Key demographics
- Population
- 4.3M
- Density
- 60.6/km²
- HDI
- 0.839 (Very High)
- Gini index (2019)
- 49.8
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 79.8 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.11
- Urban population (2025)
- 66.2%
- Literacy rate (2024)
- 96.2%
- Labor force (2025)
- 71.9%
- Gender wage gap (2024)
- -11.8%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 51.9%
- Profile
- Mature
- Urban population (2025)
- 66.2%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 15.9 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 4.9 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 67.9%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.11
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 12.0 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 16.3%
- Tourism (2020)
- 647.0K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Español |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 91.5% |
| No religion | 7.6% |
| Other | 0.9% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Mestizo | 65.0% |
| Indigenous | 12.3% |
| Black | 9.2% |
| Mulatto | 6.8% |
| White | 6.7% |
- Demonym (male)
- Panamanian
- Demonym (female)
- Panamanian
- National anthem
- National anthem of Panama
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 79.8 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 66.7 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 8.3% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 12.0/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 82/100
- Hospital beds (2023)
- 2.0/1000
- Physicians (2022)
- 1.63/1000
- Nurses (2022)
- 3.35/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $1,558
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 40.5%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2024)
- 96.2%
- Education spending (2023)
- 2.5% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 377
- Internet users (2024)
- 72.8%
- Mobile subscriptions (2023)
- 156.6/100
- Broadband (2023)
- 18.1/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 2,234/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2023)
- 18.1
Geography and practical
- Area
- 75,417 km²
- Continent
- North America
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- Central America
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC-05:00
- Calling codes
- +507
- TLD
- .pa
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
Borders
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Panama is composed of four equal rectangular areas — a white rectangular area with a blue five-pointed star at its center, a red rectangular area, a white rectangular area with a red five-pointed star at its center, and a blue rectangular area — in the upper hoist side, upper fly side, lower fly side and lower hoist side respectively.
- National anthem
- National anthem of Panama