Panama
Republic of Panama · Panamá
Panama (PA, PAN) is a country in Central America, with Panama City as its capital. The currency is the Panamanian Balboa (PAB, PAB) and US Dollar (USD, $). The international dialling code is +507; mobile numbers are written like 6123-4567. The time zone is America/Panama. Official language: Spanish.
CurrencyPAB, USDPAB $
Dial code+507e.g. 6123-4567
Time zonePanamaUTC−05:00
LanguageSpanish
CapitalPanama City
Population4.5M75.4K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Panama
- Native name
- Panamá
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- PA
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- PAN
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 591
- IOC code
- PAN
- Demonym
- Panamanian
- Capital
- Panama City
- Region
- Americas › Central America
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Central America
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .pa
- Coordinates
- 9, -80
- Area
- 75,417 km²
- Population
- 4,470,240
- GDP
- $159.9B ($35.8K per person)
- Literacy
- 94.1%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Panamanian Balboa PAB
- Symbol
- PAB
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- B/. 1,234.50
US Dollar USD
- Symbol
- $
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- USD 1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish es | Official | 69% (3.1M) | |
| English en | 14% (625.8K) | ||
| Traditional Chinese zh-Hant | 0.13% (5.8K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America/Panama | UTC−05:00 | none | Eastern Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +507
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 7–11 digits
- Emergency number
- 911 pattern 911
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 200-1234 | +507 200 1234 | XXX-XXXX | 7 |
| Mobile | 6123-4567 | +507 6123 4567 | XXXX-XXXX | 7, 8 |
| Toll free | 800-1234 | +507 800 1234 | XXX-XXXX | 7, 8, 10, 11 |
| Premium rate | 860-1234 | +507 860 1234 | XXX-XXXX | 7 |
Show the 3 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [1-57-9] | $1-$2 | $1-$2 |
(\d{4})(\d{4}) | [68] | $1-$2 | $1-$2 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 8 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City}
{State/province}
- Uppercase fields
- City, State/province
- Predefined regions
- 14
Postal code
- Pattern
- Postal codes are not used
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Sunday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also H, hB, hb
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- US-Letter
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the Spanish (Panama) locale (es-PA), amounts in PAB.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (PAB)
- B/. 1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- -B/. 1,234,567.89
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 balboas panameños
- Compact short
- 1.2 M
- Compact long
- 1.2 millones
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilómetros por hora
- Temperature
- 21.5 °C
- Date, full
- viernes, 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, long
- 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, medium
- 03/27/2026
- Date, short
- 03/27/26
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 p. m.
- Time, short
- 3:04 p. m.
- Date and time
- 03/27/2026, 3:04 p. m.
- Month and year
- marzo de 2026
- Weekday
- viernes
- Relative time
- ayer · dentro de 3 días · hace 2 horas
- List: and
- A, B y C
- List: or
- A, B o C