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Panama: cities by population

Panama has a population of 4,176,873, with Panama City as its capital. The 50 largest of its 652 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Panama City	Panamá	408,168
2	San Miguelito	Panamá	321,501
3	Juan Díaz	Panamá	100,636
4	David	Chiriquí Province	82,907
5	Colón	Colón	78,000
6	Arraiján	Panamá Oeste Province	76,815
7	La Chorrera	Panamá Oeste Province	61,232
8	Tocumen	Panamá	50,844
9	Santiago de Veraguas	Veraguas Province	45,355
10	Chilibre	Panamá	33,536
11	Cativá	Colón	29,607
12	Ancón	Panamá	20,706
13	Alcalde Díaz	Panamá	20,285
14	Changuinola	Bocas del Toro Province	17,997
15	La Concepción	Chiriquí Province	17,698
16	Pedregal	Chiriquí Province	17,427
17	Veracruz	Panamá Oeste Province	17,144
18	Curundú	Panamá	16,361
19	Penonomé	Coclé	16,250
20	Sabanitas	Colón	15,577
21	Nuevo Arraiján	Panamá Oeste Province	14,920
22	Chepo	Panamá	12,912
23	Puerto Escondido	Colón	12,371
24	Pocrí	Coclé	12,304
25	El Coco	Panamá Oeste Province	11,935
26	San Juan Bautista	Herrera Province	11,798
27	Puerto Armuelles	Chiriquí Province	11,743
28	Las Lomas	Chiriquí Province	11,726
29	El Empalme	Bocas del Toro Province	11,035
30	Monagrillo	Herrera Province	10,821
31	Volcán	Chiriquí Province	10,286
32	Llano Bonito	Herrera Province	9,716
33	Unión Chocó	Embera	9,497
34	Chitré	Herrera Province	8,969
35	Las Tablas	Los Santos Province	8,939
36	Puerto Pilón	Colón	8,754
37	Almirante	Bocas del Toro Province	8,744
38	Vista Alegre	Panamá Oeste Province	8,673
39	Aguadulce	Coclé	8,501
40	Canto del Llano	Veraguas Province	7,854
41	Soná	Veraguas Province	7,669
42	La Arena	Herrera Province	7,175
43	Pacora	Panamá	6,856
44	Antón	Coclé	6,851
45	Guadalupe	Panamá Oeste Province	6,561
46	Boquete	Chiriquí Province	6,123
47	San Pablo Viejo Abajo	Chiriquí Province	5,992
48	Los Santos	Los Santos Province	5,970
49	La Mitra	Panamá Oeste Province	5,699
50	Río Hato	Coclé	5,615

Twenty years earlier: Panama in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 3,074,146.