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title: "Portugal vs United Kingdom — area, population, currency"
description: "Portugal is 92,090 km² with 10,804,871 people; United Kingdom is 243,610 km² with 69,487,000. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/portugal-vs-united-kingdom/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Portugal vs United Kingdom

**Portugal vs United Kingdom: United Kingdom is larger; United Kingdom has more people**

92,090 km² vs 243,610 km² · 10,804,871 vs 69,487,000

United Kingdom is 2.6 times larger than Portugal — 243,610 against 92,090 km². United Kingdom is 6.4 times more populous than Portugal — 69,487,000 against 10,804,871 people.

## Side by side

|  | Portugal | United Kingdom |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Lisbon | London |
| Area | 92,090 km² | 243,610 km² |
| Population | 10,804,871 (2025) | 69,487,000 (2025) |
| Density | 117.3 /km² | 285.2 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | British pound (GBP) |
| Official languages | Portuguese | English |
| Time zones | UTC-01:00, UTC+00:00 | UTC+00:00 |
| Calling code | +351 | +44 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | PT / PRT | GB / GBR |

## Population density

United Kingdom is 2.4 times more densely populated than Portugal — 285 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 — Portugal on the right, United Kingdom on the left.
- Different currencies: the Euro and the British pound.
- Portugal 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.

## United Kingdom

Made up of Great Britain, the north-east of Ireland and around 6,000 smaller islands. No point in the UK is more than about 113 km from the sea. Ben Nevis, the highest point, is 1,345 m, which is modest — but the country has around 31,000 km of coastline once every inlet is counted.

> 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 United Kingdom?

United Kingdom is larger — 243,610 km² against 92,090 km².

### Which has more people, Portugal or United Kingdom?

United Kingdom, with 69,487,000 against 10,804,871.

### What is the time difference between Portugal and United Kingdom?

Portugal is UTC-01:00, UTC+00:00 and United Kingdom is UTC+00:00. 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]