Country size comparison
compared to
Panama is around the same size as South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 96.71% the size of South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (287,596 fewer people live in Panama).
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