Total & land area: Montenegro vs Panama size comparison

Panama is 5.34 times bigger by total area compared to Montenegro: 28,640 sq mi vs 5,360 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Panama is 28,641 sq mi vs 5,193 sq mi for Montenegro — a 5.52 times difference in territory size.

Montenegro ranks 156/197 by total surface area vs 116/197 for Panama.
Montenegro occupies 0.009% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.05% for Panama.
19.6% of Montenegro's area is agricultural land vs 29.5% in Panama.
Montenegro has 0.006% of the world's agricultural land area — Panama has 0.05%.
61.5% of Montenegro is covered by forests, compared to 56.3% in Panama.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Montenegro, and 0.1% are in Panama.

True size map comparison: Montenegro vs Panama

See how Montenegro 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

	Montenegro	Panama
Total area	5,360 sq mi	28,640 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	5.34
Total area rank	156/197	116/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.01%
Land area	5,193 sq mi	28,641 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	5.52
Land area rank	156/197	115/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.009%	0.05%
Population	623,525	4,515,577
Population density	117.9 ppl/mi²	161.6 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Montenegro	Panama
Forest area	3,193 sq mi	16,138 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	61.5%	56.3%
Forest area rank	128/196	74/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.1%
Agricultural land area	1,017 sq mi	8,456 sq mi
Agricultural land share	19.6%	29.5%
Agricultural land area rank	155/194	115/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.006%	0.05%
Arable land	34.9 sq mi	2,181 sq mi
Arable land share	0.67%	7.62%
Arable land area rank	167/191	121/191
Permanent cropland	20.4 sq mi	448 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.39%	1.56%
Permanent cropland area rank	161/192	101/192
Water area	167.2 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.12%	0%
Water area rank	120/197	187/197
Roads length	4,823 mi	n/a
Land borders length	423 mi	427 mi
Coastline length	182.4 mi	1,547 mi
Share of marine protected waters	5.6%	26.3%

Montenegro 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 Montenegro 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.