Australia’s coastline is 14 times as long as Portugal’s

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Portugal’s highest peak towers 123 m above Australia’s

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Australia, versus 41% of Portugal

Australia: 47.3% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Australia has 2.6 times as many people as Portugal

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Portugal is 33 times as densely populated as Australia

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 8.4 years older than in Australia

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Women in Australia have 0.1 more children on average than in Portugal

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 18% in Australia

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Portugal hosts 5.4 times as many refugees per resident as Australia

Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Australia has produced 3.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Australia: 3.6 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Australia and Portugal are practically level

Australia: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Australia’s economy is 5.2 times the size of Portugal’s

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Australia produces 35% more per person than Portugal

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Portugal and Australia are practically level

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

0.9% of people in Australia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Portugal

Australia: 0.9% (2020) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 4.1% in Australia

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Australia and Portugal are practically level

Australia: 1.9% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Portugal’s 22%

Australia: 23.6% (2022) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Portugal’s

Australia: 91% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Australia spends 2.3 times as much on health per person as Portugal

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Australia is 15% more likely to die before turning one than in Portugal

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 43% more doctors per person than Australia

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Australia has 10% more hospital beds per person than Portugal

Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Australia is 47% higher than in Portugal

Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 12% in Australia

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Australia rate their lives 0.89 points higher than in Portugal

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 31% more alcohol than in Australia

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Australia has 18% more meat per person than Portugal

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Australia and Portugal are practically level

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 124 more hours a year than in Australia

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Australia went to school 3.2 years longer than in Portugal

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Australia: no data · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Australia has 4 more World Heritage sites than Portugal (21 against 17)

Australia: 21 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Australia: 96% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 26% faster than in Australia

Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Australia and Portugal are practically level

Australia: 100% (2024) · Portugal: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Australia: 88% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Portugal has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113

Australia: 113 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Australia’s railway network is 13 times as long as Portugal’s

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Australia fly 48% more passengers per resident than those from Portugal

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 17% of Australia

Australia: 17.4% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Australia emits 4.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Portugal

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Australia

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Portugal carries 94% more fine dust than in Australia

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 19% more likely to be murdered in Australia than in Portugal

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Portugal are 47% deadlier than in Australia

Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Australia is on average 6.6 °C warmer than Portugal

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Portugal gets 74% more rain than Australia

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)