Chile vs Portugal: Causes of mortality

Chile
122,010 Deaths
in 2023
Portugal
118,570 Deaths
in 2023
Chile rank
20th
Portugal rank
21st

Causes of mortality over time

  • Chile
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Chile currently reports 122,010 Deaths against 118,570 Deaths in Portugal, a difference of 3,440 Deaths.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 20th and Portugal ranks 21st of 36 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Portugal Difference Ahead
1960s 91,228 Deaths 97,319 Deaths 6,091 Deaths Portugal
1970s 78,995 Deaths 95,956 Deaths 16,962 Deaths Portugal
1980s 72,708 Deaths 95,965 Deaths 23,258 Deaths Portugal
1990s 77,746 Deaths 104,584 Deaths 26,838 Deaths Portugal
2000s 84,820 Deaths 105,836 Deaths 21,016 Deaths Portugal
2010s 102,341 Deaths 108,549 Deaths 6,208 Deaths Portugal
2020s 129,488 Deaths 121,756 Deaths 7,732 Deaths Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Chile or Portugal?
Chile, at 122,010 Deaths against 118,570 Deaths in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Chile and Portugal?
3,440 Deaths, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Portugal?
58 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Chile and Portugal rank globally for causes of mortality?
Chile ranks 20th 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.