Total & land area: Luxembourg vs Panama size comparison

Panama is 28.7 times bigger by total area compared to Luxembourg: 28,640 sq mi vs 999 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Panama is 28,641 sq mi vs 994 sq mi for Luxembourg — a 28.8 times difference in territory size.

Luxembourg ranks 169/197 by total surface area vs 116/197 for Panama.
Luxembourg occupies 0.002% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.05% for Panama.
51.7% of Luxembourg's area is agricultural land vs 29.5% in Panama.
Luxembourg has 0.003% of the world's agricultural land area — Panama has 0.05%.
34.5% of Luxembourg is covered by forests, compared to 56.3% in Panama.
0.002% of the world's forests are in Luxembourg, and 0.1% are in Panama.

True size map comparison: Luxembourg vs Panama

See how Luxembourg 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

	Luxembourg	Panama
Total area	999 sq mi	28,640 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	28.7
Total area rank	169/197	116/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0005%	0.01%
Land area	994 sq mi	28,641 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	28.8
Land area rank	169/197	115/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.002%	0.05%
Population	677,012	4,515,577
Population density	696 ppl/mi²	161.6 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Luxembourg	Panama
Forest area	342 sq mi	16,138 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	34.5%	56.3%
Forest area rank	160/196	74/196
World's forests share	0.002%	0.1%
Agricultural land area	514 sq mi	8,456 sq mi
Agricultural land share	51.7%	29.5%
Agricultural land area rank	160/194	115/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.003%	0.05%
Arable land	236.8 sq mi	2,181 sq mi
Arable land share	23.8%	7.62%
Arable land area rank	155/191	121/191
Permanent cropland	5.99 sq mi	448 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.6%	1.56%
Permanent cropland area rank	179/192	101/192
Water area	4.59 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.46%	0%
Water area rank	146/197	187/197
Roads length	1,786 mi	n/a
Land borders length	203.2 mi	427 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	1,547 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	26.3%

Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg 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.