Italy vs Portugal: Annual death rates at different ages in males
Italy
2.4 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Portugal
2.81 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Italy rank
222nd
Portugal rank
219th
Annual death rates at different ages in males over time
- Italy
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 2.81 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.4 deaths per 1,000 people in Italy, a difference of 0.41 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 84 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Portugal ahead.
Italy ranks 222nd and Portugal ranks 219th of 236 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 109.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 142.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 32.6 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1950s | 61.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 104.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 42.53 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1960s | 42.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 80.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 38.19 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1970s | 25.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 45.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.99 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1980s | 12.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.5 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.02 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1990s | 7.3 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.61 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 2000s | 4.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.278 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 2010s | 3.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.29 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.184 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 2020s | 2.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1558 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates at different ages in males, Italy or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 2.81 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.4 deaths per 1,000 people in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages in males between Italy and Portugal?
- 0.41 deaths per 1,000 people, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?
- 84 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2023.
- How do Italy and Portugal rank globally for annual death rates at different ages in males?
- Italy ranks 222nd and Portugal ranks 219th 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 at different ages in males. 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.