Población: 2,808,268 (July 2000 est.)

Estructura de Edades:
0-14 years: 31% (male 439,590; female 422,949)
15-64 years: 63% (male 901,793; female 878,138)
65 years and over: 6% (male 79,330; female 86,468) (2000 est.)

Indice de Crecimiento en la población: 1.34% (2000 est.)

Indice de Nacimiento: 19.53 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Indice de Muerte: 4.95 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Indice Neto de Migración: -1.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Indice de sexo:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Indice de mortalidad Infantil: 20.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Esperanza de vida al nacer:
total population: 75.47 years
male: 72.74 years
female: 78.31 years (2000 est.)

Indice Total de Fertilidad: 2.32 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Nacionalidad:
noun: Panamanian(s)
adjective: Panamanian

Grupos Etnicos: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 70%, Amerindian and mixed (West Indian) 14%, white 10%, Amerindian 6%

Religiones: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%

Idiomas: Spanish (official), English 14%
note: many Panamanians bilingual

Literatos:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.8%
male: 91.4%
female: 90.2% (1995 est.)