Croatia vs Panama: Has the population peaked?

Croatia
3.90 million people
in 2023
Panama
4.46 million people
in 2023
Croatia rank
130th
Panama rank
129th

Has the population peaked? over time

  • Croatia
  • Panama
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How they compare

Panama currently reports 4.46 million people against 3.90 million people in Croatia, a difference of 562,740 people.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times Croatia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 130th and Panama ranks 129th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 7 and Panama in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia Panama Difference Ahead
1950s 4.05 million people 970,436 people 3.08 million people Croatia
1960s 4.33 million people 1.29 million people 3.03 million people Croatia
1970s 4.54 million people 1.71 million people 2.83 million people Croatia
1980s 4.74 million people 2.18 million people 2.56 million people Croatia
1990s 4.64 million people 2.70 million people 1.94 million people Croatia
2000s 4.31 million people 3.28 million people 1.03 million people Croatia
2010s 4.17 million people 3.93 million people 242,456 people Croatia
2020s 3.92 million people 4.37 million people 454,148 people Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the population peaked?, Croatia or Panama?
Panama, at 4.46 million people against 3.90 million people in Croatia as of 2023.
What is the difference in has the population peaked? between Croatia and Panama?
562,740 people, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Panama?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Croatia and Panama rank globally for has the population peaked??
Croatia ranks 130th and Panama ranks 129th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Has the population peaked?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Has the population peaked?
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.