Portugal’s coastline is 8 times as long as Romania’s

Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Romania’s highest peak towers 193 m above Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 41% of Portugal

Portugal: 41.3% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Romania has 76% more people than Portugal

Portugal: 10.8 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Portugal is 43% more densely populated than Romania

Portugal: 118 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 3.6 years older than in Romania

Portugal: 46.2 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

Portugal and Romania are practically level

Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 20% in Romania

Portugal: 24.9% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Romania hosts 67% more refugees per resident than Portugal

Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Portugal: 1.9 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Portugal and Romania are practically level

Portugal: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Romania’s economy is 24% larger than Portugal’s

Portugal: $347 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 4% more per person than Romania

Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Romania (Gini 4.1 points higher)

Portugal: 33.9 (2023) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

Romania and Portugal are practically level

Portugal: 0.4% (2023) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Portugal and Romania are practically level

Portugal: 6.2% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

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

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

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Romania’s 16%

Portugal: 22.3% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

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

Portugal: 60% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Portugal spends 2.8 times as much on health per person as Romania

Portugal: $2,971 (2024) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Romania is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal

Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 61% more doctors per person than Romania

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

Romania has 2.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Portugal

Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Portugal is 5% higher than in Romania

Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Portugal: 23% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 29% in Portugal

Portugal: 28.6% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Romania rate their lives 0.60 points higher than in Portugal

Portugal: 6.03 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 24% more alcohol than in Portugal

Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Portugal has 37% more meat per person than Romania

Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 96 kcal more food per person per day than Portugal

Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Romania put in 91 more hours a year than in Portugal

Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Romania went to school 1.8 years longer than in Portugal

Portugal: 9.7 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 3.9 times as many tourists per resident as Romania (2019)

Portugal: 2.71 (2024) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

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

Portugal: 17 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Portugal: 32 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Portugal: 88% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 4% faster than in Romania

Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Portugal and Romania are practically level

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

61% of people in Portugal live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Portugal: 61% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Portugal has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Portugal: 124 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 4.3 times as long as Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,527 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 11 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Portugal: 1.69 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 30% of Romania

Portugal: 36.6% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Romania emits 6% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Portugal: 3.4 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in Romania

Portugal: 81% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Romania carries 36% more fine dust than in Portugal

Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 56% more likely to be murdered in Romania than in Portugal

Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Romania are 24% deadlier than in Portugal

Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 4.9 °C warmer than Romania

Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Portugal gets 2% more rain than Romania

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