---
title: "China vs Panama — area, population, currency"
description: "China is 9,596,960 km² with 1,406,585,000 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/china-vs-panama/
site: "At One Place"
---

# China vs Panama

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

9,596,960 km² vs 75,420 km² · 1,406,585,000 vs 4,571,189

China is 127 times larger than Panama — 9,596,960 against 75,420 km². China is 308 times more populous than Panama — 1,406,585,000 against 4,571,189 people.

## Side by side

|  | China | Panama |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Beijing | Panama City |
| Area | 9,596,960 km² | 75,420 km² |
| Population | 1,406,585,000 (2025) | 4,571,189 (2025) |
| Density | 146.6 /km² | 60.6 /km² |
| Currency | Chinese yuan (CNY) | Panamanian balboa (PAB) |
| Official languages | Standard Chinese | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC+08:00 | UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +86 | +507 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Asia | North America |
| ISO codes | CN / CHN | PA / PAN |

## Population density

China is 2.4 times more densely populated than Panama — 147 against 61 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 Chinese yuan and the Panamanian balboa.
- Different continents — Asia and North America.

## China

The largest country in the world using a single time zone, so the sun rises in the far west around three hours later by the clock than in Beijing. China has a land border with fourteen countries — more than any other state except Russia, which also has fourteen. Its terrain runs from Mount Everest on the Nepalese border to the Turpan Depression at 154 m below sea level.

## 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 China bigger than Panama?

China is larger — 9,596,960 km² against 75,420 km².

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

China, with 1,406,585,000 against 4,571,189.

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

China is UTC+08:00 and Panama is UTC-05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Panama](https://atoneplace.net/country/panama/)
- [India vs Panama](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-panama/)
- [China vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-states/)
- [China vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-india/)
- [China vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [China vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-japan/)
- [China vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-new-zealand/)
- [China vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-france/)
- [China vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-germany/)
- [China vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-italy/)
- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-mexico/)
- [China vs Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-spain/)

## 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]