Castile and León is 1.04× the size of Portugal

Castile and León (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 94,800 km² (36,600 mi²) and Portugal (Europe) about 91,400 km² (35,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

94,800km²Castile and León
91,400km²Portugal

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Castile and León
Portugal

What fits

Portugal is 96% of the size of Castile and León.
Castile and León is larger by 3,390 km² (1,310 mi²), which is 3.7% of the area of Portugal.
Measured in Belgiums: Castile and León is about 3.09, Portugal about 2.98.

How they differ

Castile and León is larger, but Portugal has the larger population: 10.3 million against 2.4 million, 4.33× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 113 in Portugal against 25 in Castile and León: Portugal is 4.49× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 402 km apart.
Together Castile and León and Portugal cover 186,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,390 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Portugal's density, Castile and León would have 10.7 million people (it has 2.4 million). At Castile and León's density, Portugal would have 2.3 million (it has 10.3 million).
Castile and León's centre is 2.1° of latitude, about 240 km, farther north than Portugal's.
Castile and León is the largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 19% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
Portugal ranks 112th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Castile and León lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 239 km) north of Portugal.
Shared out evenly, each person in Castile and León would have about 39,690 m² and each person in Portugal about 8,830 m².
Laid side by side, Castile and León and Portugal would cover 186,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
Together they have 12.7 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.
Counted as a country, Castile and León would rank 110th by area and 146th by population.

Side by side

	Castile and León	Portugal
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	CountryEurope
Area, measured	94,800 km²36,600 mi²	91,400 km²35,300 mi²
Official area	94,200 km²Wikidata	92,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 19in Spain	111th of 239worldwide
Population	2.4 millionWikidata, 2024	10.3 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	6th of 19in Spain	90th of 237worldwide
Density	25 per km²	113 per km²
Capital	–	Lisbon
Latitude range	40°N to 43°N	30°N to 42°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,800 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 92,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 91,400 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain. The outline of Castile and León is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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