Return To Previous Page WATCH! Panama: Its history, people and the Canal PANAMA STATISTICS   Panama Growth Index 2008 (Requires Adobe Reader) Population:  2,845,647 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) Population growth rate:  1.3% Birth rate:  19.06 births/1,000 population Death rate:  4.95 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate:  -1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population 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 Infant mortality rate:  20.18 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  75.68 years male:  72.94 years female:  78.53 years Total fertility rate:  2.27 children born/woman HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  1.54% HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  24,000 HIV/AIDS - deaths:  1,200 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% GDP:  purchasing power parity - $16.6 billion GDP - real growth rate:  2.5% GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $6,000 GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  7% industry:  16.5% services:  76.5% Population below poverty line:  37% Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  1.2% highest 10%:  35.7% Inflation rate (consumer prices):  1.8% 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% Unemployment rate:  13% Budget:  revenues:  $2.8 billion expenditures:  $2.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $471 million Industries:  construction, petroleum refining, brewing, cement and other construction materials, sugar milling Industrial production growth rate:  2% Electricity - production:  4.413 billion kWh Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  27.78% hydro:  71.65% nuclear:  0% other:  0.57% Electricity - consumption:  4.049 billion kWh Electricity - exports:  95 million kWh Electricity - imports:  40 million kWh 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% 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% Debt - external:  $7.56 billion Economic aid - recipient:  $197.1 million 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.