Fertility rate: births per woman in Panama
Panama: Fertility rate: births per woman was 2.12 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Panama, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2023, fertility rate: births per woman in Panama stood at 2.12 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Panama peaked at 5.87 live births per woman in 1962 and was at its lowest, 2.12 live births per woman, in 2023.
Panama ranks 105th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.71 live births per woman | 5.57 live births per woman | 5.79 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.68 live births per woman | 5.29 live births per woman | 5.87 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 4.51 live births per woman | 3.88 live births per woman | 5.17 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.46 live births per woman | 3.12 live births per woman | 3.8 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.89 live births per woman | 2.77 live births per woman | 3.07 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.66 live births per woman | 2.59 live births per woman | 2.74 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.51 live births per woman | 2.29 live births per woman | 2.6 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.15 live births per woman | 2.12 live births per woman | 2.18 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 102 Bangladesh 2.16 live births per woman compare
- 103 Seychelles 2.13 live births per woman compare
- 104 Indonesia 2.13 live births per woman compare
- 106 Myanmar 2.12 live births per woman compare
- 107 Monaco 2.11 live births per woman compare
- 108 United States Virgin Islands 2.09 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Panama
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0354 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.12 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.12 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.839 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.2634 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 52.43 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 64.57 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.4411 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 0.2647 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 70.42 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Panama?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Panama was 2.12 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 5.87 live births per woman in 1962.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.12 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Panama rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Panama ranks 105th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.