Total & land area: Brazil vs Panama size comparison [2026]

Brazil is 114.8 times bigger by total area compared to Panama: 3,287,956 sq mi vs 28,640 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Brazil is 3,227,096 sq mi vs 28,641 sq mi for Panama — a 112.7 times difference in territory size.

Brazil ranks 5/197 by total surface area vs 116/197 for Panama.
Brazil occupies 5.61% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.05% for Panama.
28.3% of Brazil's area is agricultural land vs 29.5% in Panama.
Brazil has 4.96% of the world's agricultural land area — Panama has 0.05%.
59% of Brazil is covered by forests, compared to 56.3% in Panama.
12.2% of the world's forests are in Brazil, and 0.1% are in Panama.

True size map comparison: Brazil vs Panama

See how Brazil and Panama compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Brazil	Panama
Total area	3,287,956 sq mi	28,640 sq mi
Size difference ratio	114.8	1
Total area rank	5/197	116/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.67%	0.01%
Land area	3,227,096 sq mi	28,641 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	112.7	1
Land area rank	5/197	115/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.61%	0.05%
Population	211,998,573	4,515,577
Population density	66.2 ppl/mi²	161.6 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Brazil	Panama
Forest area	1,903,402 sq mi	16,138 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	59%	56.3%
Forest area rank	2/196	74/196
World's forests share	12.2%	0.1%
Agricultural land area	914,131 sq mi	8,456 sq mi
Agricultural land share	28.3%	29.5%
Agricultural land area rank	4/194	115/194
Share of global agricultural land	4.96%	0.05%
Arable land	214,835 sq mi	2,181 sq mi
Arable land share	6.66%	7.62%
Arable land area rank	5/191	121/191
Permanent cropland	29,946 sq mi	448 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.93%	1.56%
Permanent cropland area rank	5/192	101/192
Water area	60,860 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.85%	0%
Water area rank	6/197	187/197
Roads length	1,242,742 mi	n/a
Land borders length	10,032 mi	427 mi
Coastline length	4,655 mi	1,547 mi
Share of marine protected waters	26.6%	26.3%

Brazil vs Panama size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Brazil and Panama but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.