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People
3,410,676 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 0-14 years: 29.3% (male 501,950/female 481,750)
15-64 years: 63.9% (male 1,085,435/female 1,061,530)
65 years and over: 6.8% (male 106,934/female 122,875) (2010 est.)
total: 27.2 years
male: 26.9 years
female: 27.6 years (2010 est.)
1.463% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 19.71 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 4.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: -0.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: urban population: 73% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.045 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 11.97 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: male: 12.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 77.61 years
country comparison to the world: male: 74.85 years
female: 80.5 years (2010 est.)
2.48 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 1% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 20,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne disease: dengue fever and malaria (2009)
noun: Panamanian(s)
adjective: Panamanian
mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 70%, Amerindian and mixed (West Indian) 14%, white 10%, Amerindian 6%
Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
Spanish (official), English 14%; note - many Panamanians bilingual
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9%
male: 92.5%
female: 91.2% (2000 census)
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2007)
3.8% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 
