Country size comparison
compared to
Panama is about 5 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 18.67% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (32.9 million fewer people live in Panama).
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California
vs.
Panama
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