Official Languages

Languages spoken here

French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Hindi (secondary) · Italian (secondary) · Italian (Romanesco) (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Panamanian Sign Language (secondary) · Spanish (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Panama

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Panamanian, Mestizo	2662000	Spanish	Christianity
Jamaican	413000	Jamaican English Creole	Christianity
Ngabe, Guaymi	325000	Ngabere	Christianity
Panamanian, Mulatto	268000	Spanish	Christianity
Panamanian, Black	202000	Spanish	Christianity
Americans, U.S.	181000	English	Christianity
Part-Indian	135000	Spanish	Christianity
Guna, San Blas Guna	101000	Kuna, San Blas	Ethnic Religions
French	46000	French	Christianity
Spaniard	44000	Spanish	Christianity
Han Chinese, Cantonese	36000	Chinese, Yue	Non-Religious
Han Chinese, Hakka	31000	Chinese, Hakka	Non-Religious
Embera, Northern	28000	Embera, Northern	Christianity
Italian	23000	Italian	Christianity
Buglere, Bobota	22000	Buglere	Christianity
Hindi, Indian	16000	Hindi	Hinduism
Jewish, Syrian	12000	Spanish	Judaism
Deaf	9600	Panamanian Sign Language	Unknown
Arab, Palestinian	9200	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Wounaan	9100	Woun Meu	Christianity
Arab, Syrian	8900	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Arab, Lebanese general	8700	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Teribe, Naso	5100	Teribe	Christianity
Jewish, Spanish-speaking	2000	Spanish	Judaism
Bribri	1300	Bribri	Christianity
Guna, Paya-Pucuro Guna	1000	Kuna, Border	Christianity
Embera-Saija	600	Epena	Christianity

Languages

19 languages recorded here.

Arabic, Levantine

Bribri

Buglere

Chinese, Hakka

Chinese, Yue

Embera, Northern

English

Epena

French

Hindi

Italian

Jamaican English Creole

Kuna, Border

Kuna, San Blas

Ngabere

Panamanian Sign Language

Spanish

Teribe

Woun Meu

All catalogue fields

149 fields recorded

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iso2: PA
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c_10_40window: N
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harvest_countrynamechinese: 巴拿马
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 巴拿马
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harvest_countrynameitalian: Panama
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harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
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harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-panama
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harvest_areasquarekilometers: 77082
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 99
harvest_countryphonecode: 507
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harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
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harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00