Russia’s coastline is 21 times as long as Portugal’s

Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Russia’s highest peak towers 3,291 m above Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

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

Portugal: 41.3% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Russia has 13 times as many people as Portugal

Portugal: 10.8 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Portugal is 13 times as densely populated as Russia

Portugal: 118 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 6.7 years older than in Russia

Portugal: 46.2 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

Russia and Portugal are practically level

Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 18% in Russia

Portugal: 24.9% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Portugal hosts 79 times as many refugees per resident as Russia

Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Portugal: 1.9 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Portugal and Russia are practically level

Portugal: 1 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

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

Portugal: $347 billion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

Portugal produces 7% more per person than Russia

Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Russia (Gini 0.9 points higher)

Portugal: 33.9 (2023) · Russia: 33 (2023)

Portugal and Russia are practically level

Portugal: 0.4% (2023) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 2.1% in Russia

Portugal: 6.2% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.7%

Portugal: 1.7% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

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

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

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Russia’s

Portugal: 60% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

Portugal spends 3 times as much on health per person as Russia

Portugal: $2,971 (2024) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Russia is 52% more likely to die before turning one than in Portugal

Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 14% more doctors per person than Russia

Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 2 times as many hospital beds per person as Portugal

Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 2.3 times that in Portugal

Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Portugal are obese, versus 21% in Russia

Portugal: 23% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 27% in Russia

Portugal: 28.6% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in Portugal rate their lives 0.20 points higher than in Russia

Portugal: 6.03 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 32% more alcohol than in Russia

Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Portugal has 17% more meat per person than Russia

Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Portugal has 25 kcal more food per person per day than Russia

Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Russia put in 352 more hours a year than in Portugal

Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in Russia went to school 2.7 years longer than in Portugal

Portugal: 9.7 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Portugal: 2.71 (2024) · Russia: no data

Russia has 16 more World Heritage sites than Portugal (33 against 17)

Portugal: 17 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Portugal: 32 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

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

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

Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

Portugal and Russia are practically level

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

75% of people in Russia live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Portugal: 61% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Portugal: 124 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 34 times as long as Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,527 km (2021) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 2.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Russia

Portugal: 1.69 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Russia, but only 37% of Portugal

Portugal: 36.6% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 3.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Portugal

Portugal: 3.4 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Russia

Portugal: 81% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Russia carries 23% more fine dust than in Portugal

Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 11 times as likely to be murdered in Russia as in Portugal

Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Russia are 22% deadlier than in Portugal

Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 18.4 °C warmer than Russia

Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Portugal gets 33% more rain than Russia

Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)