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Country (long form)	Republic of Panama
Capital	Panama
Total Area	30,193.19 sq mi 78,200.00 sq km (slightly smaller than South Carolina)
Population	2,845,647 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	3,849,328
Languages	Spanish (official), English 14% note: many Panamanians bilingual
Literacy	90.8% total, 91.4% male, 90.2% female (1995 est.)
Religions	Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
Life Expectancy	72.94 male, 78.53 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	constitutional democracy
Currency	1 balboa (B) = 100 centesimos
GDP (per capita)	$6,000 (2000 est.)
Industry	construction, petroleum refining, brewing, cement and other construction materials, sugar milling
Agriculture	bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables; livestock; shrimp
Arable Land	7%
Natural Resources	copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower