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Panamá
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 9.7%
- people aged 65 or older
- 441.4K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 18.5%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 24.1 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 17.1%
- women 21.9%, men 14.1%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 2.1%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2023; UN, 2000 census
Languages
16 languages, 13 of them endangered
- BribriDefinitely endangered
- BuglereDefinitely endangered
- Chiriquí Sign LanguageDefinitely endangered
- GuaymíDefinitely endangered
- Panamanian Sign LanguageDefinitely endangered
- TeribeDefinitely endangered
- WounaanDefinitely endangered
- Border KunaVulnerable
- CatioVulnerable
- ChamiVulnerable
- EperaraVulnerable
- Northern EmberaVulnerable
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- San Blas KunaVulnerable
- Eastern Yiddish
- Jamaican Patois
- Spanish
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Construction processes of the quincha house and the junta de embarre / embarra2025
- ICH safeguarding practices program for the cultural and ecologic Sea Turtle Festival of Armila2023
- Dances and expressions associated with the Corpus Christi Festivity2021
- Ritual and festive expressions of the Congo culture2018
- Artisanal processes and plant fibers techniques for talcos, crinejas and pintas weaving of the pinta’o hat2017
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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