ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · PANAMA
Capital of Panama
The capital of Panama is Panama City. The largest, Panama City, has around 1,540,000 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALPanama City
POPULATION1,540,000
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Panama City1,540,000 people
In context
Where Panama Citysits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5MPanama City is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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