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

Panama is 2.05 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 28,640 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Panama is 28,641 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 2.05 times difference in territory size.

Panama ranks 116/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Panama occupies 0.05% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
29.5% of Panama's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Panama has 0.05% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
56.3% of Panama is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.1% of the world's forests are in Panama, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Panama vs Taiwan

See how Panama and Taiwan 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

	Panama	Taiwan
Total area	28,640 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	2.05	1
Total area rank	116/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.01%	0.007%
Land area	28,641 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	2.05	1
Land area rank	115/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.05%	0.02%
Population	4,515,577	23,331,886
Population density	161.6 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Panama	Taiwan
Forest area	16,138 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	56.3%	60.8%
Forest area rank	74/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.1%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	8,456 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	29.5%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	115/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.05%	0.02%
Arable land	2,181 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	7.62%	n/a
Arable land area rank	121/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	448 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.56%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	101/192	79/192
Water area	0 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	0%
Water area rank	187/197	193/197
Roads length	n/a	25,771 mi
Land borders length	427 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	1,547 mi	973 mi
Share of marine protected waters	26.3%	n/a

Panama vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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