Indigenous peoples of Panama

As of the 2010 census, Indigenous peoples constitute 12.3% of Panama’s population of 3.4 million, totaling just over 418,000 individuals.

The Ngäbe and Buglé comprise half of the Indigenous peoples of Panama.

Three comarcas (Comarca Emberá-Wounaan, Guna Yala, Ngäbe-Buglé) exist as equivalent to a province, with two smaller comarcas (Guna de Madugandí and Guna de Wargandí) subordinate to a province and considered equivalent to a corregimiento (municipality).

Some native peoples speak Spanish, while many more retain their traditional languages.

According to the 2000 census, the following indigenous languages are spoken in Panama: