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  1. <text id=93CT1099>
  2. <title>
  3. Panama--People
  4. </title>
  5. <article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Panama
  6. People</hdr><body>
  7. <p>Population: 2,579,047 (July 1993 est.)
  8. </p>
  9. <p>Population growth rate: 1.98% (1993 est.)
  10. </p>
  11. <p>Birth rate: 25.08 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  12. </p>
  13. <p>Death rate: 4.94 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
  14. </p>
  15. <p>Net migration rate: -0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
  16. est.)
  17. </p>
  18. <p>Infant mortality rate: 17.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
  19. est.)
  20. </p>
  21. <list>
  22. <l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
  23. <l>  total population: 74.56 years</l>
  24. <l>  male: 71.99 years</l>
  25. <l>  female: 77.27 years (1993 est.)</l>
  26. </list>
  27. <p>Total fertility rate: 2.9 children born/woman (1993 est.)
  28. </p>
  29. <list>
  30. <l>Nationality:</l>
  31. <l>  noun: Panamanian(s)</l>
  32. <l>  adjective: Panamanian</l>
  33. </list>
  34. <p>Ethnic divisions: mestizo (mixed Indian and European ancestry)
  35. 70%, West Indian 14%, white 10%, Indian 6%
  36. </p>
  37. <p>Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
  38. </p>
  39. <p>Languages: Spanish (official), English 14%
  40. </p>
  41. <p>note: many Panamanians bilingual
  42. </p>
  43. <list>
  44. <l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
  45. <l>  total population: 88%</l>
  46. <l>  male: 88%</l>
  47. <l>  female: 88%</l>
  48. </list>
  49. <p>Labor force: 921,000 (1992 est.)
  50. </p>
  51. <p>  by occupation: government and community services 31.8%,
  52. agriculture, hunting, and fishing 26.8%, commerce, restaurants,
  53. and hotels 16.4%, manufacturing and mining 9.4%, construction
  54. 3.2%, transportation and communications 6.2%, finance,
  55. insurance, and real estate 4.3%
  56. </p>
  57. <p>note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of
  58. unskilled labor
  59. </p></body></article></text>
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