Country size comparison

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Panama is about 3.6 times bigger than El Salvador.

El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 258% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in Panama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of El Salvador vs. Panama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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