Zacatecas and Panama are almost exactly the same size
Zacatecas (state of Mexico) covers about 74,700 km² (28,900 mi²) and Panama (North America) about 74,500 km² (28,800 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 74,700km²Zacatecas
- 74,500km²Panama
200 km
- Zacatecas
- Panama
What fits
- Panama is 100% of the size of Zacatecas.
- The measured areas differ by 196 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Zacatecas is about 2.44, Panama about 2.43.
How they differ
- Zacatecas is larger, but Panama has the larger population: 4.6 million against 1.7 million, 2.70× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 61 in Panama against 23 in Zacatecas: Panama is 2.71× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,910 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Zacatecas at 23°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Panama at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Zacatecas as 1.16× the size of Panama instead of 1.00×.
- Together Zacatecas and Panama cover 149,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
- At Panama's density, Zacatecas would have 4.6 million people (it has 1.7 million). At Zacatecas's density, Panama would have 1.7 million (it has 4.6 million).
- Zacatecas's centre is 14.8° of latitude, about 1,640 km, farther north than Panama's.
- Zacatecas is the 8th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.8% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
- Panama ranks 119th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Zacatecas lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,640 km) north of Panama.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Zacatecas would have about 44,190 m² and each person in Panama about 16,310 m².
- Laid side by side, Zacatecas and Panama would cover 149,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
- Together they have 6.3 million people, about as many people as the Republic of the Congo.
- Counted as a country, Zacatecas would rank 118th by area and 153rd by population.
Side by side
| Zacatecas | Panama | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | CountryNorth America |
| Area, measured | 74,700 km²28,900 mi² | 74,500 km²28,800 mi² |
| Official area | 75,500 km²Wikidata | 74,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 32in Mexico | 118th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 1.7 millionWikidata, 2015 | 4.6 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 26th of 32in Mexico | 128th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 23 per km² | 61 per km² |
| Capital | Zacatecas | Panama City |
| Latitude range | 21°N to 25°N | 7°N to 10°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2025. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 75,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 74,700 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 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12