Malaysia’s coastline is 2.6 times as long as Portugal’s

Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Malaysia’s highest peak towers 1,744 m above Portugal’s

Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 25% of Malaysia

Malaysia: 24.8% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Malaysia has 3.3 times as many people as Portugal

Malaysia: 36 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Portugal is 8% more densely populated than Malaysia

Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 16 years older than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

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

Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 8.0% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 8% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Portugal hosts 56% more refugees per resident than Malaysia

Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Malaysia: 0 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Portugal 1

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

Malaysia’s economy is 36% larger than Portugal’s

Malaysia: $472 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 28% more per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Portugal (Gini 6.8 points higher)

Malaysia: 40.7 (2021) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

Portugal and Malaysia are practically level

Malaysia: 0% (2021) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 3.8% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 3.8% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Portugal spends 1.7% of its GDP on the military, Malaysia 1.0%

Malaysia: 1% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Malaysia’s 12%

Malaysia: 12.4% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 32% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Portugal spends 6.6 times as much on health per person as Malaysia

Malaysia: $450 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Malaysia is 2.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal

Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 2.5 times as many doctors per person as Malaysia

Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 78% more hospital beds per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Portugal is 72% higher than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

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

Malaysia: 23.6% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 17% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 16.9% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

Portugal and Malaysia are practically level

Malaysia: 6.01 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 17 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 44% more meat per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 626 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 573 more hours a year than in Portugal

Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Malaysia went to school 1.4 years longer than in Portugal

Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 9.3 times as many tourists per resident as Malaysia (2019)

Malaysia: 0.29 (2022) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 11 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (17 against 6)

Malaysia: 6 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Portugal has won 32 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Malaysia: 98% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 23% faster than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Malaysia and Portugal are practically level

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

77% of people in Malaysia live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Malaysia: 77% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Malaysia: 140 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Portugal’s railway network is 53% longer than Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 30% more passengers per resident than those from Malaysia

Malaysia: 1.3 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 37% of Portugal

Malaysia: 57.7% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 2.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Portugal

Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 20.7% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Malaysia carries 46% more fine dust than in Portugal

Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2% more likely to be murdered in Malaysia than in Portugal

Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Malaysia are 47% deadlier than in Portugal

Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 10.1 °C warmer than Portugal

Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 4 times as much rain as Portugal

Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)