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Panama

  • President:Laurentino Cortizo
  • Vice President:Jose Gabriel Carrizo
  • Capital city:Panama City
  • Languages:Spanish (official), indigenous languages (including Ngabere (or Guaymi), Buglere, Kuna, Embera, Wounaan, Naso (or Teribe), and Bri Bri), Panamanian English Creole (similar to Jamaican English Creole; a mixture of English and Spanish with elements of Ngabere; also known as Guari Guari and Colon Creole), English, Chinese (Yue and Hakka), Arabic, French Creole, other (Yiddish, Hebrew, Korean, Japanese) note: many Panamanians are bilingual
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:4,498,294 (2024)
  • Area, sq km:74,180
  • GDP per capita, US$:17,358 (2022)
  • GDP, billion current US$:76.5 (2022)
  • GINI index:48.9 (2023)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:86