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Panama

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Capital:	Panama
Area size (Land only):	74430 sq. km Sligthly smaller than the Czech Republic
Time zone:	GMT -5
Currency:	Balboa
Area code:	(+) 507
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	Tropical but tempered by sea breezes; rainy season from April-December

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Spanish is the official language. There are several indigenous languages, and most of the population speaks English.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	3.5 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	3.3 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	3.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	3.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	3.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	3.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	3.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	3.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	2.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
5.1 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Mostly of mixed Native American/European descent (64 percent); about 14 percent are of African descent. There are also various indigenous groups, including the Cunas, Chocoes and Guaymies.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Some 80 percent of the population are Roman Catholic, with Protestant, Muslim, Jewish and Baha'i minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	72.5 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	71.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	70.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	69.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	68.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	67.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	66.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	65.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1941 1946
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
98 (2007)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15

2005	30.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	30.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	30.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	31.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	31.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	31.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	75.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	75.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	74.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	74.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	74.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	74.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	72.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	72.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	72.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	72.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	72.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	72.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	77.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	77.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	77.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	77.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	77.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	76.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	18 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	18 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	19 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	19 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	18 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	19 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	19 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	20 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	23 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	23 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	24 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	24 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	24 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	25 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	26 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	93 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	93 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	90 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	90 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	90 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	90 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality

2005	83 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	160 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	62	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	58	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	56	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	61	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	59	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	57	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	8 percent	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006	8 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005	8 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004	7 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003	7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	16 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	17 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	23 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	25 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	92 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	90 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	91 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	90 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	74 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	73 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	72 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	92 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	91.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	91.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	92.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	92.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	91.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	92.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	92.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	92.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	92.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	92.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	91.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	91.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	91.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	91.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	91.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2008	146 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	148 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	149 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	146 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	134 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	122 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	126 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	127 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	145 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	1119 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	901 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	661 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	541 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	397 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	222 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	172 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	158 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	139 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	229 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	223 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	174 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	115 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	111 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	100 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	85 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	73 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	66 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	85 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	94 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	84 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	65 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	62 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	66 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	67	Transparency International
2001	51 (joint)	Transparency International
2000	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (2984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day

1990-2005	7.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	6.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	7.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1990-2002	No data available percent
1990-2001	7.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	5500 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	4940 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	4650 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	4310 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	3930 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	3820 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	3700 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	3740 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	19.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	17.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	15.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	14.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	12.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	12.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	11.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	11.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	8.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	6.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	7.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	4.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	2.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	0.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	2.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	1.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	2.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	1.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	2.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	1.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	1.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	1.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	-1.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
0.7 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
43.0 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	150 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	150 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	121 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	117 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	1.0 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	1.0 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	1.0 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	1.0 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	1.0 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
Low risk from P.vivax throughout the year in three provinces: Bocas del Toro in the west Darien and San Blas in the east. Little or no risk in other provinces. Chloroquine resistant P.falciparum has been reported in Darien and San Blas provinces.
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	47 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	47 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	47 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	47 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	47 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	47 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	47 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	47 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2008	111	UNHCR
2007	109	UNHCR
2006	75	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	42	UNHCR
2004	40	UNHCR
2003	30	UNHCR
2002	44	UNHCR
2001	37	UNHCR
2000	67	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2008	1913	UNHCR
2007	1890	UNHCR
2006	1848	UNHCR
2005	1730	UNHCR
2004	1608	UNHCR
2003	1445	UNHCR
2002	1573	UNHCR
2001	1474	UNHCR
2000	1313	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997 )
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	No data available percent
2004	0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	3.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	3.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	4.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	4.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	5.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	5.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	5.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	6.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	4.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	5.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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