Quality of life comparison
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If you lived in Portugal instead of Norfolk Island, you would:
Basic Needs
be 92.0% more likely to have internet access
In Norfolk Island, approximately 46.1% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Portugal, about 88.5% do as of 2024.
Geography
see 56.0 times more coastline
Norfolk Island has a total of 32 km of coastline. In Portugal, that number is 1,793 km.
Sources: The World Factbook (2021), World Bank (2024). How we calculate this
Compare further: Norfolk Island vs. Portugal
Portugal: At a glance
Portugal is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 91,470 sq km. Following its heyday as a global maritime power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence of Brazil, its wealthiest colony, in 1822. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.
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