Italy’s coastline is 4.2 times as long as Portugal’s

Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Italy’s highest peak towers 2,397 m above Portugal’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Italy, versus 41% of Portugal

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Italy has 5.5 times as many people as Portugal

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Italy is 69% more densely populated than Portugal

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 1.3 years older than in Portugal

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

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

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

Italy and Portugal are practically level

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Portugal hosts 2 times as many refugees per resident as Italy

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Italy and Portugal are practically level

Italy: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 7.4 times the size of Portugal’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Italy produces 18% more per person than Portugal

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Italy than in Portugal (Gini 0.4 points higher)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

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

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Italy and Portugal are practically level

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Italy and Portugal are practically level

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

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Portugal’s 22%

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Portugal’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Italy spends 14% more on health per person than Portugal

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Portugal is 17% more likely to die before turning one than in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 40% more doctors per person than Italy

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 14% more hospital beds per person than Italy

Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Portugal is 51% higher than in Italy

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Portugal are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

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

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Italy rate their lives 0.54 points higher than in Portugal

Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 63% more alcohol than in Italy

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 39% more meat per person than Italy

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Italy has 200 kcal more food per person per day than Portugal

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 34 more hours a year than in Italy

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Italy went to school 1.1 years longer than in Portugal

Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 2.8 times as many tourists per resident as Italy (2019)

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Italy has 45 more World Heritage sites than Portugal (62 against 17)

Italy: 62 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Italy are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Italy: 89% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 20% faster than in Italy

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Italy and Portugal are practically level

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

70% of people in Italy live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Italy: 70% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Italy: 133 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 6.8 times as long as Portugal’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 4.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Italy

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 32% of Italy

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Italy emits 49% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 49% in Italy

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Italy carries 45% more fine dust than in Portugal

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 27% more likely to be murdered in Portugal than in Italy

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Portugal are 29% deadlier than in Italy

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 2.0 °C warmer than Italy

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Italy gets 33% more rain than Portugal

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)