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Central America · sovereign state

Panama

Republic of Panama

Capital
Panama City
Languages
Spanish
Currency
Panamanian balboa, United States dollar
People
4.57 million (2025)
Neighbours
2
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Panama

  • 3rd lowest smoking 4.8% · #3 of 166 · 2024
  • 5th lowest railway network 77 km · #5 of 133 · 2014
  • 8th highest rainfall 3,189 mm · #8 of 187 · 2016–2025 avg

Surprising facts about Panama

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among Panama’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

Panama among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where Panama sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

World twins

The countries most like Panama across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

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Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people