Egypt vs Panama: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Egypt
0.3%
in 2025
Panama
0.3%
in 2025
Egypt rank
122nd
Panama rank
124th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Egypt
- Panama
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Panama, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 122nd and Panama ranks 124th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 2 and Panama in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | Egypt |
| 1960s | 1.2% | 1.4% | 0.2% | Panama |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Panama |
| 1980s | -0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Panama |
| 1990s | -0.2% | 1.5% | 1.7% | Panama |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Panama |
| 2010s | -0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Panama |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Egypt or Panama?
- Egypt, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Egypt and Panama?
- 0.0%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Panama?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Panama rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Egypt ranks 122nd and Panama ranks 124th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.