Country size comparison
compared to
Panama is about 1.7 times smaller than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 59.78% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (5.2 million fewer people live in Panama).
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