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title: "Portugal — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Portugal: capital Lisbon, area 92,090 km², population 10,804,871 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/portugal/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Portugal

**Portugal: Capital Lisbon**

92,090 km² · 10,804,871 people (2025) · Euro

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.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Lisbon
- **Area:** 92,090 km² — 35,556 sq mi
- **Population:** 10,804,871 (2025)
- **Density:** 117.3 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official language:** Portuguese
- **Time zones:** UTC-01:00, UTC+00:00
- **Calling code:** +351
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** PT · PRT
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 110 of 200
- **By population:** 90 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 99,720 | 51,684,564 |
| Hungary | 93,028 | 9,514,251 |
| Portugal ← | 92,090 | 10,804,871 |
| Jordan | 89,342 | 11,520,684 |
| Azerbaijan | 86,600 | 10,246,996 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Portugal?

Lisbon

### What currency does Portugal use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is Portugal?

92,090 km², or 35,556 square miles — 110 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Portugal drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [South Korea](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-korea/)
- [Hungary](https://atoneplace.net/country/hungary/)
- [Jordan](https://atoneplace.net/country/jordan/)
- [Azerbaijan](https://atoneplace.net/country/azerbaijan/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## 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]