Panama 
Facts
Population:
2,845,647 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
30.13% (male 436,661; female 420,625)
15-64 years:
63.86% (male 920,787; female 896,520)
65 years and over:
6.01% (male 81,682; female 89,372) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.3% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
19.06 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
4.95 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.91 male(s)/female
total population:
1.02 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
20.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
75.68 years
male:
72.94 years
female:
78.53 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.27 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
1.54% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
24,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
1,200 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Panamanian(s)
adjective:
Panamanian
Ethnic groups:
mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 70%, Amerindian and mixed (West Indian) 14%, white 10%, Amerindian 6%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
Languages:
Spanish (official), English 14%
note:
many Panamanians bilingual
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
90.8%
male:
91.4%
female:
90.2% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $16.6 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
2.5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $6,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
7%
industry:
16.5%
services:
76.5% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
37% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
1.2%
highest 10%:
35.7% (1997)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.8% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
1.1 million (2000 est.)
note:
shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 20.8%, industry 18%, services 61.2% (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate:
13% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$2.8 billion
expenditures:
$2.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $471 million (2000 est.)
Industries:
construction, petroleum refining, brewing, cement and other construction materials, sugar milling
Industrial production growth rate:
2% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
4.413 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
27.78%
hydro:
71.65%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0.57% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
4.049 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
95 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
40 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables; livestock; shrimp
Exports:
$5.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee, clothing
Exports - partners:
US 42%, Germany 11%, Costa Rica 5%, Benelux 4%, Italy 4% (1999)
Imports:
$6.9 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
capital goods, crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals
Imports - partners:
US 39%, Colon Free Zone 14%, Japan 8%, Ecuador 6%, Mexico 5% (1999)
Debt - external:
$7.56 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$197.1 million (1995)
Currency:
balboa (PAB); US dollar (USD)
Currency code:
PAB; USD
Exchange rates:
balboas per US dollar - 1.000 (fixed rate)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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(Conservative), Panama City
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http://www.critica.com.pa/
(Independent), Panama City
http://www.diaadia.com.pa/
(Independent), Panama City
http://www.elsiglo.com/
(Independent), Panama City
http://www.epasa.com/
(Independent), Panama City
http://www.prensa.com/
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(Conservative), Panama City
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A suspect privatization deal reveals that the Panamanian government and British-based Cable & Wireless were involved in shady practices
World Press Review correspondent Michelle Lescure faces imprisonment under Panama's notorious 'gag laws.'
The discovery of the largest illegal shipment of weapons into Colombia has created an international scandal implicating several governments.
The text of Panama correspondent Michelle Lescure's address to a fact-finding mission on the importance of investigative journalism on corruption in Latin America, and Panama specifically.
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