When in November 1903, Panama emerged to independent life, it had
approximately 300,000 inhabitants, not including indigenous peoples. The first official figures come from the Census Bureau in 1911, when the population reached 341,000 inhabitants and the annual income rose to 4 million dollars. The Province of Panama had 103,000 inhabitants, being the most populated in the country and the capital city was home to 70,000 inhabitants..
