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title: "Canada vs Portugal — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Portugal is 92,090 km² with 10,804,871. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-portugal/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Portugal

**Canada vs Portugal: Canada is larger; Canada has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 92,090 km² · 41,651,653 vs 10,804,871

Canada is 108 times larger than Portugal — 9,984,670 against 92,090 km². Canada is 3.9 times more populous than Portugal — 41,651,653 against 10,804,871 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Portugal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Lisbon |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 92,090 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 10,804,871 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 117.3 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | English, French | Portuguese |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC-01:00, UTC+00:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +351 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Europe |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | PT / PRT |

## Population density

Portugal is 28 times more densely populated than Canada — 117 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Euro.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Europe.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Portugal

Mainland Portugal plus the Azores and Madeira, which push its exclusive economic zone to one of the largest in Europe. Cabo da Roca is the westernmost point of mainland Europe. Portugal produces around half the world's cork, most of it from the montado oak landscapes of the Alentejo.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Portugal?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 92,090 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Portugal?

Canada, with 41,651,653 against 10,804,871.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Portugal?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Portugal is UTC-01:00, UTC+00:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Portugal](https://atoneplace.net/country/portugal/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]