Country size comparison

compared to

Switzerland is about 1.8 times smaller than Panama.

Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 54.73% the size of Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.3 million people (4.2 million more people live in Switzerland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Panama vs. Switzerland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Share

Compare further: Switzerland vs. Panama

Flip Comparison · See true size
See Switzerland on top of Panama
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 12 statistics
Be 65.4% more likely to be unemployed in Panama
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Panama is 57.3% cheaper than Switzerland overall
→
Moving from Switzerland to Panama · UN DESA 2020
439 people born in Switzerland live in Panama.
→