Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 78 times smaller than Panama.
Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 1.28% the size of Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.3 million people (4.1 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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