Country profile · North America · PAN
Panama: area, population and density
Panama has 74,180 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 4,571,189; calculated population density is 62 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Panama ranks 115th of 196 by land area, 128th by population and 126th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 74,180 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 4,571,189World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 62 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Panama in the country comparison set
Panama has 74,180 sq km of land area and a population value of 4,571,189 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 115th by land area, 128th by population, and 126th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
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