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 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Panama City | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Panama | United States | |
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Population: | 4,246,000 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 56.3 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 75 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 82 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 27.9 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 18.98 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 5.08 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.11 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)Visit also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life (in german only)
Panama | United States | |
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Political stability: | 69 | 72 |
Civil rights: | 48 | 83 |
Health: | 63 | 74 |
Climate: | 40 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 49 | 34 |
Popularity: | 35 | 86 |
Economy
Panama | United States | |
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Currency: | Panamanian Balboa (1 PAB = 100 Centesimos) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 10.2 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | -0.36 % | 1.81 % |
Cost of Living: | 57.89 % | 118.33 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 37.20 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 14,950 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 35 (bad) | 67 (moderate) |
PAN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 66,801 M US$ | 15.73 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 63,468 M US$ | 14.95 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 28,312 M US$ | 6.67 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 27,378 M US$ | 6.45 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
PAN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 15,137 km | 3.56 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 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: | 7,860 | 1.851 | 3,673 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 117 | 0.028 | 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 | 2.05 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 10.60 bn kWh | 2.50 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.48 m kWh |
Energy export: | 139.00 m kWh | 32,733.31 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,536.36 kWh |
Energy imports: | 30.00 m kWh | 7,064.74 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 221,545.53 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 10.71 m t | 2,523.28 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 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: | 741,269 | 175 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 5,599,010 | 1319 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 11,022 | 3 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 2,701,941 | 636 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Panama | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 2.30 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 1.57 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 7.7 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.60 % | 0.22 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.4 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 82.0 % | 79.0 % |
Smokers: | 6.9 % | 25.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Panama and United StatesPanama | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 30.9 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 22.7 °C | 7.3 °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 |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
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 % |