Panama Rural Population 1960-2024

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Panama rural population for 2022 was 1,360,444, a 0.13% increase from 2021.
  • Panama rural population for 2021 was 1,358,683, a 0.17% increase from 2020.
  • Panama rural population for 2020 was 1,356,428, a 0.33% increase from 2019.
  • Panama rural population for 2019 was 1,351,913, a 0.51% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Rural Population
United States 56,378,923
Germany 18,793,519
Italy 16,681,796
Poland 14,974,307
France 12,561,983
United Kingdom 10,448,880
Japan 10,066,305
South Korea 9,588,890
Spain 8,902,107
Canada 7,103,929
Saudi Arabia 5,559,991
Austria 3,684,288
Argentina 3,538,352
Australia 3,510,274
Portugal 3,385,528
Czech Republic 2,697,096
Hungary 2,657,928
Slovak Republic 2,503,549
Chile 2,369,699
Switzerland 2,272,064
Greece 2,075,584
Ireland 1,822,006
Croatia 1,610,240
Panama 1,360,444
Netherlands 1,259,398
Sweden 1,206,837
UAE 1,176,081
Slovenia 933,093
Lithuania 893,387
Norway 891,476
Finland 795,690
Trinidad and Tobago 714,385
Israel 691,177
Denmark 686,700
New Zealand 672,077
Latvia 592,511
Oman 560,597
Cyprus 414,105
Estonia 408,688
Belgium 215,535
Puerto Rico 205,872
Barbados 193,416
Bahrain 151,007
Uruguay 147,591
Channel Islands 119,980
French Polynesia 115,865
Brunei 94,946
New Caledonia 76,599
Antigua and Barbuda 70,935
Bahamas 67,680
Aruba 59,554
Luxembourg 52,836
Seychelles 41,629
Isle of Man 39,495
Liechtenstein 33,610
St. Kitts and Nevis 32,888
Faroe Islands 30,379
Malta 26,825
Iceland 22,945
Qatar 18,381
Curacao 16,462
British Virgin Islands 15,862
Andorra 9,730
Guam 8,432
Greenland 6,954
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 4,073
Northern Mariana Islands 3,973
Palau 3,258
Turks and Caicos Islands 2,721
San Marino 763
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0
Gibraltar 0
Kuwait 0
Bermuda 0
Cayman Islands 0
Monaco 0
Singapore 0
Hong Kong 0
Macao 0
Panama Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2022 1,360,444 30.86 0.13%
2021 1,358,683 31.23 0.17%
2020 1,356,428 31.59 0.33%
2019 1,351,913 31.94 0.51%
2018 1,345,002 32.29 0.62%
2017 1,336,750 32.64 0.69%
2016 1,327,604 32.97 0.74%
2015 1,317,872 33.30 0.77%
2014 1,307,762 33.63 0.80%
2013 1,297,342 33.95 0.85%
2012 1,286,378 34.26 0.90%
2011 1,274,916 34.56 0.92%
2010 1,263,193 34.86 0.96%
2009 1,251,073 35.15 0.99%
2008 1,238,726 35.44 1.02%
2007 1,226,184 35.73 1.04%
2006 1,213,495 36.02 1.07%
2005 1,200,625 36.32 1.10%
2004 1,187,473 36.61 1.12%
2003 1,174,300 36.91 1.12%
2002 1,161,196 37.21 1.15%
2001 1,147,976 37.50 1.16%
2000 1,134,714 37.80 0.02%
1999 1,134,543 38.55 -0.11%
1998 1,135,836 39.37 -0.07%
1997 1,136,655 40.19 -0.03%
1996 1,136,968 41.02 0.00%
1995 1,136,918 41.86 0.05%
1994 1,136,385 42.70 0.09%
1993 1,135,409 43.54 0.13%
1992 1,133,916 44.39 0.17%
1991 1,132,000 45.24 0.23%
1990 1,129,362 46.10 1.24%
1989 1,115,391 46.50 1.41%
1988 1,099,743 46.84 1.46%
1987 1,083,834 47.18 1.50%
1986 1,067,710 47.52 1.53%
1985 1,051,449 47.86 1.57%
1984 1,035,025 48.20 1.61%
1983 1,018,506 48.54 1.63%
1982 1,002,038 48.87 1.63%
1981 985,802 49.21 1.64%
1980 969,746 49.55 1.76%
1979 952,867 49.84 1.80%
1978 935,916 50.12 1.83%
1977 918,902 50.40 1.90%
1976 901,634 50.68 1.96%
1975 884,128 50.96 2.03%
1974 866,319 51.24 2.10%
1973 848,334 51.52 2.16%
1972 830,187 51.80 2.22%
1971 811,980 52.08 2.25%
1970 793,876 52.36 1.68%
1969 780,641 52.96 1.65%
1968 767,904 53.62 1.71%
1967 754,907 54.27 1.77%
1966 741,674 54.92 1.82%
1965 728,263 55.57 1.87%
1964 714,765 56.22 1.91%
1963 701,273 56.86 1.92%
1962 687,938 57.51 1.90%
1961 674,989 58.15 1.93%
1960 662,117 58.75 %