Recognised as Country
Panama
- PA
- North America
- PAB
- .pa
Panama (PA/PAN) is a country in North America with its capital at Panama City. It covers about 75,417 km² with a population of roughly 4,500,000, uses the PAB, dials on +507, owns the .pa internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Panama. It borders 2 countries.
Identity
Official short namePanama
CapitalPanama City
ContinentNorth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2PA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3PAN
Internet TLD.pa
Calling code+507
Currency codePAB
Geography
Latitude8.538° N
Longitude80.7821° W
HemisphereNorthern and Western
Area75,417 km²29,119 square miles
Land neighbours2
Distance from London8,619 kmto the approximate centre of Panama, not to Panama City. W, bearing 268°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Panamathe IANA zone for Panama City; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-05:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC-05:00
Offset in JulyUTC-05:00
Current offsetUTC-05:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 10:04
Hours ahead of UTC-5
Population & scale
Population4,500,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density59.7 per km²≈
Share of world population0.056%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset116 of 196
Population rank in this dataset127 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Costa Rica353 km centre to centre
Colombia841 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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