Japan’s coastline is 17 times as long as Portugal’s

Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Japan’s highest peak towers 1,425 m above Portugal’s

Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 13% of Japan

Japan: 12.6% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Japan has 11 times as many people as Portugal

Japan: 123 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Japan is 2.9 times as densely populated as Portugal

Japan: 338 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 2.8 years older than in Portugal

Japan: 49 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Women in Portugal have 0.3 more children on average than in Japan

Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

30% of people in Japan are 65 or older, versus 25% in Portugal

Japan: 30% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Portugal hosts 19 times as many refugees per resident as Japan

Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Japan has produced 2.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Japan: 2.5 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Japan and Portugal are practically level

Japan: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Japan’s economy is 13 times the size of Portugal’s

Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Japan produces 4% more per person than Portugal

Japan: Int$55,422 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Japan (Gini 1.6 points higher)

Japan: 32.3 (2020) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

1.2% of people in Japan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Portugal

Japan: 1.2% (2020) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 2.5% in Japan

Japan: 2.5% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Portugal and Japan are practically level

Japan: 1.4% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Japan: no data · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

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

Japan: 65% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Japan spends 22% more on health per person than Portugal

Japan: $3,638 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Portugal is 50% more likely to die before turning one than in Japan

Japan: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Japan

Japan: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Japan has 3.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Portugal

Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Japan is 67% higher than in Portugal

Japan: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Portugal are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Japan: 5.2% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 18% in Japan

Japan: 17.5% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Japan rate their lives 0.10 points higher than in Portugal

Japan: 6.13 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Japan

Japan: 6.3 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 66% more meat per person than Japan

Japan: 59.9 kg (2022) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 883 kcal more food per person per day than Japan

Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 81 more hours a year than in Japan

Japan: 1,654 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Japan went to school 3 years longer than in Portugal

Japan: 12.7 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 9.1 times as many tourists per resident as Japan (2019)

Japan: 0.3 (2024) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Japan has 10 more World Heritage sites than Portugal (27 against 17)

Japan: 27 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Japan has won 642 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Japan: 642 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Portugal are online, versus 86% in Japan

Japan: 86% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 2% faster than in Japan

Japan: 322 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Japan and Portugal are practically level

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

92% of people in Japan live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Japan: 92% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Japan: 178 (2023) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Japan’s railway network is 7.9 times as long as Portugal’s

Japan: 20,087 km (2011) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 74% more passengers per resident than those from Japan

Japan: 0.98 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 68% of Japan, but only 37% of Portugal

Japan: 68.3% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 2.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Portugal

Japan: 7.8 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Japan

Japan: 23.6% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

Japan and Portugal are nearly identical here

Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.1 times as likely to be murdered in Portugal as in Japan

Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Portugal are 2.9 times as deadly as in Japan

Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 3.1 °C warmer than Japan

Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan gets 2.3 times as much rain as Portugal

Japan: 1,824 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)