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 66.2 +0.2 pp
2024 66 +0.1 pp
2023 65.9 +0 pp
2022 65.8 +0 pp
2021 65.8 +0 pp
2020 65.8 +0 pp
2019 65.8 +0 pp
2018 65.7 +0.1 pp
2017 65.7 +0.1 pp
2016 65.6 +0.1 pp
2015 65.5 +0.1 pp
2014 65.5 +0.1 pp
2013 65.4 +0.1 pp
2012 65.3 +0.1 pp
2011 65.2 +0.1 pp
2010 65.1 +0.1 pp
2009 65 +0.2 pp
2008 64.8 +0.2 pp
2007 64.6 +0.2 pp
2006 64.4 +0.3 pp
2005 64.1 +0.3 pp
2004 63.8 +0.3 pp
2003 63.4 +0.4 pp
2002 63 +0.4 pp
2001 62.6 +0.4 pp
2000 62.2 +0.5 pp
1999 61.7 +0.7 pp
1998 61 +0.8 pp
1997 60.2 +0.9 pp
1996 59.2 +1 pp
1995 58.2 +1 pp
1994 57.2 +1 pp
1993 56.3 +0.9 pp
1992 55.3 +0.8 pp
1991 54.5 +0.7 pp
1990 53.9 +0.5 pp
1989 53.3 +0.5 pp
1988 52.8 +0.5 pp
1987 52.4 +0.4 pp
1986 51.9 +0.4 pp
1985 51.5 +0.4 pp
1984 51.1 +0.4 pp
1983 50.7 +0.3 pp
1982 50.4 +0.3 pp
1981 50.1 +0.3 pp
1980 49.8 +0.3 pp
1979 49.5 +0.2 pp
1978 49.3 +0.2 pp
1977 49.1 +0.2 pp
1976 48.9 +0.2 pp
1975 48.7 +0.2 pp
1974 48.6 +0.2 pp
1973 48.4 +0.2 pp
1972 48.2 +0.2 pp
1971 47.9 +0.3 pp
1970 47.6 +0.4 pp
1969 47.2 +0.5 pp
1968 46.7 +0.7 pp
1967 46 +0.7 pp
1966 45.3 +0.8 pp
1965 44.5 +0.8 pp
1964 43.8 +0.7 pp
1963 43 +0.7 pp
1962 42.3 +0.6 pp
1961 41.7 +0.5 pp
1960 41.3

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.