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

Panama is 2.67 times bigger by total area compared to Haiti: 28,640 sq mi vs 10,714 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Panama is 28,641 sq mi vs 10,641 sq mi for Haiti — a 2.69 times difference in territory size.

Haiti ranks 144/197 by total surface area vs 116/197 for Panama.
Haiti occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.05% for Panama.
65.1% of Haiti's area is agricultural land vs 29.5% in Panama.
Haiti has 0.04% of the world's agricultural land area — Panama has 0.05%.
12.3% of Haiti is covered by forests, compared to 56.3% in Panama.
0.008% of the world's forests are in Haiti, and 0.1% are in Panama.

True size map comparison: Haiti vs Panama

See how Haiti 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

	Haiti	Panama
Total area	10,714 sq mi	28,640 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2.67
Total area rank	144/197	116/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.005%	0.01%
Land area	10,641 sq mi	28,641 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.69
Land area rank	142/197	115/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	0.05%
Population	11,772,557	4,515,577
Population density	1,132 ppl/mi²	161.6 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Haiti	Panama
Forest area	1,305 sq mi	16,138 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	12.3%	56.3%
Forest area rank	146/196	74/196
World's forests share	0.008%	0.1%
Agricultural land area	6,931 sq mi	8,456 sq mi
Agricultural land share	65.1%	29.5%
Agricultural land area rank	123/194	115/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.04%	0.05%
Arable land	3,880 sq mi	2,181 sq mi
Arable land share	36.5%	7.62%
Arable land area rank	108/191	121/191
Permanent cropland	1,158 sq mi	448 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	10.9%	1.56%
Permanent cropland area rank	68/192	101/192
Water area	73.4 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.68%	0%
Water area rank	130/197	187/197
Roads length	2,651 mi	n/a
Land borders length	233.6 mi	427 mi
Coastline length	1,100 mi	1,547 mi
Share of marine protected waters	1.8%	26.3%

Haiti 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 Haiti 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.