Portugal’s coastline is 43% longer than Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Portugal’s highest peak towers 1,023 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Portugal has 91% more people than Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Portugal is 6.4 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 3.4 years older than in Finland

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Women in Portugal have 0.2 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 24% in Finland

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Finland hosts 2.8 times as many refugees per resident as Portugal

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, Portugal 1

Finland: 2 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Portugal’s economy is 9% larger than Finland’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Finland produces 24% more per person than Portugal

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Finland (Gini 6.5 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

Portugal and Finland are practically level

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 6.2% in Portugal

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.7%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Portugal’s 22%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Portugal’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Finland spends 86% more on health per person than Portugal

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Portugal is 42% more likely to die before turning one than in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 62% more doctors per person than Finland

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 33% more hospital beds per person than Finland

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Finland is 52% higher than in Portugal

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 21% in Finland

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 1.74 points higher than in Portugal

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 46% more alcohol than in Finland

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 43% more meat per person than Finland

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 207 kcal more food per person per day than Finland

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 238 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 3.3 years longer than in Portugal

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 3.4 times as many tourists per resident as Finland (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 9 more World Heritage sites than Finland (17 against 8)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Finland: 94% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 34% faster than in Finland

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Finland and Portugal are practically level

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

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Finland: 75% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Finland: 126 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 2.3 times as long as Portugal’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Finland fly 13% more passengers per resident than those from Portugal

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 37% of Portugal

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 55% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 56% in Finland

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

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

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

You are 36% more likely to be murdered in Finland than in Portugal

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Portugal are 2.1 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 12.3 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Portugal gets 3% more rain than Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)