Panama
Panama is in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, in the Central America region. Its capital is Panama City. It has a population of about 4.6 million and an area of 75,417 km². Its flag has 3 colors, and the one that takes up the most space is white, at 47.7% of the total.
The flag of Panama as a pie chart
- White 47.7%
- Blue 26.2%
- Red 26.2%
- Design
- Complex design (cross, diagonal, triangle or canton)
- Symbol
- Has stars
Each slice shows how much of the flag each color covers. It's the same data as CakeFlag, our game where you guess countries from the colors of their flag.
Panama at a glance
- Capital
- Panama City
- Continent
- North America, Central America and the Caribbean
- Region
- Central America
- Official languages
- Spanish
- Currencies
- United States dollar and Panamanian balboa
- National day
- November 3
- Highest point
- Volcan Baru (about 3,480 meters)
- Area
- 75,417 km²92nd smallest out of 208
- Population
- 4.6 million77th least populous out of 204 · 2025 data
- Population density
- 60.6 people/km²72nd least densely populated out of 204 · 2025 data
- GDP
- US$ 90.5 billion83rd highest GDP out of 200 · 2025 data
- GDP per capita
- US$ 19,79067th highest GDP per capita out of 200 · 2025 data
- Life expectancy
- 79.8 years49th highest life expectancy out of 204 · 2024 data
More facts
- Became independent from Spain
- Founding member of the UN (1945)
Neighboring countries
Panama borders 2 countries:
Colombia
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Data: World Bank, world-countries, Wikidata and CIA World Factbook. See all sources.