Macau, China vs Portugal: Annual death rates at different ages
Macau, China
2.29 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Portugal
2.59 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Macau, China rank
219th
Portugal rank
217th
Annual death rates at different ages over time
- Macau, China
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 2.59 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.29 deaths per 1,000 people in Macau, China, a difference of 0.3 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Macau, China's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Portugal ahead.
Macau, China ranks 219th and Portugal ranks 217th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Macau, China averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Macau, China | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 60.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 96.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 36.64 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1960s | 40.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 73.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 33.87 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1970s | 24.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 40.78 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.59 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1980s | 14.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 17.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.49 deaths per 1,000 people | Portugal |
| 1990s | 8.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.144 deaths per 1,000 people | Macau, China |
| 2000s | 4.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6588 deaths per 1,000 people | Macau, China |
| 2010s | 3.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0629 deaths per 1,000 people | Macau, China |
| 2020s | 2.39 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1615 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, Macau, China or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 2.59 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.29 deaths per 1,000 people in Macau, China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between Macau, China and Portugal?
- 0.3 deaths per 1,000 people, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Macau, China and Portugal?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Macau, China and Portugal rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
- Macau, China ranks 219th and Portugal ranks 217th 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. 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.