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title: "Panama — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Panama: capital Panama City, area 75,420 km², population 4,571,189 (2025), currency Panamanian balboa. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/panama/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Panama

**Panama: Capital Panama City**

75,420 km² · 4,571,189 people (2025) · Panamanian balboa

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.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Panama City
- **Area:** 75,420 km² — 29,120 sq mi
- **Population:** 4,571,189 (2025)
- **Density:** 60.6 people per km²
- **Currency:** Panamanian balboa (PAB, B/.)
- **Official language:** Spanish
- **Time zone:** UTC-05:00
- **Calling code:** +507
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** PA · PAN
- **Continent:** North America

## How it compares

- **By area:** 117 of 200
- **By population:** 129 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Czechia | 78,867 | 10,886,878 |
| Serbia | 77,474 | 6,549,143 |
| Panama ← | 75,420 | 4,571,189 |
| Sierra Leone | 71,740 | 8,819,794 |
| Ireland | 70,273 | 5,484,367 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Panama?

Panama City

### What currency does Panama use?

The Panamanian balboa (PAB).

### How big is Panama?

75,420 km², or 29,120 square miles — 117 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Panama drive on?

The right.

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- [Czechia](https://atoneplace.net/country/czechia/)
- [Serbia](https://atoneplace.net/country/serbia/)
- [Sierra Leone](https://atoneplace.net/country/sierra-leone/)
- [Ireland](https://atoneplace.net/country/ireland/)
- [United States](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-states/)
- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Guatemala](https://atoneplace.net/country/guatemala/)
- [Haiti](https://atoneplace.net/country/haiti/)
- [Dominican Republic](https://atoneplace.net/country/dominican-republic/)
- [Honduras](https://atoneplace.net/country/honduras/)
- [Cuba](https://atoneplace.net/country/cuba/)

## 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]