About Panama City
Panama City is the capital of Panama, with a city population of 408,168. It is the 1st largest of the 20 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Panama, and the 1,413th largest worldwide.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 8
Capital
National capital
Elevation
17 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Panama
Coordinates
8.994, -79.520
Record updated
2026-05-01
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 20 in PanamaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.