Migration trends in Panama
Latin America
476.1K people from around the world have made Panama their home. That's 10.5% of the country population, arriving from 88 different countries
4.5M
Population
476.1K
Immigrants
194.8K
Emigrants
+281.3K
Inflow
Every 9th person in Panama was born abroad
The #80 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Panama
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
62.5K immigrants · 144.1K emigrants
2005
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
2010
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 44%
- The gap between arrivals and departures was cut in half
2015
- The country became a destination — more people arriving than leaving
2020
- Venezuela overtook Colombia as the largest source of new arrivals
- Surge of immigrants from Venezuela — 109.7K new arrivals
Today
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 53%
- Roughly 1 in 10 residents was now foreign-born
- Migration accounted for 74% of the country's population growth
- Net migration doubled — the annual surplus reached 281.3K
- Since 1990: 413.6K more foreign-born residents and 50.7K more citizens living abroad