| AREA ................................................ | 78.200 
                kmq | 
     
      | POPULATION .................................. | 3.000.463 in. | 
     
      | DENSITY ......................................... | 38,4 in/kmq | 
     
      | CAPITAL .......................................... | Panama | 
     
      | LANGUAGES .................................... | Spanish (official), English 14%; note - many Panamanians bilingual | 
     
      | RELIGIONS ...................................... | Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15% | 
     
     | CURRENCY ...................................... | Balboa (PAB); US dollar (USD) | 
    
     | GDP per CAPITA ............................. | 7278 $ (2004) | 
    
     | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | 0,564 (60th place) | 
    
     | LOWEST POINT ............................... | Pacific Ocean 0 m | 
    
     | HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Volcan de Chiriqui 3475 m | 
    
     | INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 3 November 1903 (from Colombia; became independent from Spain 28 November 1821) | 
    
     | INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Republic | 
    
      | WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .pa | 
    
    | COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +507 |