Which has higher number of deaths, Malawi or Portugal?

Portugal, at 115,924 deaths against 113,185 deaths in Malawi as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of deaths between Malawi and Portugal?

2,739 deaths, with Portugal ahead.

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

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malawi vs Portugal: Number of deaths

Malawi

113,185 deaths

in 2023

Portugal

115,924 deaths

in 2023

Malawi rank

76th

Portugal rank

73rd

Number of deaths over time

Malawi
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 115,924 deaths against 113,185 deaths in Malawi, a difference of 2,739 deaths.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Portugal ahead.

Malawi ranks 76th and Portugal ranks 73rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 7 and Portugal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	99,952 deaths	99,898 deaths	53.9 deaths	Malawi
1960s	120,335 deaths	96,046 deaths	24,289 deaths	Malawi
1970s	133,504 deaths	92,928 deaths	40,576 deaths	Malawi
1980s	167,137 deaths	92,796 deaths	74,341 deaths	Malawi
1990s	212,552 deaths	101,495 deaths	111,057 deaths	Malawi
2000s	186,750 deaths	102,314 deaths	84,436 deaths	Malawi
2010s	135,010 deaths	105,896 deaths	29,114 deaths	Malawi
2020s	119,720 deaths	121,372 deaths	1,652 deaths	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths, Malawi or Portugal?: Portugal, at 115,924 deaths against 113,185 deaths in Malawi as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of deaths between Malawi and Portugal?: 2,739 deaths, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Portugal?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Malawi and Portugal rank globally for number of deaths?: Malawi ranks 76th and Portugal ranks 73rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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