CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Portugal fits inside Uzbekistan 4.9 times

Portugal: 92,230 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 2,292 m above Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 41% of Portugal

Portugal: 41.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Uzbekistan has 3.4 times as many people as Portugal

Portugal: 10.8 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Portugal is 40% more densely populated than Uzbekistan

Portugal: 118 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Portugal are 3.4 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Portugal: 174.4 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Portugal are 0.9 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Portugal: 161.2 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Portugal is 19 years older than in Uzbekistan

Portugal: 46.2 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 2.1 more children on average than in Portugal

Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Portugal: 24.9% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Portugal hosts 48,250 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

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

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Portugal 1

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

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Portugal’s economy is 2.4 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Portugal: $347 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Portugal produces 3.9 times as much per person as Uzbekistan

Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Uzbekistan (Gini 1.2 points higher)

Portugal: 33.9 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Portugal

Portugal: 0.4% (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Portugal: 6.2% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Uzbekistan spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.7%

Portugal: 1.7% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

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

Portugal: 22.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Uzbekistan’s

Portugal: 60% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Portugal spends 15 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Portugal: $2,971 (2024) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Portugal live 9.9 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Portugal: 82.4 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uzbekistan is 4.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal

Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Portugal has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as Uzbekistan

Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uzbekistan has 41% more hospital beds per person than Portugal

Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Portugal is 10% higher than in Uzbekistan

Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Portugal: 23% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Portugal: 28.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 0.25 points higher than in Portugal

Portugal: 6.03 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Portugal drink 6.6 times as much alcohol as in Uzbekistan

Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Portugal has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Uzbekistan

Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Portugal has 256 kcal more food per person per day than Uzbekistan

Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 364 more hours a year than in Portugal

Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 2.2 years longer than in Portugal

Portugal: 9.7 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Portugal welcomed 12 times as many tourists per resident as Uzbekistan (2019)

Portugal: 2.71 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Portugal: 17 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Uzbekistan has won 50 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Portugal: 32 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Portugal: 88% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Portugal is 53% faster than in Uzbekistan

Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Portugal and Uzbekistan are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

61% of people in Portugal live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Portugal: 61% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Portugal has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Portugal: 124 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 87% longer than Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,527 km (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Portugal fly 13 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uzbekistan

Portugal: 1.69 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Portugal: 36.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Uzbekistan emits 12% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Portugal: 3.4 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Portugal: 81% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 2.9 times as much fine dust as in Portugal

Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 94% more likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan than in Portugal

Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uzbekistan are 18% deadlier than in Portugal

Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Portugal is on average 1.5 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Portugal gets 3.5 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Portugal bigger than Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan is larger. Portugal fits inside Uzbekistan 4.9 times.

Which has more people, Portugal or Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan has 3.4 times as many people as Portugal (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Portugal or Uzbekistan?

People in Portugal live 9.9 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 82.4 years in Portugal and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Portugal or Uzbekistan?

Men in Portugal are 3.4 cm taller than in Uzbekistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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