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PANAMA STATISTICS
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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.
