Bulgaria vs Portugal: Causes of mortality

Bulgaria
101,006 Deaths
in 2023
Portugal
118,570 Deaths
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
24th
Portugal rank
21st

Causes of mortality over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 118,570 Deaths against 101,006 Deaths in Bulgaria, a difference of 17,564 Deaths.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Portugal ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 24th and Portugal ranks 21st of 36 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Portugal Difference Ahead
1960s 71,145 Deaths 97,286 Deaths 26,141 Deaths Portugal
1970s 87,032 Deaths 95,956 Deaths 8,925 Deaths Portugal
1980s 103,031 Deaths 96,005 Deaths 7,026 Deaths Bulgaria
1990s 113,192 Deaths 104,584 Deaths 8,608 Deaths Bulgaria
2000s 111,942 Deaths 105,836 Deaths 6,106 Deaths Bulgaria
2010s 108,510 Deaths 108,549 Deaths 39.5 Deaths Portugal
2020s 109,910 Deaths 121,756 Deaths 11,846 Deaths Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Bulgaria or Portugal?
Portugal, at 118,570 Deaths against 101,006 Deaths in Bulgaria as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Bulgaria and Portugal?
17,564 Deaths, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Portugal?
55 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and Portugal rank globally for causes of mortality?
Bulgaria ranks 24th and Portugal ranks 21st of 36 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Causes of mortality
Unit
Deaths
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
46 places, 2,503 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.