Thailand’s coastline is 80% longer than Portugal’s

Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Thailand’s highest peak towers 214 m above Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of Thailand, versus 41% of Portugal

Portugal: 41.3% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 6.6 times as many people as Portugal

Portugal: 10.8 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Thailand is 19% more densely populated than Portugal

Portugal: 118 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 6.5 years older than in Thailand

Portugal: 46.2 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Portugal have 0.2 more children on average than in Thailand

Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 16% in Thailand

Portugal: 24.9% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Portugal hosts 5.6 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Portugal and Thailand are practically level

Portugal: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Thailand’s economy is 66% larger than Portugal’s

Portugal: $347 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 2 times as much per person as Thailand

Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Thailand (Gini 0.6 points higher)

Portugal: 33.9 (2023) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

Portugal and Thailand are practically level

Portugal: 0.4% (2023) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Portugal: 6.2% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

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

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

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

Portugal: 22.3% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Thailand’s

Portugal: 60% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Portugal spends 9.1 times as much on health per person as Thailand

Portugal: $2,971 (2024) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Thailand is 2.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal

Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 11 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Portugal has 46% more hospital beds per person than Thailand

Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Thailand is 12% higher than in Portugal

Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Portugal are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Portugal: 23% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

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

Portugal: 28.6% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Thailand rate their lives 0.27 points higher than in Portugal

Portugal: 6.03 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 74% more alcohol than in Thailand

Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Portugal has 4.1 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Portugal has 698 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 442 more hours a year than in Portugal

Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Portugal went to school 0.66 years longer than in Thailand

Portugal: 9.7 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 4.9 times as many tourists per resident as Thailand (2019)

Portugal: 2.71 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Portugal has 8 more World Heritage sites than Thailand (17 against 9)

Portugal: 17 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Thailand has won 41 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Portugal: 32 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Thailand is 9% faster than in Portugal

Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Portugal and Thailand are practically level

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

63% of people in Thailand live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Portugal: 61% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Portugal: 124 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Thailand’s railway network is 62% longer than Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,527 km (2021) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Portugal fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Thailand

Portugal: 1.69 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 37% of Portugal

Portugal: 36.6% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Thailand emits 10% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Portugal: 3.4 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

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

Portugal: 81% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Portugal

Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 3.2 times as deadly as in Portugal

Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 10.9 °C warmer than Portugal

Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Thailand gets 2.1 times as much rain as Portugal

Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)