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

Myanmar is 9.12 times bigger by total area compared to Panama: 261,228 sq mi vs 28,640 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Myanmar is 251,997 sq mi vs 28,641 sq mi for Panama — a 8.8 times difference in territory size.

Myanmar ranks 39/197 by total surface area vs 116/197 for Panama.
Myanmar occupies 0.44% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.05% for Panama.
19.9% of Myanmar's area is agricultural land vs 29.5% in Panama.
Myanmar has 0.27% of the world's agricultural land area — Panama has 0.05%.
42.4% of Myanmar is covered by forests, compared to 56.3% in Panama.
0.69% of the world's forests are in Myanmar, and 0.1% are in Panama.

True size map comparison: Myanmar vs Panama

See how Myanmar 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

	Myanmar	Panama
Total area	261,228 sq mi	28,640 sq mi
Size difference ratio	9.12	1
Total area rank	39/197	116/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.13%	0.01%
Land area	251,997 sq mi	28,641 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	8.8	1
Land area rank	39/197	115/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.44%	0.05%
Population	54,500,091	4,515,577
Population density	219.1 ppl/mi²	161.6 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Myanmar	Panama
Forest area	106,853 sq mi	16,138 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	42.4%	56.3%
Forest area rank	22/196	74/196
World's forests share	0.69%	0.1%
Agricultural land area	50,183 sq mi	8,456 sq mi
Agricultural land share	19.9%	29.5%
Agricultural land area rank	63/194	115/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.27%	0.05%
Arable land	42,500 sq mi	2,181 sq mi
Arable land share	16.9%	7.62%
Arable land area rank	28/191	121/191
Permanent cropland	5,830 sq mi	448 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	2.31%	1.56%
Permanent cropland area rank	28/192	101/192
Water area	9,231 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	3.53%	0%
Water area rank	25/197	187/197
Roads length	97,555 mi	n/a
Land borders length	4,053 mi	427 mi
Coastline length	1,199 mi	1,547 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.5%	26.3%

Myanmar 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 Myanmar 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.