Life expectancy at birth in Portugal was 66.8 years in 1968: 69.9 for women and 63.6 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 93,132 people died; 56.6% of them were 65 or older and 15.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

66.8

Women

69.9

Men

63.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

74.6

Deaths

93,132

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.6

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

211

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

111

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	57.19	69.34	69.9	63.6
1-4	3.64	3.92	72.9	67.1
5-9	0.67	0.93	70.0	64.1
10-14	0.48	0.68	65.2	59.4
15-19	0.56	1.34	60.4	54.6
20-24	0.70	1.67	55.5	50.0
25-29	0.88	2.01	50.7	45.4
30-34	1.26	2.34	45.9	40.8
35-39	1.62	3.28	41.2	36.3
40-44	2.30	4.72	36.5	31.8
45-49	3.37	6.27	31.9	27.5
50-54	4.97	10.16	27.4	23.3
55-59	7.91	15.43	23.0	19.4
60-64	12.93	23.93	18.8	15.7
65-69	22.48	38.64	14.9	12.4
70-74	43.07	64.15	11.4	9.5
75-79	77.02	101.59	8.5	7.1
80-84	118.48	153.13	6.3	5.3
85-89	193.06	244.11	4.5	3.8
90-94	269.22	319.63	3.4	3.0
95-99	385.15	433.60	2.5	2.3
100+	511.82	548.37	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Portugal by year

Mortality in Portugal, 1968

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