Portugal is 1.03× the size of Jordan

Portugal covers about 91,400 km² (35,300 mi²) and Jordan about 88,900 km² (34,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

91,400km²Portugal
88,900km²Jordan

500 km

Portugal
Jordan

What fits

Jordan is 97% of the size of Portugal.
Portugal is larger by 2,530 km² (976 mi²), which is 2.8% of the area of Jordan.
Measured in Belgiums: Portugal is about 2.98, Jordan about 2.90.

How they differ

Portugal is larger, but Jordan has the larger population: 10.4 million against 10.3 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 117 in Jordan against 113 in Portugal: Jordan is 1.04× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,170 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Portugal at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Jordan at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Portugal as 1.27× the size of Jordan instead of 1.03×.
Together Portugal and Jordan cover 180,000 km², close to the size of Cambodia (181,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,530 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
At Jordan's density, Portugal would have 10.7 million people (it has 10.3 million). At Portugal's density, Jordan would have 10.1 million (it has 10.4 million).
Portugal's centre is 8.4° of latitude, about 930 km, farther north than Jordan's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Portugal	1.03×
More people	Jordan	1.01×
More crowded	Jordan	1.04×
Farther north	Portugal	8.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Portugal	1.7× against 1.4×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Portugal	Jordan
Belgium 30,700 km²	2.98×	2.90×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.37×	0.36×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.26×	0.25×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.24×	0.24×
France 548,000 km²	0.17×	0.16×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Portugal	Jordan
Area, main territory	91,400 km²35,300 mi²	88,900 km²34,300 mi²
Population	10.3 millionWikidata, 2021	10.4 millionWikidata, 2019
Density	113 per km²	117 per km²
Official area	92,200 km²Wikidata	89,300 km²Wikidata
Capital	Lisbon	Amman
Latitude range	30°N to 42°N	29°N to 33°N
Continent	Europe	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2019, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 92,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 91,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 89,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 88,900 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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