Israel vs Portugal: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Israel
2.35 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Portugal
2.35 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Israel rank
216th
Portugal rank
215th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Israel
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people in Israel, a difference of 0 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Portugal ahead.
Israel ranks 216th and Portugal ranks 215th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42.28 deaths per 1,000 people | 89.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 46.76 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1960s | 30.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 67.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 37.15 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1970s | 19.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 36.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.97 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1980s | 11.84 deaths per 1,000 people | 15.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.81 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1990s | 7.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0848 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 2000s | 4.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6511 deaths per 1,000 people | Israel |
| 2010s | 2.99 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3734 deaths per 1,000 people | Israel |
| 2020s | 2.33 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0812 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Israel or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people in Israel as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Israel and Portugal?
- 0 deaths per 1,000 people, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Portugal?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Israel and Portugal rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Israel ranks 216th and Portugal ranks 215th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.