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Panama

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Panama is a country. The capital city is Panama City, located in the Central America region of Americas. It has a land area of 74,180 km², a population of 4,458,759 people and uses the currency Panamanian balboa. The President is Laurentino Cortizo.

Key facts

currency: Panamanian balboa
capital city: Panama City
region: Central America
continent: Americas
land area: 74,180 km²
population: 4,458,759 people
political leader: Laurentino Cortizo (President)

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expense: 17.14 % of GDP
GDP: 83,318,176,900.00 current US$
inflation: 1.49 annual %
self-employed workers: 38.91 % of total employment
tax revenue: 7.46 % of GDP
unemployment: 6.54 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 36.07 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 28,000 people
democracy score: 7.05
democracy type: Flawed democracy
individuals using the Internet: 78.00 % of population
military expenditure: 0.97 % of GDP
net migration: 7,262 people
press freedom: 2.63
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 22.54 %
birth rate: 17.40 per 1,000 people
death rate: 5.90 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 1,415.24 current US$
health expenditure: 9.68 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.32 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.92 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 77
suicide mortality rate: 2.90 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 21,813.16 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 8.86 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 14.72 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 95.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 6.92 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 60.77 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 27.76 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 4.56 % of total
net energy imports: 80.90 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.30 births per woman
forest area: 41,910 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 80.71 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 21.28 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 25.60
methane emissions: 4.75 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.99 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 2,228,887 people
male population: 2,229,872 people
renewable energy consumption: 28.00 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 73,613.77 km²
rural population: 1,359,386 people
urban land area: 1,070.98 km²
urban population: 3,099,373 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.26 % of total population

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