Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Ireland or Portugal?

Portugal, at 146 deaths against 136 deaths in Ireland as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Ireland and Portugal?

10 deaths, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Portugal?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ireland vs Portugal: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Ireland

136 deaths

in 2024

Portugal

146 deaths

in 2024

Ireland rank

144th

Portugal rank

142nd

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Ireland
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 146 deaths against 136 deaths in Ireland, a difference of 10 deaths.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.

Ireland ranks 144th and Portugal ranks 142nd of 199 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ireland	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1,051 deaths	5,386 deaths	4,335 deaths	Portugal
1970s	759.8 deaths	3,592 deaths	2,832 deaths	Portugal
1980s	371.5 deaths	1,622 deaths	1,251 deaths	Portugal
1990s	220.4 deaths	575.3 deaths	354.9 deaths	Portugal
2000s	199.3 deaths	282.8 deaths	83.5 deaths	Portugal
2010s	162 deaths	181.6 deaths	19.6 deaths	Portugal
2020s	135.8 deaths	145 deaths	9.2 deaths	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Ireland or Portugal?: Portugal, at 146 deaths against 136 deaths in Ireland as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Ireland and Portugal?: 10 deaths, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Portugal?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Ireland and Portugal rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Ireland ranks 144th and Portugal ranks 142nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .