compatriots.net finds 32,721 people from abroad holding company roles, research posts or other documented positions in Panama, from 184 countries of origin; 4,138 of them are recorded by an official register.
The largest groups come from United States, Venezuela, Colombia.
| Country of origin | People |
|---|---|
| United States | 6,201 |
| Venezuela | 5,111 |
| Colombia | 3,080 |
| Mexico | 2,052 |
| Peru | 1,560 |
| Spain | 1,479 |
| Costa Rica | 1,278 |
| Brazil | 1,141 |
| Argentina | 1,054 |
| United Kingdom | 917 |
| Ecuador | 847 |
| Guatemala | 713 |
| Other | 9,703 |
Industry is not available for this register.
Where the names in Panama's company register come from, estimated by a name-origin model and adjusted to Panama's own mix. These are expected counts, not people with a documented move, and no individual is labelled by them.
| Name origin | Expected people |
|---|---|
| Taiwan | 120 |
| Colombia | 110 |
| Ecuador | 90 |
| Guatemala | 60 |
| Cyprus | 40 |
| Chile | 30 |
| Venezuela | 30 |
| Costa Rica | 30 |
| Switzerland | 20 |
| Israel | 20 |
| Peru | 20 |
| Greece | 20 |
| Other | 270 |
Based on 901 names whose origin the model can place; 10,033 names common to many countries are counted but not assigned.
Read with care. In Panama, about 96% of the estimated name origins point to other countries. Where a population was built by immigration, much of that is simply what its names' ancestry is: it is not a count of migrants. The estimate is also adjusted toward the nationalities Panama's register records, and registers that record nationality mainly for foreigners pull it further abroad.
Abroad, 34,464 people from Panama are documented in 155 other countries.
| Host country | People |
|---|---|
| United States | 15,426 |
| United Kingdom | 4,009 |
| Spain | 3,462 |
| Costa Rica | 1,755 |
| Mexico | 1,712 |
| Colombia | 1,409 |
| Netherlands | 1,354 |
| Canada | 1,352 |
| Switzerland | 1,314 |
| Brazil | 1,235 |
| Germany | 1,232 |
| France | 1,140 |
| Other | 12,411 |
Panama's company register lists 31,356 officer rows, 4,830 with a stated nationality (self-stamp rate 0.08; above 0.98 the field is ignored as it only repeats the register's own country).
Counts are people with a documented cross-border move: an official register's nationality or birthplace, ORCID/VIAF/Wikidata records, or a dated study-then-work transition. Name-based estimates and heritage (ancestral) readings are not included in these counts. Groups under 5 people are folded into "Other".
Aggregate statistics from official company registers, ORCID, VIAF and Wikidata, compiled by compatriots.net · data build v3_20261030. No individual is named on this page. See methodology & privacy.