Which has higher number of infant deaths, Portugal or Uruguay?

Portugal, at 231 deaths against 205 deaths in Uruguay as of 2024.

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

26 deaths, with Portugal ahead.

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

74 years are reported by both, from 1951 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 infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Portugal vs Uruguay: Number of infant deaths

Portugal

231 deaths

in 2024

Uruguay

205 deaths

in 2024

Portugal rank

140th

Uruguay rank

142nd

Number of infant deaths over time

Portugal
Uruguay

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 231 deaths against 205 deaths in Uruguay, a difference of 26 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 140th and Uruguay ranks 142nd of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 5 and Uruguay in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	18,455 deaths	2,770 deaths	15,686 deaths	Portugal
1960s	14,457 deaths	2,938 deaths	11,519 deaths	Portugal
1970s	6,846 deaths	2,733 deaths	4,113 deaths	Portugal
1980s	2,415 deaths	1,442 deaths	973.4 deaths	Portugal
1990s	929.5 deaths	1,018 deaths	88.1 deaths	Uruguay
2000s	443 deaths	623 deaths	180 deaths	Uruguay
2010s	260.9 deaths	352.5 deaths	91.6 deaths	Uruguay
2020s	226 deaths	210 deaths	16 deaths	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, Portugal or Uruguay?: Portugal, at 231 deaths against 205 deaths in Uruguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Portugal and Uruguay?: 26 deaths, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Uruguay?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
How do Portugal and Uruguay rank globally for number of infant deaths?: Portugal ranks 140th and Uruguay 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 infant deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant 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, 12,788 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 1 .