---
title: "Portugal vs Russia — area, population, currency"
description: "Portugal is 92,090 km² with 10,804,871 people; Russia is 17,098,242 km² with 143,513,328. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/portugal-vs-russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Portugal vs Russia

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

92,090 km² vs 17,098,242 km² · 10,804,871 vs 143,513,328

Russia is 186 times larger than Portugal — 17,098,242 against 92,090 km². Russia is 13 times more populous than Portugal — 143,513,328 against 10,804,871 people.

## Side by side

|  | Portugal | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Lisbon | Moscow |
| Area | 92,090 km² | 17,098,242 km² |
| Population | 10,804,871 (2025) | 143,513,328 (2025) |
| Density | 117.3 /km² | 8.4 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | Russian |
| Time zones | UTC-01:00, UTC+00:00 | UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+05:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00 |
| Calling code | +351 | +7 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | PT / PRT | RU / RUS |

## Population density

Portugal is 14 times more densely populated than Russia — 117 against 8 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 Euro and the Russian ruble.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.

## 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.

## Russia

The largest country in the world by land area, close to twice the size of the next one, and it spans eleven time zones. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the deepest lake on Earth at 1,642 m and holds roughly a fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh water — more than all five North American Great Lakes combined. Russia and China each border fourteen countries, more than any other state.

> 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 Portugal bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 92,090 km².

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

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 10,804,871.

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

Portugal is UTC-01:00, UTC+00:00 and Russia is UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+05:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Portugal](https://atoneplace.net/country/portugal/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
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- [India vs Portugal](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-portugal/)
- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Portugal](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-portugal/)
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- [New Zealand vs Portugal](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-portugal/)

## 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]