General information
Panama | United States | |
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Region: | Central America | North America |
Area: | 75,420 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Spanish | English |
Government form: | Presidential republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1903 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Panama City | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Panama | United States | |
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Population: | 4,315,000 | 329,484,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 57.2 | 33.5 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 76 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 82 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 30.1 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 18.71 ‰ | 11.40 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 5.11 ‰ | 8.70 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.11 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Panama | United States | |
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Political stability: | 67 | 60 |
Civil rights: | 48 | 81 |
Health: | 63 | 71 |
Climate: | 44 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 81 | 23 |
Popularity: | 31 | 67 |
Economy
Panama | United States | |
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Currency: | Panamanian Balboa (1 PAB = 100 Centesimos) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 12.1 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 1.63 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 46.17 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 37.20 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 12,420 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 36 (bad) | 67 (moderate) |
PAN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 53,977 M US$ | 12.51 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.59 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 53,579 M US$ | 12.42 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.53 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 20,196 M US$ | 4.68 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.48 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 17,414 M US$ | 4.04 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.53 M US$ |
Infrastructure
PAN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 15,137 km | 3.51 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.99 km |
Railways: | 77 km | 0.02 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 800 km | 0.19 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 7,980 | 1.849 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 117 | 0.027 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
PAN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 8.71 bn kWh | 2.02 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.84 m kWh |
Energy production: | 10.60 bn kWh | 2.46 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.43 m kWh |
Energy export: | 139.00 m kWh | 32,214.94 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,424.79 kWh |
Energy imports: | 30.00 m kWh | 6,952.87 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 220,708.66 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 10.14 m t | 2,350.07 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,118.48 t |
Telecommunication
Panama | United States | |
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International dialing: | +507 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .pa | .us |
PAN total | PAN per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 616,698 | 143 | 103,052,000 | 313 |
Mobile cellulars: | 5,708,163 | 1323 | 442,457,000 | 1343 |
Internet server: | 11,022 | 3 | 505,000,000 | 1533 |
Internet users: | 2,745,418 | 636 | 294,658,590 | 894 |
Broadband Internet: | 562,413 | 130 | 121,176,000 | 368 |
Healthcare system
Panama | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 2.25 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 1.57 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 7.7 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.78 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.3 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 83.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 5.3 % | 23.4 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Panama and United StatesPanama | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 30.9 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 22.7 °C | 7.2 °C |
Water temperature: | 27.0 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 81 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 11.8 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 6.1 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Panama | United States | |
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English: | 13.4 % | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | 69.2 % | 10.7 % |
Creole: | 8.2 % | n/a |
Guaymí: | 5.3 % | n/a |
Cuna: | 2.0 % | n/a |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
Embera: | 0.6 % | n/a |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 1.3 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Panama | United States | |
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Christianity: | 100.0 % | 78.5 % |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Islam: | n/a | 1.1 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 0.0 % | 15.3 % |