Portugal is 1.06× the size of West Bengal
Portugal (Europe) covers about 91,400 km² (35,300 mi²) and West Bengal (state of India) about 86,400 km² (33,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 91,400km²Portugal
- 86,400km²West Bengal
500 km
- Portugal
- West Bengal
What fits
- West Bengal is 94% of the size of Portugal.
- Portugal is larger by 5,030 km² (1,940 mi²), which is 5.8% of the area of West Bengal.
- Measured in Belgiums: Portugal is about 2.98, West Bengal about 2.82.
How they differ
- Portugal is larger, but West Bengal has the larger population: 91.3 million against 10.3 million, 8.82× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,057 in West Bengal against 113 in Portugal: West Bengal is 9.33× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,880 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Portugal at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and West Bengal at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Portugal as 1.49× the size of West Bengal instead of 1.06×.
- Together Portugal and West Bengal cover 178,000 km², close to the size of Uruguay (177,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 5,030 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
- At West Bengal's density, Portugal would have 96.6 million people (it has 10.3 million). At Portugal's density, West Bengal would have 9.8 million (it has 91.3 million).
- Portugal's centre is 15.8° of latitude, about 1,760 km, farther north than West Bengal's.
- Portugal ranks 112th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- West Bengal is the 13th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 2.7% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Portugal lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,760 km) north of West Bengal.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Portugal would have about 8,830 m² and each person in West Bengal about 950 m².
- Laid side by side, Portugal and West Bengal would cover 178,000 km², about the same size as Uruguay.
- Together they have 101.6 million people, 96% as many people as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Counted as a country, West Bengal would rank 114th by area and 18th by population.
Side by side
| Portugal | West Bengal | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 91,400 km²35,300 mi² | 86,400 km²33,300 mi² |
| Official area | 92,200 km²Wikidata | 88,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 111th of 239worldwide | 13th of 36in India |
| Population | 10.3 millionWikidata, 2021 | 91.3 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 90th of 237worldwide | 4th of 36in India |
| Density | 113 per km² | 1,057 per km² |
| Capital | Lisbon | Kolkata |
| Latitude range | 30°N to 42°N | 22°N to 27°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 92,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 91,400 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 86,400 km² is 2.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 88,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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
- 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