Panama: Provinces & Major Urban Places - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Provinces

The population of the provinces and indigenous territories (comarcas indígenas) of Panama by census years.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A-L (km²)	Population Census (Cf) 1990-05-13	Population Census (Cf) 2000-05-14	Population Census (Cf) 2010-05-16	Population Census (C) 2023-01-08
Bocas del Toro	BDT	Prov	Bocas del Toro	4,657	74,139	89,269	125,461	159,228	465700	→
Chiriquí	CHI	Prov	David	6,491	322,130	368,790	416,873	471,071	649100	→
Coclé	COC	Prov	Penonomé	4,947	173,190	202,461	233,708	268,264	494700	→
Colón	COL	Prov	Colón	4,576	168,294	204,208	241,928	281,956	457600	→
Darién	DAR	Prov	La Palma	11,893	35,862	40,284	48,378	54,235	1189300	→
Emberá-Wounaan	EMB	ITerr	Unión Chocó	4,394	7,970	8,246	10,001	12,358	439400	→
Guna Yala (San Blas)	GYA	ITerr	Gaigirgordub	2,358	34,044	32,446	33,109	32,016	235800	→
Herrera	HER	Prov	Chitré	2,362	93,681	102,465	109,955	122,071	236200	→
Los Santos	LSA	Prov	Las Tablas	3,809	76,947	83,495	89,592	98,466	380900	→
Ngöbe-Buglé (Guaymí)	NGB	ITerr	Buäbitdi	6,814	72,450	110,080	156,747	212,084	681400	→
Panamá	PAN	Prov	Ciudad de Panamá	8,409	864,600	1,045,507	1,249,032	1,439,575	840900	→
Panamá Oeste [West Panama]	PNO	Prov	La Chorrera	2,880	207,527	342,850	464,038	653,665	288000	→
Veraguas	VER	Prov	Santiago	10,588	198,495	209,076	226,991	259,791	1058800	→
Panama	PAN	Rep	Ciudad de Panamá	74,177	2,329,329	2,839,177	3,405,813	4,202,572		→

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 figures.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panamá (web).

Major Urban Places

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2023-01-08
1	Ciudad de Panamá	PAN	1,132,969
2	La Chorrera	PNO	205,959
3	Colón	COL	159,157
4	Vista Alegre	PNO	128,973
5	David	CHI	103,915
6	Arraiján	PNO	84,524
7	Nueva Esperanza	PAN	62,300
8	Chitré	HER	57,412
9	Las Garzas	PAN	55,031
10	Santiago	VER	51,339

Contents: Urban Places

The population of all urban areas and settlements with more than 5,000 inhabitants by census years.

Name	Status	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 2000-05-15	Population Census (Cf) 2010-05-16	Population Census (C) 2023-01-08
Aguadulce (incl. Barrios Unidos, Pocrí)	UA	COC	26,519	29,808	33,708
Almirante	USett	BDT	7,754	8,744	8,608
Antón	UA	COC	5,909	6,851	7,070
Arraiján (incl. Burunga)	UA	PNO	52,491	74,147	84,524
Atalaya	USett	VER	2,645	2,686	6,776
Bocas del Toro	USett	BDT	3,139	5,380	6,466
Boquete (incl. Alto Boquete, Bajo Boquete)	UA	CHI	5,655	7,003	7,465
Buäbitdi (Llano Tugrí)	RSett	NGB	211	420	...
Buena Vista	USett	COL	2,826	4,077	5,924
Changuinola (incl. El Empalme)	UA	BDT	21,591	29,032	40,086
Chepo (incl. Las Margaritas)	UA	PAN	11,334	17,077	22,102
Chilibre	UA	PAN	19,341	21,667	28,653
Chitré (incl. La Arena, Llano Bonito, Monagrillo, San Juan Bautista)	UA	HER	39,925	48,479	57,412
Ciudad de Panamá (incl. Ancón, Las Cumbres, Las Mañanitas, San Miguelito, Tocumen) [Panama City]	UA	PAN	912,489	1,057,244	1,132,969
Colón (incl. Cativá, Cristóbal, Puerto Pilón, Sabanitas)	UA	COL	123,244	145,260	159,157
David (incl. Pedregal)	UA	CHI	92,177	107,100	103,915
El Espino	UA	PNO	3,391	7,478	9,868
El Valle de Antón	USett	COC	5,584	6,914	6,960
Gaigirgordub (El Porvenir)	RSett	GYA	9	...	8
Gatuncillo	USett	COL	3,695	4,605	5,840
Guararé	UA	LSA	2,037	4,348	4,955
Howard	UA	PNO	64	1,222	4,958
La Chorrera (incl. El Coco, Feuillet, Guadalupe, Playa Leona)	UA	PNO	101,525	132,054	205,959
La Concepción (incl. Bugaba)	UA	CHI	18,297	22,037	26,534
La Palma	USett	DAR	1,741	1,728	1,449
Las Garzas	UA	PAN	...	16,306	55,031
Las Lajas	UA	PNO	...	7,274	8,543
Las Lomas	UA	CHI	10,439	15,703	20,318
Las Tablas	UA	LSA	8,105	10,033	10,015
La Villa de Los Santos	UA	LSA	5,951	6,718	8,314
Lídice de Capira	USett	PNO	3,749	4,245	4,864
Los Algarrobos	UA	CHI	...	7,887	16,279
Los Lotes	USett	PAN	...	...	6,364
Natá de los Caballeros	USett	COC	5,546	5,470	5,635
Nueva Esperanza	UA	PAN	20,941	29,501	62,300
Nuevo Chorrillo	UA	PNO	4,938	10,413	33,140
Nuevo Emperador	UA	PNO	...	2,003	7,455
Pacora	USett	PAN	8,700	6,856	11,344
Penonomé (incl. Vista Hermosa)	UA	COC	13,965	23,969	31,799
Puerto Armuelles (incl. El Palmar)	UA	CHI	17,997	16,279	14,663
Puerto Caimito	USett	PNO	3,964	4,174	12,626
Río Hato	USett	COC	4,389	5,615	6,815
San Antonio	USett	VER	...	2,715	10,261
San Juan (Barriada Juan Demóstenes Arosemana)	USett	COL	5,392	7,589	9,955
Santiago de Veraguas (incl. Canto del Llano, San Martín de Porres)	UA	VER	40,879	49,768	51,339
San Vicente	USett	PAN	10,333	14,109	17,058
Soná	USett	VER	7,394	7,669	7,708
Unión Chocó (Union Chocoe)	RSett	EMB	559	679	867
Veracruz	USett	PNO	14,936	17,144	18,679
Vista Alegre (incl. Nuevo Arraiján)	UA	PNO	61,551	94,845	128,973
Volcán	USett	CHI	9,185	10,286	11,294

The urban areas are composed of adjacent urban settlements by »City Population«. The tabulated census results are not adjusted for underenumeration.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panamá (web).

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (C 2023)
Males	2,014,818
Females	2,049,962

Age Groups (C 2023)
0-14 years	1,032,976
15-64 years	2,633,240
65+ years	398,229

Age Distribution (C 2023)
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)
Rural	1,389,231
Urban	2,675,549

Ethnic Group (C 2023)
Ngäbe	444,878
Guna	112,319
Other Indigenous	139,942
African, Not Indigenous	1,216,415
Not African, Not Indigenous	2,150,241