Panama Rural Population 1960-2023

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 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.
  • Panama rural population for 2018 was 1,345,002, a 0.62% increase from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Rural Population
United States 56,843,442
Germany 18,682,511
Italy 16,937,284
Poland 15,070,539
France 12,708,476
United Kingdom 10,669,915
Japan 10,221,684
South Korea 9,617,303
Spain 8,982,440
Canada 7,017,013
Saudi Arabia 5,569,435
Austria 3,672,325
Argentina 3,559,798
Australia 3,503,340
Portugal 3,422,889
Czech Republic 2,709,018
Hungary 2,694,980
Slovak Republic 2,515,539
Chile 2,374,855
Switzerland 2,263,233
Greece 2,124,201
Ireland 1,816,369
Croatia 1,642,337
Panama 1,358,683
Netherlands 1,302,355
Sweden 1,225,108
UAE 1,189,467
Slovenia 939,634
Norway 901,946
Lithuania 889,294
Finland 798,128
Trinidad and Tobago 713,019
Denmark 688,752
Israel 686,007
New Zealand 676,747
Latvia 595,103
Oman 585,672
Cyprus 412,374
Estonia 407,066
Belgium 218,295
Puerto Rico 209,130
Barbados 193,336
Bahrain 151,858
Uruguay 150,653
Channel Islands 119,131
French Polynesia 115,331
Brunei 95,515
New Caledonia 76,092
Antigua and Barbuda 70,492
Bahamas 67,855
Aruba 59,803
Luxembourg 53,305
Seychelles 41,716
Isle of Man 39,540
Liechtenstein 33,390
St. Kitts and Nevis 32,893
Faroe Islands 30,367
Malta 26,912
Iceland 22,560
Qatar 19,409
Curacao 16,703
British Virgin Islands 15,897
Andorra 9,596
Guam 8,501
Greenland 7,078
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 4,192
Northern Mariana Islands 4,013
Palau 3,338
Turks and Caicos Islands 2,782
San Marino 803
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
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 %