Republic of Panama

Capital: Panama

Total Area: 30,193.19 sq mi,78,200.00 sq km,(slightly smaller than South Carolina)

Population: 2,845,647 (July 2001 est.)

Estimated Population in 2050: 3,849,328

Languages: Spanish (official), English 14%,note: many Panamanians bilingual

Literacy: 90.8% total, 91.4% male, 90.2% female (1995 est.)

Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%

Life Expectancy: 72.94 male, 78.53 female (2001 est.)

Government Type: constitutional democracy

Currency: 1 balboa (B) = 100 centesimos

GDP (per capita): $6,000 (2000 est.)

Industry: construction, petroleum refining, brewing, cement and other construction materials, sugar milling

Agriculture: bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables; livestock; shrimp

Arable Land: 7%

Natural Resources: copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower

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