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Panama

Panama's best placing is 5th of 179 for rainfall.

Best placing: #5Rainfall
Top 10 placings: 1 / 17
Population: 4.6 million
Land area: 74,180 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Panama is.

Rainfall

#5 of 179

2,928 mm of precipitation per year

1st in North America · World Bank · 2022

Forest by area

#32 of 194

56.3 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#43 of 194

0.0091 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#51 of 192

16.84 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#53 of 182

19,790 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#45 of 151

2,490 km of coastline

6th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Airports by area

#58 of 191

10.38 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports

#67 of 193

77 airports

7th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area per person

#71 of 194

0.016 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#74 of 194

41,796 km² of forest

5th in North America · World Bank · 2023

GDP

#79 of 182

90,462,600,000 US$ (current prices)

7th in North America · World Bank · 2025

Land area

#115 of 194

74,180 km² of land

8th in North America · World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#124 of 194

61.62 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Population

#127 of 195

4,571,189 people

12th in North America · World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#124 of 133

1.04 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways per person

#126 of 134

16.84 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways

#129 of 135

77 km of railway

9th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

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