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Total Population by Country
Population Growth
Population by sex and age total 2000
Population by sex and age (18 to 64 group only)
Population by age group total 2000
Population by age group (males only)
Population by age group (females only)
Area of residence
Socio-economic level
Population density (2000)
Life expectancy at birth (2000)
Literacy rate (1995)
Resume of basic population profile (2000)
Main urban cities:

Total Population by Country

TOTAL POPULATION 1950-2000 (000)	Total Central America	Total by country
TOTAL POPULATION 1950-2000 (000)	Total Central America	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Panamá
1950	9,198	2,969	1,940	1,431	1,098	867	893
1960	12,390	3,975	2,574	1,952	1,493	1,248	1,148
1970	16,873	5,287	3,583	2,683	2,053	1,736	1,531
1980	22,423	7,232	4,527	3,625	2,776	2,307	1,956
1990	28,413	9,631	5,041	4,740	3,591	3,022	2,388

1998	34,546	12,008	5,752	5,862	4,583	3,605	2,736
1999	35,342	12,336	5,839	5,997	4,717	3,674	2,779
2000	36,141	12,670	5,925	6,130	4,851	3,744	2,821

% in C.A. (2000)	100%	35%	17%	17%	13%	10%	8%

Population Growth

POPULATION GROWTH (YEARLY %)	Total Central America	Total by country
POPULATION GROWTH (YEARLY %)	Total Central America	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Panamá
1980-1990	2.4%	2.9%	1.1%	2.7%	2.6%	2.7%	2.0%
1990-2000	2.4%	2.8%	1.6%	2.6%	3.1%	2.2%	1.7%
1998-2000	2.3%	2.7%	1.5%	2.3%	2.9%	1.9%	1.5%

Population by sex and age total 2000

POPULATION BY SEX AND AGE TOTAL 2000	Total Central America	Total by country
POPULATION BY SEX AND AGE TOTAL 2000	Total Central America	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Panamá
Males	17,648	6,208	2,842	3,004	2,328	1,859	1,406
Females	17,695	6,128	2,997	2,993	2,389	1,816	1,373

0 to 17 years	16,397	6,090	2,534	2,905	2,391	1,439	1,040
18 to 64 years	17,518	5,804	3,002	2,884	2,199	2,050	1,579
65 years	1,427	442	304	208	127	186	160

% Males	49.9%	50.3%	48.7%	50.1%	49.4%	50.6%	50.6%
% Females	50.1%	49.7%	51.3%	49.9%	50.6%	49.4%	49.4%

% 0 to 17 years	46.4%	49.4%	43.4%	48.4%	50.7%	39.2%	37.4%
% 18 to 64 years	49.6%	47.0%	51.4%	48.1%	46.6%	55.8%	56.8%
% 65 years or more	4.0%	3.6%	5.2%	3.5%	2.7%	5.1%	5.8%

Population by sex and age (18 to 64 group only)

POPULATION BY SEX AND AGE (18 to 64 group only)	Total Central America	Total by country (1999)
POPULATION BY SEX AND AGE (18 to 64 group only)	Total Central America	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Panamá
males	8,638	2,893	1,412	1,428	1,070	1,036	799
females	8,880	2,911	1,590	1,456	1,129	1,014	780

18 to 24 years	4,854	1,678	834	857	662	458	366
25 to 34 years	5,173	1,697	874	869	673	593	467
35 to 44 years	3,607	1,165	596	560	439	502	345
45 to 54 years	2,380	779	415	367	266	311	241
55 to 64 years	1,505	484	283	231	159	187	160

% males	49.3%	49.8%	47.0%	49.5%	48.6%	50.5%	50.6%
% females	50.7%	50.2%	53.0%	50.5%	51.4%	49.5%	49.4%

% 18 to 24 years	27.7%	28.9%	27.8%	29.7%	30.1%	22.3%	23.2%
% 25 to 34 years	29.5%	29.2%	29.1%	30.1%	30.6%	28.9%	29.6%
% 35 to 44 years	20.6%	20.1%	19.9%	19.4%	19.9%	24.5%	21.8%
% 45 to 54 years	13.6%	13.4%	13.8%	12.7%	12.1%	15.2%	15.3%
% 55 to 64 years	8.6%	8.3%	9.4%	8.0%	7.2%	9.1%	10.2%

Population by age group total 2000

POPULATION BY AGE GROUP TOTAL 2000	Total Central America	Total by country (2000)
POPULATION BY AGE GROUP TOTAL 2000	Total Central America	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Panamá
Total population	35,342	12,336	5,839	5,997	4,717	3,674	2,779
Total 0- 4	5,075	1,982	737	882	777	407	290
Total 5- 9	4,674	1,735	721	842	669	409	297
Total 10- 14	4,283	1,550	679	756	610	399	289
Total 15- 19	3,852	1,340	647	692	544	363	266
Total 20- 24	3,367	1,161	584	590	452	318	263
Total 25- 29	2,824	937	478	488	370	307	244
Total 30- 34	2,349	761	396	380	303	286	223
Total 35- 39	1,970	633	327	307	242	271	191
Total 40- 44	1,637	533	270	253	197	231	154
Total 45- 49	1,338	446	226	207	155	174	131
Total 50- 54	1,041	333	189	161	111	137	110
Total 55- 59	832	266	156	127	88	104	90
Total 60- 64	673	219	127	103	71	83	70
Total 65- 69	544	180	107	80	54	68	56
Total 70- 74	398	127	83	57	38	51	42
Total 75- 79	253	75	57	37	22	33	30
Total 80+	231	59	57	35	14	33	33

Population by age group (males only)

POPULATION BY AGE GROUP (MALES ONLY)	Total Central America	Total by country (1999)
POPULATION BY AGE GROUP (MALES ONLY)	Total Central America	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Panamá
Total males	17,648	6,208	2,842	3,004	2,328	1,859	1,406
0- 4 years	2,587	1,012	377	450	393	209	147
5- 9 years	2,381	885	368	429	338	209	151
10- 14 years	2,180	791	347	384	306	204	148
15- 19 years	1,955	683	327	351	271	187	136
20- 24 years	1,699	589	289	300	223	164	134
25- 29 years	1,405	471	224	247	182	157	124
30- 34 years	1,151	380	178	187	148	145	114
35- 39 years	957	313	148	149	116	135	97
40- 44 years	792	262	124	122	93	114	77
45- 49 years	648	218	105	99	74	86	66
50- 54 years	505	162	89	78	53	68	55
55- 59 years	402	129	72	61	42	52	45
60- 64 years	323	106	58	49	33	41	35
65- 69 years	258	87	49	38	24	33	28
70- 74 years	186	61	38	27	16	24	20
75- 79 years	115	34	26	17	9	15	14
80+ years	101	25	25	16	5	14	15

Population by age group (females only)

POPULATION BY AGE GROUP (FEMALES ONLY)	Total Central America	Total by country (1999)
POPULATION BY AGE GROUP (FEMALES ONLY)	Total Central America	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Panamá
Total females	17,695	6,128	2,997	2,993	2,389	1,816	1,373
0- 4 years	2,488	971	360	432	384	199	143
5- 9 years	2,293	849	352	414	331	200	146
10- 14 years	2,103	759	332	372	304	195	141
15- 19 years	1,896	657	320	341	273	175	130
20- 24 years	1,668	571	295	290	229	154	129
25- 29 years	1,419	465	254	241	188	150	120
30- 34 years	1,197	381	218	193	155	141	110
35- 39 years	1,013	320	179	158	125	136	94
40- 44 years	845	271	146	131	104	117	76
45- 49 years	690	229	121	108	80	87	65
50- 54 years	536	171	100	83	58	69	55
55- 59 years	430	137	84	66	47	52	45
60- 64 years	350	112	69	54	38	41	35
65- 69 years	286	93	58	42	30	35	28
70- 74 years	212	67	45	30	22	27	22
75- 79 years	138	41	31	20	13	19	16
80+ years	130	34	32	18	8	19	18

Area of residence

AREA OF RESIDENCE	Total Central America	Total by country
AREA OF RESIDENCE	Total Central America	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Panamá
% capital city	24%	22%	31%	15%	21%	30%	37%
% other urban	21%	19%	19%	24%	28%	20%	17%
% rural areas	55%	59%	50%	61%	51%	50%	46%

Socio-economic level

SOCIO-ECONOMIC LEVEL	Total Central America	Total by country
SOCIO-ECONOMIC LEVEL	Total Central America	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Panamá
Upper (AB)	6%	5%	6%	6%	5%	8%	5%
Middle (C)	23%	21%	24%	20%	20%	29%	29%
Lower (DE)	72%	74%	70%	74%	75%	63%	66%

Population density (2000)

POPULATION DENSITY (2000)	Total Central America	Total by country
POPULATION DENSITY (2000)	Total Central America	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Panamá
Total area (sq. km)	500814	108890	21040	112090	129494	51100	78200
Land (sq. km)	487944	108430	20720	111890	120254	50660	75990
Density	72.4	113.8	281.8	53.6	39.2	72.5	36.6

Area of residence

TOTAL POPULATION

URBAN ZONE

RURAL ZONE

TOTAL

CENTROAMERICA

36,141,000

17,312,632

47.90%

18,828,368

52.10%

GUATEMALA

12,670,000

5,080,670

40.10%

7,589,330

59.90%

EL SALVADOR

5,925,000

2,742,090

46.28%

3,182,910

53.72%

HONDURAS

6,130,000

2,836,964

46.28%

3,293,036

53.72%

NICARAGUA

4,851,000

3,113,372

64.18%

1,737,628

35.82%

COSTA RICA

3,744,000

1,923,667

51.38%

1,820,333

48.62%

PANAMA

2,821,000

1,615,869

57.28%

1,205,131

42.72%

Life expectancy at birth (2000)

Life expectancy at birth (1998)	Total Central America	Total by country
Life expectancy at birth (1998)	Total Central America	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Panamá
Total	68.2	66.0	69.7	65.0	66.6	75.9	74.5
Males	65.7	63.4	66.3	63.3	64.3	73.5	71.7
females	70.7	68.1	73.2	66.8	69.1	78.5	77.3

Literacy rate (2000)

LITERACY RATE (1995)	Total Central America	Total by country
LITERACY RATE (1995)	Total Central America	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Panamá
Total	69%	56%	72%	73%	66%	95%	91%
males	72%	63%	74%	73%	65%	95%	91%
females	67%	49%	70%	73%	67%	95%	70%

Resume of basic population profile (2000)

RESUME OF BASIC POPULATION PROFILE (1999)	Total Central America	Total by country
RESUME OF BASIC POPULATION PROFILE (1999)	Total Central America	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	Panamá
Total population (000)	35,342	12,336	5,839	5,997	4,717	3,674	2,779
% in C.A.	100%	35%	17%	17%	13%	10%	8%
% yearly growth	2.4%	2.8%	1.6%	2.6%	3.1%	2.2%	1.7%
% Males	50%	50%	497%	50%	49%	51%	51%
% Adults (18+)	54%	51%	57%	52%	49%	61%	63%
% Urban	45%	41%	50%	39%	49%	50%	54%
Population capital city	8,550	2,750	1,800	900	1,000	1,100	1,000
% Capital city	24%	22%	31%	15%	21%	30%	37%
Country area (000 km²)	500.8	108.9	21.0	112.1	129.5	51.1	78.2
Life expectancy (year)	68.2	66.0	69.7	65.0	66.6	75.9	74.5
Literacy rate (2000)	69%	56%	72%	73%	66%	95%	91%

Main urban cities

Guatemala: Guatemala city (the capital), Quetzaltenango, Escuintla, Puerto Barrios, Mazatenango, Zacapa, Chiquimula, Cobán, Antigua, San Marcos.
El Salvador: San Salvador (the capital), Santa Ana, San Miguel, Sonsonate, Usulutlán, La Unión, San Vicente, Zacatecoluca, Ahuachapán, Chalotenango
Honduras: Tegucigalpa (the capital), San Pedro Sula ("the industrial capital"), Puerto Cortéz, Tela, La Ceiba, Progreso, Comayagua, Siguatepeque, Choluteca, Danlí..
Nicaragua: Managua (the capital), León, Chinandega, Granada, Masaya, Rivas, Matagalpa, Estelí, Boaco, Juigalpa.
Costa Rica: San José (the capital), Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia, Puntarenas, Limón, Turrialba, Ciudad Quezada, San Isidro, Liberia.
Panamá: Panama city (the capital), Colón, Chorrera, David, Santiago, Chitré, Aguadulce, Penonomé, Concepción, Puerto Armuelles.