Panama: flag, capital & map
Get to know Panama, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Panama City
- Region
- North America
- Subregion
- Central America
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 4,571,189
- Area
- 75,417 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Spanish
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Panamanian Balboa (PAB), US Dollar (USD)
- Land neighbours
- Colombia, Costa Rica
Panama connects Central and South America. Its capital is Panama City.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Panama
The flag of Panama is composed of four equal rectangular areas — a white rectangular area with a blue five-pointed star at its center, a red rectangular area, a white rectangular area with a red five-pointed star at its center, and a blue rectangular area — in the upper hoist side, upper fly side, lower fly side and lower hoist side respectively.
Where it is
Panama is grouped in Central America, within Roam’s North America region. Its land-border list includes 2 countries in this atlas: Colombia, Costa Rica. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Panama has a recorded area of 75,417 square kilometres. Among the 7 countries assigned to Central America in this dataset, it ranks 4 by area, from largest to smallest. Guatemala is immediately above it in that ordering, at 108,889 km². Costa Rica is immediately below it, at 51,100 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 4,571,189 people for Panama in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 61 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Spanish. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currencies listed for this date are Panamanian Balboa (PAB) and US Dollar (USD). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Panama?
Reveal answer
Panama City. Panama connects Central and South America. Its capital is Panama City.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Panama?
Reveal answer
The flag of Panama is composed of four equal rectangular areas — a white rectangular area with a blue five-pointed star at its center, a red rectangular area, a white rectangular area with a red five-pointed star at its center, and a blue rectangular area — in the upper hoist side, upper fly side, lower fly side and lower hoist side respectively.
Which land neighbours of Panama are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Colombia and Costa Rica. The source classifies Panama as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Panama?
Reveal answer
Spanish. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Panama.
Which currency codes are listed for Panama?
Reveal answer
Panamanian Balboa (PAB) and US Dollar (USD). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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