Panama, Central America
This post was last updated by José of onez on Tuesday, 20 May 2025.
Image of Panama City, capital city of Panama
Panama is a Central American country strategically operating the Panama Canal, a vibrant logistics hub, expanding financial services, and renewable energy projects.
Panama in one word would be “Canal,” meaning ocean shortcut.
Panama Flag
Panama armorial
Panama is a country on the Latin America and the Caribbean, North America located in the Central America sub‑region of the Americas continent.
Easy learning about Panama |
The capital city of Panama is Panama City.
| Panama is located in | Latin America and the Caribbean, North America Central America Americas Continent Inhabitants of Panama are called Panamanians |
| Panama has a population of | 4,458,759 inhabitants within a total area of 78,200 Km2 (48,591 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Panama’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 96 (world rank position) GPI scale of 2.14 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Panama HDI ranks in position nº 59 worldwide HDI of 0.839 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Panama’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 149 countries Panama passport ranks 28th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Panama GDP per capita is | $20,080 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Panama ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Panama EPI (English Proficiency Index) | is classified as Low Proficiency has a score of 488 ranks 71st worldwide (2024 data from EPI) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 9° 00' N, 80° 00' W Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | Costa Rica, Colombia. |
| Panama Climate | tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May) |
| Most predominant religion | Roman Catholic, |
| Second most predominant religion | Evangelical, |
| Currency name & code | Balboa (PAB) |
| Internet ccTLD | .pa |
| Panama calling code | +507 |
Panama administrative divisions
10 provinces (provincias) and 4 indigenous regions* (comarcas)- Bocas del Toro
- Chiriqui
- Cocle
- Colon
- Darien
- Embera-Wounaan*
- Guna Yala*
- Herrera
- Los Santos
- Naso Tjer Di*
- Ngabe-Bugle*
- Panama
- Panama Oeste
- Veraguas
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