Portugal vs Spain: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Portugal
2.35 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Spain
2.17 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Portugal rank
215th
Spain rank
218th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Portugal
- Spain
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.17 deaths per 1,000 people in Spain, a difference of 0.18 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 84 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Spain ahead.
Portugal ranks 215th and Spain ranks 218th of 236 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 125.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 102.18 deaths per 1,000 people | 23.68 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1950s | 89.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 55.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 34 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1960s | 67.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 34.79 deaths per 1,000 people | 32.49 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1970s | 36.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 17.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 18.39 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1980s | 15.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.02 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1990s | 7.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.36 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.81 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 2000s | 3.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.32 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 2010s | 2.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.57 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.049 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 2020s | 2.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.07 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, Portugal or Spain?
- Portugal, at 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.17 deaths per 1,000 people in Spain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Portugal and Spain?
- 0.18 deaths per 1,000 people, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
- 84 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2023.
- How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Portugal ranks 215th and Spain ranks 218th 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.