Germany’s coastline is 33% longer than Portugal’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 612 m above Portugal’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

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

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Germany has 7.7 times as many people as Portugal

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Germany is 2 times as densely populated as Portugal

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 1.1 years older than in Germany

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Portugal and Germany are practically level

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

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

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Germany hosts 4.9 times as many refugees per resident as Portugal

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Germany and Portugal are practically level

Germany: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 15 times the size of Portugal’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Germany produces 42% more per person than Portugal

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Germany (Gini 0.2 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

Germany and Portugal are practically level

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 3.7% in Germany

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.7%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Portugal’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

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

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

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

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

Portugal has 29% more doctors per person than Germany

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Portugal

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Germany is 16% higher than in Portugal

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 22% in Germany

Germany: 22% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 0.85 points higher than in Portugal

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 26% more alcohol than in Germany

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 41% more meat per person than Germany

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 18 kcal more food per person per day than Germany

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 400 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 4.6 years longer than in Portugal

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 6 times as many tourists per resident as Germany (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Germany has 38 more World Heritage sites than Portugal (55 against 17)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Portugal is 76% faster than in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Portugal are practically level

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

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Germany: 82% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Germany: 129 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

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

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 76% more passengers per resident than those from Germany

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 33% of Germany

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Portugal

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 59% in Germany

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Portugal carries 15% more fine dust than in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 26% more likely to be murdered in Germany than in Portugal

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

Roads in Portugal are 2 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 5.6 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Germany gets 12% more rain than Portugal

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)