Serbia is 1.04× the size of Panama

Serbia covers about 77,600 km² (30,000 mi²) and Panama about 74,500 km² (28,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

77,600km²Serbia
74,500km²Panama

200 km

Serbia
Panama

What fits

Panama is 96% of the size of Serbia.
Serbia is larger by 3,100 km² (1,200 mi²), which is 4.2% of the area of Panama.
Measured in Belgiums: Serbia is about 2.53, Panama about 2.43.

How they differ

Serbia also has the larger population: 6.6 million against 4.6 million, 1.45× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 85 in Serbia against 61 in Panama: Serbia is 1.39× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Serbia at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Panama at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Serbia as 1.98× the size of Panama instead of 1.04×.
Together Serbia and Panama cover 152,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 2.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 3,100 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Panama's density, Serbia would have 4.8 million people (it has 6.6 million). At Serbia's density, Panama would have 6.3 million (it has 4.6 million).
Serbia's centre is 35.7° of latitude, about 3,970 km, farther north than Panama's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Serbia	1.04×
More people	Serbia	1.45×
More crowded	Serbia	1.39×
Farther north	Serbia	35.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Serbia	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Serbia	Panama
Belgium 30,700 km²	2.53×	2.43×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.32×	0.31×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.22×	0.21×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.21×	0.20×
France 548,000 km²	0.14×	0.14×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 219	1 in 228

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

Side by side

	Serbia	Panama
Area, main territory	77,600 km²30,000 mi²	74,500 km²28,800 mi²
Population	6.6 millionWikidata, 2024	4.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	85 per km²	61 per km²
Official area	88,500 km²Wikidata	74,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Belgrade	Panama City
Latitude range	42°N to 46°N	7°N to 10°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 77,600 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 88,500 km². The official figure includes Kosovo, which Natural Earth draws as a separate place; together they measure 88,500 km².
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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