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title: "Canada vs Panama — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Panama is 75,420 km² with 4,571,189. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-panama/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Panama

**Canada vs Panama: Canada is larger; Canada has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 75,420 km² · 41,651,653 vs 4,571,189

Canada is 132 times larger than Panama — 9,984,670 against 75,420 km². Canada is 9.1 times more populous than Panama — 41,651,653 against 4,571,189 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Panama |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Panama City |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 75,420 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 4,571,189 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 60.6 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Panamanian balboa (PAB) |
| Official languages | English, French | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +507 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | North America |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | PA / PAN |

## Population density

Panama is 15 times more densely populated than Canada — 61 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Panamanian balboa.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Panama

The canal is 82 km long and lifts ships 26 m up to Gatún Lake and back down, using gravity-fed fresh water rather than pumps. Because the isthmus curves, a ship going from the Atlantic to the Pacific travels roughly south-east. The Darién Gap is the only break in the 30,000 km Pan-American Highway.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Panama?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 75,420 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Panama?

Canada, with 41,651,653 against 4,571,189.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Panama?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Panama is UTC-05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Panama](https://atoneplace.net/country/panama/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]