Country size comparison

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Portugal is about 5 times smaller than Spain.

Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 18.22% the size of Spain. Meanwhile, the population of Spain is ~47.2 million people (36.9 million fewer people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Spain vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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