Germany is 4.80× the size of Panama

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Panama about 74,500 km² (28,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
74,500km²Panama

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Germany
Panama

What fits

Panama fits inside Germany about 4.80 times by area.
Germany is larger by 283,000 km² (109,000 mi²), which is 380% of the area of Panama.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Panama about 2.43.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 4.6 million, 18.3× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 61 in Panama: Germany is 3.81× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,310 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Panama at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Germany as 11.9× the size of Panama instead of 4.80×.
Together Germany and Panama cover 432,000 km², close to the size of Iraq (437,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 283,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At Panama's density, Germany would have 21.9 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Panama would have 17.4 million (it has 4.6 million).
Germany's centre is 42.5° of latitude, about 4,730 km, farther north than Panama's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	4.80×
More people	Germany	18.3×
More crowded	Germany	3.81×
Farther north	Germany	42.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Panama
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	2.43×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.31×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.20×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.14×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.02×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 228

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Germany	Panama
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	74,500 km²28,800 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	4.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	233 per km²	61 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	74,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Panama City
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	7°N to 10°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 74,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 74,500 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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