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title: "Japan vs Portugal — area, population, currency"
description: "Japan is 377,915 km² with 123,366,734 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/japan-vs-portugal/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Japan vs Portugal

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

377,915 km² vs 92,090 km² · 123,366,734 vs 10,804,871

Japan is 4.1 times larger than Portugal — 377,915 against 92,090 km². Japan is 11 times more populous than Portugal — 123,366,734 against 10,804,871 people.

## Side by side

|  | Japan | Portugal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Tokyo | Lisbon |
| Area | 377,915 km² | 92,090 km² |
| Population | 123,366,734 (2025) | 10,804,871 (2025) |
| Density | 326.4 /km² | 117.3 /km² |
| Currency | Japanese yen (JPY) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Japanese | Portuguese |
| Time zones | UTC+09:00 | UTC-01:00, UTC+00:00 |
| Calling code | +81 | +351 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | JP / JPN | PT / PRT |

## Population density

Japan is 2.8 times more densely populated than Portugal — 326 against 117 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

- They drive on opposite sides — Japan on the left, Portugal on the right.
- Different currencies: the Japanese yen and the Euro.
- Portugal spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Asia and Europe.

## Japan

A 2023 government survey using digital mapping counted 14,125 islands, more than double the long-quoted figure of 6,852. About three-quarters of the land is mountain, so nearly everyone lives on a narrow band of coastal plain. Japan sits where four tectonic plates meet and records a fifth of the world's magnitude-6-and-above earthquakes.

## 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 Japan bigger than Portugal?

Japan is larger — 377,915 km² against 92,090 km².

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

Japan, with 123,366,734 against 10,804,871.

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

Japan is UTC+09:00 and Portugal is UTC-01:00, UTC+00:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Portugal](https://atoneplace.net/country/portugal/)
- [India vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-japan/)
- [India vs Portugal](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-portugal/)
- [China vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-japan/)
- [China vs Portugal](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-portugal/)
- [Japan vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-united-states/)
- [Japan vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Japan vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Japan vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-russia/)
- [Japan vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-mexico/)
- [Japan vs Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-spain/)
- [Japan vs South Korea](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-south-korea/)
- [Japan vs Netherlands](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-netherlands/)

## 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]