Portugal is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in south-western Europe whereas Brazil is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. Today in this article we will discuss the comparison between Portugal and Brazil regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Portugal Bigger than Brazil?
The total area of Portugal is 92,212 sq km and the total area of Brazil is 8,515,767 sq km. Portugal is smaller than Brazil by 8,423,555 sq km. Portugal is around 92.4 times smaller than Brazil. Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest country by area.
Area of Portugal: 35,603 sq mi ( 92,212 km2 )
Area of Brazil: 3,287,956 sq mi ( 8,515,767 km2 )
Population
As per the Worldometer data, the current population of Portugal estimated as of 30th April 2021 is 10,172,285.
According to the data from Worldometer, the current population of Brazil estimated as of 30th April 2021 is 213,822,026.
Here is some more data comparison between Portugal and Brazil.
The capital city of Portugal is Lisbon and the capital city of Brazil is Brasilia.
Official Languages
Portugal: Portuguese
Brazil: Portuguese
Human Development Index
HDI of Portugal as of 2019: 0.864
HDI of Brazil as of 2019: 0.765
Portugal Timezone:
UTC (Western European Time)
UTC – 1 (Atlantic, Azores)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 1 (Western European Summer Time )
UTC (Atlantic, Azores)
Brazil Timezone:
UTC -2 to -5 (Brazil Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Portugal:
38° 42′ 0″ N, 9° 11′ 0″ W
Coordinates of Brazil:
10° 0′ 0″ S, 52° 0′ 0″ W
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