Portugal
Portuguese Republic · Southern Europe
Portugal is a country in Southern Europe, with Lisbon as its capital, home to about 10,804,871 people. Portugal shares a land border with one country, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Lisbon |
|---|---|
| Region | Southern Europe |
| Currency | Euro (EUR €) |
| Calling code | +351 |
| ISO codes | PT / PRT / 620 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇵🇹 |
| Population | 10,804,871 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 92,090 km² |
| Languages | Portuguese |
| Internet domain | .pt |
| Demonym | Portuguese |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Portugal mean?
Portugal's red and green were chosen by the commission that designed the current flag after the 1910 republican revolution, replacing the blue and white of the monarchy. Red was picked, in the commission's own words, as the battling, warm, virile colour, the colour of conquest, while green was included largely because it had appeared on the flag used in an 1891 republican uprising. The gold armillary sphere recalls the navigational instrument carried by Portuguese sailors during the Age of Discovery, and the shield's five small blue shields, the quinas, are tied to the legend of the 1139 Battle of Ourique, with the seven castles on its red border traditionally commemorating victories over Moorish strongholds.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Portugal
About Portugal
Portugal, officially Portuguese Republic, is a United Nations member state in Southern Europe. Its capital and seat of government is Lisbon. It shares land borders with 1 country. The official currency is the Euro (€), using the code EUR.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Portugal for Lisbon’s own facts and history.
To call Portugal from abroad, dial the country code +351. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes PT (alpha-2) and PRT (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 10,804,871.
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How Portugal compares
- Area: 92,090 km², ranking 109 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 10,804,871, ranking 89 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 117 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 1, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
- Currency reach: 37 other countries and territories use the Euro (see the full list).
Flags with the same colours as Portugal
6 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, green). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.