Germany is 3.91× the size of Portugal

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Portugal about 91,400 km² (35,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
91,400km²Portugal

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Germany
Portugal

What fits

Portugal fits inside Germany about 3.91 times by area.
Germany is larger by 266,000 km² (103,000 mi²), which is 291% of the area of Portugal.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Portugal about 2.98.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 10.3 million, 8.07× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 113 in Portugal: Germany is 2.06× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,940 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Portugal at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Germany as 5.88× the size of Portugal instead of 3.91×.
Together Germany and Portugal cover 449,000 km², close to the size of Uzbekistan (448,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 266,000 km², is about the size of New Zealand (268,000 km²).
At Portugal's density, Germany would have 40.5 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Portugal would have 21.3 million (it has 10.3 million).
Germany's centre is 11.4° of latitude, about 1,270 km, farther north than Portugal's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	3.91×
More people	Germany	8.07×
More crowded	Germany	2.06×
Farther north	Germany	11.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.7×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Portugal
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	2.98×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.37×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.24×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.17×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.03×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Germany	Portugal
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	91,400 km²35,300 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	10.3 millionWikidata, 2021
Density	233 per km²	113 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	92,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Lisbon
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	30°N to 42°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 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 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
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: 2026-11-11

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