Americas · Central America
Capital: Panama City
Panama
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Panama in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #109
Panama's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
4.6M
#127 of 196
35th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$90.46B
#81 of 196
59th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
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$0
#166 of 196
15th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
View data source ↗R&D Spending
$170.5M
#80 of 196
59th percentile
2024 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$4.34B
#98 of 196
50th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Panama City
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- Central America
- Country code
- PAN
- Neighbors
- ColombiaCosta Rica
Three interesting facts
Panama shares land borders with 2 countries: Colombia and Costa Rica.
Panama spans roughly 75,417 square kilometers, placing it around 115th by area in this factbook.
More than one currency is commonly recognized in Panama, including Panamanian Balboa and US Dollar.
Geography
Panama on the map
Panama is located in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica. Its terrain is interior mostly steep, rugged mountains with dissected, upland plains, coastal plains with rolling hills. The climate is tropical maritime, hot, humid, cloudy, prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May). In area, the country is slightly smaller than South Carolina.
Economy
Economic profile
Panama's economy is characterized by upper middle-income Central American economy, increasing Chinese trade, US dollar user, canal expansion fueling broader infrastructure investment, services sector dominates economy, historic money-laundering and illegal drug hub. Major industries include construction, brewing, cement and other construction materials, sugar milling. Important agricultural products include sugarcane, rice, bananas, oranges, oil palm fruit, chicken, plantains, maize, milk, pineapples (2023). Notable exports include copper ore, ships, refined petroleum, bananas, fish (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Panama has an estimated population of 4,064,780. Language and cultural traditions vary across Panama. The population includes Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and White) 65%, Indigenous 12.3% (Ngabe 7.6%, Kuna 2.4%, Embera 0.9%, Bugle 0.8%, other 0.4%, unspecified 0.2%), Black or African descent 9.2%, Mulatto 6.8%, White 6.7% (2010 est.). The urban population represents 69.5% of total population (2023).
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