Lithuania vs Portugal: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex

Lithuania
2.23 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Portugal
2.35 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Lithuania rank
217th
Portugal rank
215th

Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time

  • Lithuania
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.23 deaths per 1,000 people in Lithuania, a difference of 0.12 deaths per 1,000 people.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Portugal ahead.

Lithuania ranks 217th and Portugal ranks 215th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Lithuania averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lithuania Portugal Difference Ahead
1950s 42.4 deaths per 1,000 people 89.05 deaths per 1,000 people 46.65 deaths per 1,000 people Portugal
1960s 24.91 deaths per 1,000 people 67.27 deaths per 1,000 people 42.36 deaths per 1,000 people Portugal
1970s 15.48 deaths per 1,000 people 36.09 deaths per 1,000 people 20.61 deaths per 1,000 people Portugal
1980s 11.65 deaths per 1,000 people 15.64 deaths per 1,000 people 4 deaths per 1,000 people Portugal
1990s 10.77 deaths per 1,000 people 7.17 deaths per 1,000 people 3.6 deaths per 1,000 people Lithuania
2000s 6.51 deaths per 1,000 people 3.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2.78 deaths per 1,000 people Lithuania
2010s 3.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2.62 deaths per 1,000 people 1.02 deaths per 1,000 people Lithuania
2020s 2.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2.41 deaths per 1,000 people 0.048 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, Lithuania or Portugal?
Portugal, at 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.23 deaths per 1,000 people in Lithuania as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Lithuania and Portugal?
0.12 deaths per 1,000 people, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Portugal?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Lithuania and Portugal rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
Lithuania ranks 217th 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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Indicator
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
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Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.