---
title: "Panama vs Russia — area, population, currency"
description: "Panama is 75,420 km² with 4,571,189 people; Russia is 17,098,242 km² with 143,513,328. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/panama-vs-russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Panama vs Russia

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

75,420 km² vs 17,098,242 km² · 4,571,189 vs 143,513,328

Russia is 227 times larger than Panama — 17,098,242 against 75,420 km². Russia is 31 times more populous than Panama — 143,513,328 against 4,571,189 people.

## Side by side

|  | Panama | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Panama City | Moscow |
| Area | 75,420 km² | 17,098,242 km² |
| Population | 4,571,189 (2025) | 143,513,328 (2025) |
| Density | 60.6 /km² | 8.4 /km² |
| Currency | Panamanian balboa (PAB) | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Official languages | Spanish | Russian |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00 | UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+05:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00 |
| Calling code | +507 | +7 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Europe |
| ISO codes | PA / PAN | RU / RUS |

## Population density

Panama is 7.2 times more densely populated than Russia — 61 against 8 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 Panamanian balboa and the Russian ruble.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Europe.

## 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.

## Russia

The largest country in the world by land area, close to twice the size of the next one, and it spans eleven time zones. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the deepest lake on Earth at 1,642 m and holds roughly a fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh water — more than all five North American Great Lakes combined. Russia and China each border fourteen countries, more than any other state.

> 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 Panama bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 75,420 km².

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

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 4,571,189.

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

Panama is UTC-05:00 and Russia is UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+05:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Panama](https://atoneplace.net/country/panama/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
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- [India vs Panama](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-panama/)
- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Panama](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-panama/)
- [Japan vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-russia/)
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- [Canada vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-russia/)
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- [New Zealand vs Panama](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-panama/)

## 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]