Province · Panamá
Bocas del Toro
Province of Panamá. Official statistics compared with the whole country, and REAL NOW market prices.
This page covers the whole region. The city or zone named Bocas del Toro has its own market page, with other figures: Bocas del Toro
Population
159,228
Censo 2023 #8 of 13
For sale or rent
4.0%
of private dwellings #2 of 13
Renters
8.4%
of occupied dwellings #7 of 13
Unoccupied dwellings
29.2%
of private dwellings #3 of 13
Median sale price per m²
US$2,724
apartments and houses
Official statistics
Population and housing, Censo 2023
Each figure next to the parent region and the country, so you can tell whether it stands out.
Population and households
| Bocas del ToroProvince | PanamáCountry | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 159,228 | 4,064,780 |
| Households | 35,535 | 1,224,279 |
| Persons per household | 4.48 | 3.32 |
| Aged 0 to 14 | 38.4% | 25.4% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4.9% | 9.8% |
Source: INEC Panamá, Censo 2023
Housing stock
| Bocas del ToroProvince | PanamáCountry | |
|---|---|---|
| Private dwellings | 49,534 | 1,589,018 |
| For sale or rentempty and offered, share of private dwellings | 4.0% | 3.6% |
| Unoccupiedno residents present, any reason | 29.2% | 23.1% |
| Seasonal or holiday homes | 11.5% | 8.6% |
| Apartmentsshare of private dwellings | 2.7% | 13.7% |
Source: INEC Panamá, Censo 2023
Tenure of occupied dwellings
| Bocas del ToroProvince | PanamáCountry | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 84.2% | 63.5% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 2.2% | 18.1% |
| Rented | 8.4% | 13.1% |
Source: INEC Panamá, Censo 2023
Basic services
| Bocas del ToroProvince | PanamáCountry | |
|---|---|---|
| Connected to sewer | 11.7% | 41.0% |
| Public water supply | 47.8% | 69.8% |
| No electricity | 15.3% | 4.8% |
| Earth floor | 9.6% | 5.4% |
| No toilet | 14.4% | 3.7% |
Source: INEC Panamá, Censo 2023
Bank credit
Bank credit in Bocas del Toro
Stock of bank loans at 2026-07 and the change in a year.
| Bocas del Toro | Change | Panamá | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mortgage | US$79.4 M | +3.9% | US$21.59 B |
| Construction | US$6.5 M | -12.7% | US$4.19 B |
| Consumer | US$171.2 M | -0.1% | US$15.42 B |
| All sectors | US$306.7 M | -2.9% | US$65.73 B |
Bocas del Toro holds 0.4% of the country’s mortgage credit.
Source: Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá
Mortgage and construction credit, monthly
Source: Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá
Market
Prices, rent and yield
Medians over the aggregated public offer seen in the last 30 days. List prices, not closed sales.
For sale
| Bocas del ToroProvince | PanamáCountry | |
|---|---|---|
| Median per m², homes | US$2,724 | US$2,040 |
| Apartments, per m² | — | US$2,496 |
| Houses, per m² | US$2,244 | US$1,410 |
Source: REAL NOW, aggregated public offer (list prices)
For rent
| Bocas del ToroProvince | PanamáCountry | |
|---|---|---|
| Median monthly rent | — | US$1,700 |
| Gross rental yield | — | 6.52% |
Source: REAL NOW rent benchmarks, aggregated public offer
Districts
Districts of Bocas del Toro
4 regions. Open one for its full profile.
| District | Population | For sale or rent | Renters | Sale, US$/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almirante † | 28,368 | 1.3% | 4.9% | PRO |
| Bocas del Toro † | 17,274 | 13.8% | 17.3% | PRO |
| Changuinola † | 101,091 | 2.6% | 7.5% | PRO |
| Chiriquí Grande | 12,495 | 3.6% | 8.5% | PRO |
Methodology
Sources and methodology
Official statistics
- Population, households and dwellings: INEC Panamá, Censo 2023, by corregimiento. District and province figures are the published totals where INEC publishes them and the sum of corregimientos otherwise.
- For sale or rent = private dwellings the census found empty and offered for sale or rent, divided by all private dwellings. Unoccupied = every private dwelling with no residents present (for sale or rent, seasonal, under repair, vacant, abandoned or other), divided by all private dwellings.
- Renters, owners with a mortgage and the basic-services columns are shares of occupied dwellings.
- Bank credit: Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá, stock of loans by province in 2026-07, compared with 2025-07.
REAL NOW market metrics
- Sale: median asking price per m² of apartments and houses for sale seen in the last 30 days in the aggregated public offer, with the same outlier bounds as Analytics. List prices, not closed sales.
- Confidence: solid = 30 or more listings, preliminary = 15 to 29; below 15 nothing is published.
- Rent and gross yield: REAL NOW rent benchmarks, median monthly rent of homes; gross yield = rent × 12 ÷ sale price of the same cell, published only between 3 and 12 percent. Available by province or department and by municipality or canton.
Sources: INEC Panamá, Censo 2023 · Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá · REAL NOW aggregated public offer.