Portugal vs Spain: Military personnel, per square kilometre
Portugal
0.2947 people per square kilometre
in 2022
Spain
0.2481 people per square kilometre
in 2022
Portugal rank
71st
Spain rank
74th
Military personnel, per square kilometre over time
- Portugal
- Spain
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.2947 people per square kilometre against 0.2481 people per square kilometre in Spain, a difference of 0.0466 people per square kilometre.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.
Across all 62 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
Portugal ranks 71st and Spain ranks 74th of 193 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.93 people per square kilometre | 0.7281 people per square kilometre | 1.2 people per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 1970s | 1.88 people per square kilometre | 0.7399 people per square kilometre | 1.14 people per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1.07 people per square kilometre | 0.6635 people per square kilometre | 0.4031 people per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.8831 people per square kilometre | 0.4161 people per square kilometre | 0.467 people per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.4842 people per square kilometre | 0.3207 people per square kilometre | 0.1635 people per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.405 people per square kilometre | 0.2607 people per square kilometre | 0.1443 people per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.2947 people per square kilometre | 0.2448 people per square kilometre | 0.0499 people per square kilometre | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military personnel, per square kilometre, Portugal or Spain?
- Portugal, at 0.2947 people per square kilometre against 0.2481 people per square kilometre in Spain as of 2022.
- What is the difference in military personnel, per square kilometre between Portugal and Spain?
- 0.0466 people per square kilometre, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for military personnel, per square kilometre?
- Portugal ranks 71st and Spain ranks 74th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Military personnel, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Military personnel divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.