Panama

Population Statistics

3,657,024

Total Population

548,554

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

07 August 2007

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Political Constitution of the Republic of Panama (1972, last amended 2004)

Updated: June 2015

Article 135 states:

Suffrage is a right and a duty of all citizens. The vote is free, equal, universal, secret and direct.

 

Excerpt from the Political Constitution of the Republic of Panama (1972, last amended 2004)