Spain’s coastline is 2.8 times as long as Portugal’s

Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition) · Spain: 4,964 km (2026 edition)

Spain’s highest peak towers 1,367 m above Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition) · Spain: 3,718 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Spain, versus 41% of Portugal

Portugal: 41.3% (2024) · Spain: 49.3% (2024)

Spain has 4.6 times as many people as Portugal

Portugal: 10.8 million (2025) · Spain: 49.4 million (2025)

Portugal is 19% more densely populated than Spain

Portugal: 118 per km² (2025) · Spain: 99 per km² (2025)

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

Portugal: 46.2 years (2023) · Spain: 44.9 years (2023)

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

Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024) · Spain: 1.1 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 22% in Spain

Portugal: 24.9% (2025) · Spain: 21.6% (2025)

Spain hosts 59% more refugees per resident than Portugal

Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Spain: 10.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Spain 1.4

Portugal: 1.9 (2026) · Spain: 1.4 (2026)

Portugal and Spain are practically level

Portugal: 1 (2026) · Spain: 1 (2026)

Spain’s economy is 5.5 times the size of Portugal’s

Portugal: $347 billion (2025) · Spain: $1.91 trillion (2025)

Spain produces 13% more per person than Portugal

Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025) · Spain: Int$59,868 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Spain (Gini 0.5 points higher)

Portugal: 33.9 (2023) · Spain: 33.4 (2023)

Spain and Portugal are practically level

Portugal: 0.4% (2023) · Spain: 0.8% (2023)

Unemployment is 10% in Spain, versus 6.2% in Portugal

Portugal: 6.2% (2025) · Spain: 10.4% (2025)

Spain and Portugal are practically level

Portugal: 1.7% (2025) · Spain: 2.1% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Spain’s 15%

Portugal: 22.3% (2024) · Spain: 14.9% (2024)

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

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

Spain spends 5% more on health per person than Portugal

Portugal: $2,971 (2024) · Spain: $3,107 (2023)

A baby in Portugal is 4% more likely to die before turning one than in Spain

Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Spain: 2.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 36% more doctors per person than Spain

Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Spain: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 20% more hospital beds per person than Spain

Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Spain: 2.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Portugal is 21% higher than in Spain

Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 7.1 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Portugal are obese, versus 19% in Spain

Portugal: 23% (2024) · Spain: 18.9% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 28% in Spain

Portugal: 28.6% (2024) · Spain: 27.6% (2024)

People in Spain rate their lives 0.51 points higher than in Portugal

Portugal: 6.03 (2025) · Spain: 6.54 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 14% more alcohol than in Spain

Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023) · Spain: 12.1 litres (2023)

Spain has 1% more meat per person than Portugal

Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023) · Spain: 100.8 kg (2023)

Portugal has 176 kcal more food per person per day than Spain

Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023) · Spain: 3,377 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 97 more hours a year than in Spain

Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023) · Spain: 1,638 hours (2023)

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

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

Portugal welcomed 41% more tourists per resident than Spain (2019)

Portugal: 2.71 (2024) · Spain: 1.92 (2024)

Spain has 33 more World Heritage sites than Portugal (50 against 17)

Portugal: 17 (2026) · Spain: 50 (2026)

Spain has won 195 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Portugal: 32 (2026 edition) · Spain: 195 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Spain are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Portugal: 88% (2024) · Spain: 96% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 2% faster than in Spain

Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026) · Spain: 324 Mbps (2026)

Portugal and Spain are practically level

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

81% of people in Spain live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Portugal: 61% (2025) · Spain: 81% (2025)

Spain has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Portugal: 124 (2024) · Spain: 130 (2024)

Spain’s railway network is 6.3 times as long as Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,527 km (2021) · Spain: 15,963 km (2021)

Airlines from Spain fly 13% more passengers per resident than those from Portugal

Portugal: 1.69 (2023) · Spain: 1.91 (2023)

Forest covers 38% of Spain, but only 37% of Portugal

Portugal: 36.6% (2024) · Spain: 38.2% (2024)

The average person in Spain emits 35% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Portugal: 3.4 t (2024) · Spain: 4.6 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 56% in Spain

Portugal: 81% (2025) · Spain: 55.9% (2025)

The air in Portugal carries 5% more fine dust than in Spain

Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Spain: 10 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4% more likely to be murdered in Portugal than in Spain

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

Roads in Portugal are 77% deadlier than in Spain

Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 6.2 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 1.1 °C warmer than Spain

Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 14.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Portugal gets 17% more rain than Spain

Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 665 mm (2016–2025 avg)