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Geography

Location: Middle America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica

Area:
total area: 78,200 sq km
land area: 75,990 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than South Carolina

Land boundaries: total 555 km, Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km

Coastline: 2,490 km


People

Population: 2,680,903 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 34% (female 439,491; male 458,817)
15-64 years: 61% (female 812,876; male 823,124)
65 years and over: 5% (female 74,672; male 71,923)

Population growth rate: 1.9% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 24.12 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 4.79 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -0.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 15.8 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.2 years
male: 72.57 years
female: 77.97 years

Total fertility rate: 2.8 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: mestizo (mixed Indian and European ancestry) 70%, West Indian 14%,white 10%, Indian 6%

Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%

Languages: Spanish (official), English 14%

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
total population: 89%
male: 89%
female: 88%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Panama
conventional short form: Panama

Type: constitutional republic

Capital: Panama

Independence: 3 November 1903 (from Colombia; became independent from Spain 28 November 1821)

Constitution: 11 October 1972; major reforms adopted April 1983


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $12.3 billion

National product real growth rate: 3.6%

National product per capita: $4,670

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.8%

Unemployment rate: 12.9%

Electricity:
capacity: 960,000 kW
production: 2.8 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 1,047 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July).