Panama just posted July numbers from the Darién Gap.

  • 2023 migration has already surpassed 2022.
  • July 2023 was the second-heaviest month ever.
  • Venezuelans were 69% of migrants last month. Venezuela + Ecuador was 86.3% of the total.
Chart: Annual Migration Through Panama’s Darién Gap 2023: Venezuela 55%, Haiti (plus Brazil and Chile) 16%, Ecuador 14%, Asia 8%, Colombia 3.3%, Africa 2.3%, Other countries 1%
Since 2010: Venezuela 39%, Haiti (plus Brazil and Chile) 27%, Cuba 9.3%, Ecuador 8.6%, Asia 8%, Africa 5%, Colombia 2%, Other countries 1% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 (July) Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 18 65 78 50 2819 150327 138588 Haiti plus Brazil and Chile 0 1 0 2 1 7 16742 40 420 10490 6665 101072 27287 40967 Cuba 79 18 1154 2010 5026 24623 7383 736 329 2691 528 18600 5961 528 Ecuador 0 15 18 4 1 14 93 50 51 31 25 387 29356 34894 Asia 401 79 403 732 872 3260 2485 4108 5809 3835 542 4531 13664 20238 Africa 79 62 178 251 257 1326 3277 1754 2512 4932 744 5064 12168 5689 Colombia 0 65 24 26 9 32 16 36 13 23 18 169 5064 8287 Other countries 1 43 0 26 9 25 53 38 23 22 22 1084 4457 2567

Chart: Monthly Migration Through Panama’s Darién Gap July 2023: Venezuela 69%, Ecuador 18%, Colombia 3.4%, China 3.2%, Haiti (plus Brazil and Chile) 2.8%, all others <1% January 22-July 23: Venezuela 58%, Haiti (plus Brazil and Chile) 14%, Ecuador 13%, Colombia 2.7%, China 2.5%, all others <2% Jan-22 Feb-22 Mar-22 Apr-22 May-22 Jun-22 Jul-22 Aug-22 Sep-22 Oct-22 Nov-22 Dec-22 Jan-23 Feb-23 Mar-23 Apr-23 May-23 Jun-23 Jul-23 Venezuela 1421 1573 1704 2694 9844 11359 17066 23632 38399 40593 668 1374 2337 7097 20816 25395 26409 18501 38033 Haiti (plus Brazil and Chile) 807 627 658 785 997 1025 1245 1921 2642 4525 5520 6535 12063 7813 8335 5832 3633 1743 1548 Ecuador 100 156 121 181 527 555 883 1581 2594 8487 6350 7821 6352 5203 2772 2683 3059 5052 9773 Colombia 48 72 59 72 248 287 407 569 1306 1600 208 188 333 637 1260 1634 1645 894 1884 China 32 39 56 59 67 66 85 119 136 274 377 695 913 1285 1657 1683 1497 1722 1789 India 67 74 88 172 179 228 431 332 350 604 813 756 562 872 1109 446 161 65 96 Cuba 367 334 361 634 567 416 574 589 490 663 535 431 142 36 35 59 59 74 123 Afghanistan 1 3 40 31 67 82 162 128 180 551 379 596 291 276 359 386 192 217 321 Peru 17 23 18 29 88 109 136 247 365 438 34 39 39 100 261 277 394 209 376 Other Countries 1842 1361 1722 1477 1310 1506 1833 1986 1742 2038 1748 1862 1602 1338 1495 1902 1913 1245 1444

Here’s a Google Sheets data table for the monthly chart. And here is a perma-link for those charts.