Panama: Administrative Division
Contents: Provinces and Districts
The population of the provinces and districts of Panama according to census results.
Name | Status | Population Census 2000-05-14 | Population Census 2010-05-16 | Population Census 2023-01-08 | |
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Bocas del Toro | Province | 89,269 | 125,461 | 159,228 | → |
Almirante (← Changuinola) | District | 17,752 | 24,265 | 28,368 | → |
Bocas del Toro | District | 9,916 | 16,135 | 17,274 | → |
Changuinola | District | 54,170 | 74,045 | 101,091 | → |
Chiriquí Grande | District | 7,431 | 11,016 | 12,495 | → |
Chiriquí | Province | 368,790 | 416,873 | 471,071 | → |
Alanje | District | 15,497 | 16,508 | 18,877 | → |
Barú | District | 60,551 | 55,775 | 56,307 | → |
Boquerón | District | 12,275 | 15,029 | 21,001 | → |
Boquete | District | 16,943 | 21,370 | 23,562 | → |
Bugaba | District | 50,807 | 57,141 | 68,870 | → |
David | District | 124,280 | 144,858 | 156,498 | → |
Dolega | District | 17,243 | 25,102 | 37,678 | → |
Gualaca | District | 8,348 | 9,750 | 9,831 | → |
Remedios | District | 3,489 | 4,052 | 4,388 | → |
Renacimiento | District | 18,257 | 20,524 | 22,429 | → |
San Félix | District | 5,276 | 6,304 | 6,881 | → |
San Lorenzo | District | 6,498 | 7,507 | 8,031 | → |
Tierras Altas (← Bugaba) | District | 17,763 | 21,068 | 23,525 | → |
Tolé | District | 11,563 | 11,885 | 13,193 | → |
Coclé | Province | 202,461 | 233,708 | 268,264 | → |
Aguadulce | District | 39,290 | 43,360 | 49,005 | → |
Antón | District | 44,039 | 54,632 | 59,194 | → |
La Pintada | District | 23,202 | 25,639 | 29,698 | → |
Natá | District | 17,811 | 18,465 | 19,741 | → |
Olá | District | 5,671 | 5,875 | 6,300 | → |
Penonomé | District | 72,448 | 85,737 | 104,326 | → |
Colón | Province | 204,208 | 241,928 | 281,956 | → |
Chagres | District | 9,191 | 10,003 | 10,968 | → |
Colón | District | 174,059 | 206,553 | 240,722 | → |
Donoso | District | 8,464 | 10,562 | 12,274 | → |
Omar Torrijos Herrera (← Donoso) | District | 1,207 | 2,248 | 3,561 | → |
Portobelo | District | 7,964 | 9,126 | 10,320 | → |
Santa Isabel | District | 3,323 | 3,436 | 4,111 | → |
Darién | Province | 40,284 | 48,378 | 54,235 | → |
Chepigana | District | 13,011 | 14,021 | 12,983 | → |
Pinogana | District | 12,823 | 18,268 | 21,523 | → |
Santa Fe (Darién) (← Chepigana) | District | 14,450 | 16,089 | 19,729 | → |
Emberá-Wounaan | Indigenous Territory | 8,246 | 10,001 | 12,358 | → |
Cémaco | District | 6,292 | 7,715 | 9,547 | → |
Sambú | District | 1,954 | 2,286 | 2,811 | → |
Guna Yala | Indigenous Territory | 32,446 | 33,109 | 32,016 | → |
Guna Yala | Indigenous Territory | 32,446 | 33,109 | 32,016 | → |
Herrera | Province | 102,465 | 109,955 | 122,071 | → |
Chitré | District | 42,467 | 50,684 | 60,957 | → |
Las Minas | District | 7,945 | 7,551 | 6,642 | → |
Los Pozos | District | 7,827 | 7,478 | 6,928 | → |
Ocú | District | 15,936 | 15,539 | 16,116 | → |
Parita | District | 8,827 | 8,885 | 9,695 | → |
Pesé | District | 12,471 | 12,397 | 13,009 | → |
Santa María | District | 6,992 | 7,421 | 8,724 | → |
Los Santos | Province | 83,495 | 89,592 | 98,466 | → |
Guararé | District | 9,485 | 10,381 | 12,107 | → |
Las Tablas | District | 24,298 | 27,146 | 30,440 | → |
Los Santos | District | 23,828 | 25,723 | 30,028 | → |
Macaracas | District | 9,137 | 9,021 | 8,965 | → |
Pedasí | District | 3,614 | 4,275 | 4,942 | → |
Pocrí | District | 3,397 | 3,259 | 3,025 | → |
Tonosí | District | 9,736 | 9,787 | 8,959 | → |
Ngäbe-Buglé | Indigenous Territory | 110,080 | 156,747 | 212,084 | → |
Besiko | District | 16,843 | 23,532 | 31,422 | → |
Jirondai (← Kankintú) | District | 9,792 | 16,488 | 25,804 | → |
Kankintú | District | 9,878 | 16,633 | 19,751 | → |
Kusapín | District | 10,389 | 14,272 | 17,047 | → |
Mironó | District | 10,419 | 15,010 | 21,800 | → |
Müna | District | 28,330 | 36,075 | 47,200 | → |
Nole Duima | District | 9,294 | 14,928 | 20,709 | → |
Ñürüm | District | 10,833 | 13,172 | 17,637 | → |
Santa Catalina (Calovébora; ← Kusapín) | District | 4,302 | 6,637 | 10,714 | → |
Panamá | Province | 1,045,507 | 1,249,032 | 1,439,575 | → |
Balboa | District | 2,336 | 2,721 | 1,989 | → |
Chepo | District | 35,500 | 46,139 | 65,588 | → |
Chimán | District | 4,086 | 3,343 | 3,142 | → |
Panamá | District | 708,438 | 880,691 | 1,086,990 | → |
San Miguelito | District | 293,745 | 315,019 | 280,777 | → |
Taboga | District | 1,402 | 1,119 | 1,089 | → |
Panamá Oeste [West Panama] | Province | 342,850 | 464,038 | 653,665 | → |
Arraiján | District | 149,918 | 220,779 | 299,079 | → |
Capira | District | 33,110 | 38,398 | 45,629 | → |
Chame | District | 19,625 | 24,471 | 28,535 | → |
La Chorrera | District | 124,656 | 161,470 | 258,221 | → |
San Carlos | District | 15,541 | 18,920 | 22,201 | → |
Veraguas | Province | 209,076 | 226,991 | 259,791 | → |
Atalaya | District | 8,916 | 10,205 | 17,507 | → |
Calobre | District | 12,184 | 11,493 | 11,666 | → |
Cañazas | District | 15,999 | 16,830 | 16,933 | → |
La Mesa | District | 11,746 | 11,631 | 12,238 | → |
Las Palmas | District | 17,924 | 17,566 | 18,071 | → |
Mariato | District | 5,451 | 5,296 | 5,791 | → |
Montijo | District | 6,760 | 6,572 | 6,784 | → |
Río de Jesús | District | 5,256 | 5,102 | 4,822 | → |
San Francisco | District | 9,899 | 9,881 | 10,107 | → |
Santa Fe | District | 12,890 | 15,585 | 18,023 | → |
Santiago | District | 74,679 | 88,997 | 109,605 | → |
Soná | District | 27,372 | 27,833 | 28,244 | → |
Panamá | Republic | 2,839,177 | 3,405,813 | 4,202,572 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panamá.
Explanation: The tabulated census results are not adjusted for underenumeration. The 2023 total population includes 137,792 persons taken from administrative registers; they are not included in the province and districts figures. Area figures of districts are computed using geospatial data.
Further information about the population structure:
Gender (C 2023) | |
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Males | 2,014,818 |
Females | 2,049,962 |
Age Groups (C 2023) | |
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0-14 years | 1,032,976 |
15-64 years | 2,633,240 |
65+ years | 398,229 |
Age Distribution (C 2023) | |
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90+ years | 17,625 |
80-89 years | 75,214 |
70-79 years | 176,060 |
60-69 years | 294,742 |
50-59 years | 428,783 |
40-49 years | 501,087 |
30-39 years | 574,404 |
20-29 years | 635,259 |
10-19 years | 680,942 |
0-9 years | 680,329 |
Urbanization (C 2023) | |
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Rural | 1,389,231 |
Urban | 2,675,549 |
Ethnic Group (C 2023) | |
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Ngäbe | 444,878 |
Guna | 112,319 |
Other Indigenous | 139,942 |
African, Not Indigenous | 1,216,415 |
Not African, Not Indigenous | 2,150,241 |