Indicator	Value
Total population	4,520,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 4,516,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 4,516,000 people
Median age	29.9 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	79.6–79.8 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 79.78 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 79.59 years
Ethnic groups	Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and White) 65%, Indigenous 12.3% (Ngabe 7.6%, Kuna 2.4%, Embera 0.9%, Bugle 0.8%, other 0.4%, unspecified 0.2%), Black or African descent 9.2%, Mulatto 6.8%, White 6.7% (2010 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Spanish (official), Indigenous languages (including Ngabere (Guaymi), Buglere, Kuna, Embera, Wounaan, Naso (Teribe), and Bri Bri), Panamanian English Creole (a mixture of English and Spanish with elements of Ngabere, also known as Guari Guari and Colon Creole), English, Chinese (Yue and Hakka), Arabic, French Creole, other (Yiddish, Hebrew, Korean, Japanese)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Evangelical 55%, Roman Catholic 33.4%, none 10.1%, unspecified 1.5% (2023 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	69.5% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	1.27 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	15.9 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	4.91 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	66 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Border Kuna / Bribri / Buglere / Chiriqui Sign Languages / Cueva / Eastern Yiddish / Emberá-Catío / Emberá-Chamí / Epena / Jamaican Creole English / Ngäbere / Northern Emberá / Panamanian Sign Language / San Blas Kuna / Spanish / Teribe / Woun MeuGlottolog [2026]