Nauru is about 3,591 times smaller than Panama.

Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while Nauru is approximately 21 sq km, making Nauru 0.03% the size of Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.3 million people (4.3 million fewer people live in Nauru).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Panama vs. Nauru uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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