Panama: Population Growth
Rate Decreases
PANAMA - The preliminary data of the recent
population and housing census in Panama
revealed that the rate population growth
rate has decreased regarding the study
carried out in 2000, according to
specialized sources.
Experts of the National Institute of
Statistics asserted that this year's
researches brought about a rate of 16 births
per 1000 inhabitants while 10 years ago this
number reached 20.
The census determined that the population is
composed by 3, 322, 576 people, a number
that is lower than 3.5 million that were
registered in previous estimates by the
Comptroller General of the Republic.
From that total, 1, 672,568 are men and 1,
650,008 are women. There are 1, 056,208
houses in the country.
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