Life expectancy at birth in Portugal was 69.1 years in 1974: 72.4 for women and 65.8 for men, a gap of 6.6 years. 93,485 people died; 64.2% of them were 65 or older and 8.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

69.1

Women

72.4

Men

65.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

37.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

45.6

Deaths

93,485

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.3

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

202

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

104

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	34.17	43.59	72.4	65.8
1-4	1.85	2.24	73.8	67.7
5-9	0.61	0.76	70.4	64.3
10-14	0.42	0.75	65.6	59.5
15-19	0.54	1.49	60.7	54.7
20-24	0.63	1.84	55.9	50.1
25-29	0.72	1.76	51.1	45.6
30-34	1.13	2.12	46.2	40.9
35-39	1.49	3.06	41.5	36.3
40-44	2.16	4.59	36.8	31.9
45-49	3.10	6.44	32.1	27.5
50-54	5.01	9.68	27.6	23.4
55-59	7.06	14.17	23.2	19.4
60-64	12.50	23.30	19.0	15.6
65-69	21.11	38.36	15.0	12.2
70-74	39.53	63.67	11.4	9.3
75-79	78.65	111.33	8.3	6.8
80-84	119.83	158.99	6.2	5.2
85-89	200.02	238.04	4.4	3.8
90-94	296.94	348.14	3.2	2.8
95-99	421.26	469.48	2.3	2.1
100+	559.66	602.45	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Portugal by year

Mortality in Portugal, 1974

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