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title: "Portugal vs Spain — area, population, currency"
description: "Portugal is 92,090 km² with 10,804,871 people; Spain is 505,370 km² with 49,355,143. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/portugal-vs-spain/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Portugal vs Spain

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

92,090 km² vs 505,370 km² · 10,804,871 vs 49,355,143

Spain is 5.5 times larger than Portugal — 505,370 against 92,090 km². Spain is 4.6 times more populous than Portugal — 49,355,143 against 10,804,871 people.

## Side by side

|  | Portugal | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Lisbon | Madrid |
| Area | 92,090 km² | 505,370 km² |
| Population | 10,804,871 (2025) | 49,355,143 (2025) |
| Density | 117.3 /km² | 97.7 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC-01:00, UTC+00:00 | UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +351 | +34 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | PT / PRT | ES / ESP |

## Population density

Portugal is 1.2 times more densely populated than Spain — 117 against 98 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

- Spain spans 2 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.

## Spain

After Switzerland, Spain is the most mountainous country in Europe, with an average elevation around 650 m. The Canary Islands sit off Africa, which is why part of Spain is on a different time zone and why Teide, at 3,715 m, is the country's highest point. Spain has more olive trees than any other country, around 340 million.

> 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 Spain?

Spain is larger — 505,370 km² against 92,090 km².

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

Spain, with 49,355,143 against 10,804,871.

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

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

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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]