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How many babies are born in Panama?

71.6 thousand babies born in Panama in 2026. That is 0.05% of all births worldwide, and the 118th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Panama: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Panama’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~1.7K ~41K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1000 ~4.8K ~120K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1500 ~7.5K ~200K 38.2 Modelled estimate
1800 ~2.85K ~75.6K 37.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~10.3K ~257K 40.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 34.8K 861K 40.4 UN estimate
2000 70.8K 3.01M 23.5 UN estimate
2023 71.5K 4.46M 16.0 UN estimate
2026 71.6K 4.63M 15.5 UN projection
2050 66.8K 5.63M 11.9 UN projection
2075 59.9K 6.02M 10.0 UN projection
2100 52.9K 5.9M 9.0 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Panama among estimates through 2023 were in 2016, at about 78.6K. That is roughly 47 times the estimated ~1.67K births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.07 children per woman, fertility in Panama is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Panama each year?

An estimated 71.6 thousand babies are born in Panama in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 196 a day and 0.05% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Panama?

Panama has an estimated 15.5 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.07 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.