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Portugal: map and facts
Portugal is in Southern Europe. It has about 10.8 million people (2025), the 89th largest population. It covers 92,230 km², the 109th largest by area. That is about 117 people per km². Its highest point is Pico Alto, at 2,351 m. The longest river on its map is the Tagus, 1,007 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 10,804,871 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 92,230 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Lisbon
- Highest point: Pico Alto, 2,351 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 36.6% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Portugal, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Tagus: 1,007 km
- Douro: 897 km
- Guadiana: 778 km
- Minho: 315 km
- Zezere: 248 km
- Mondego: 234 km
- Sado: 180 km
- Sorraia: 155 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Pico Alto: 2,351 m (its highest point)
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Iberian Peninsula and Azores.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): savanna 30.3%, grassland 22.9%, wooded savanna 18%, farmland 15.1%, evergreen conifer forest 6.6%, evergreen broadleaf forest 2.3%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 47%, plains 29.5%, mountains 21.9%, plateaus 1.6%.
Forests covered 36.6% of its land in 2024, down from 37.6% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #10 in lithium among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Portugal shares land borders with Spain on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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