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<text id=93CT1099>
<title>
Panama--People
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Panama
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 2,579,047 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 1.98% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 25.08 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 4.94 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: -0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 17.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 74.56 years</l>
<l> male: 71.99 years</l>
<l> female: 77.27 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 2.9 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Panamanian(s)</l>
<l> adjective: Panamanian</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: mestizo (mixed Indian and European ancestry)
70%, West Indian 14%, white 10%, Indian 6%
</p>
<p>Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
</p>
<p>Languages: Spanish (official), English 14%
</p>
<p>note: many Panamanians bilingual
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
<l> total population: 88%</l>
<l> male: 88%</l>
<l> female: 88%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 921,000 (1992 est.)
</p>
<p> by occupation: government and community services 31.8%,
agriculture, hunting, and fishing 26.8%, commerce, restaurants,
and hotels 16.4%, manufacturing and mining 9.4%, construction
3.2%, transportation and communications 6.2%, finance,
insurance, and real estate 4.3%
</p>
<p>note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of
unskilled labor
</p></body></article></text>