Life expectancy at birth in Portugal was 71.6 years in 1979: 74.9 for women and 68.2 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 89,114 people died; 67.2% of them were 65 or older and 5.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

71.6

Women

74.9

Men

68.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

25.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

30.6

Deaths

89,114

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.2

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

189

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	22.66	29.03	74.9	68.2
1-4	1.28	1.41	75.6	69.2
5-9	0.41	0.70	72.0	65.5
10-14	0.42	0.67	67.2	60.8
15-19	0.59	1.58	62.3	56.0
20-24	0.60	2.07	57.5	51.4
25-29	0.69	1.84	52.6	46.9
30-34	0.84	1.92	47.8	42.3
35-39	1.26	2.63	43.0	37.7
40-44	1.86	3.86	38.3	33.2
45-49	2.88	5.80	33.6	28.7
50-54	4.19	9.13	29.1	24.5
55-59	6.40	13.05	24.6	20.5
60-64	9.80	20.46	20.3	16.8
65-69	17.48	33.00	16.2	13.3
70-74	34.06	55.36	12.5	10.2
75-79	61.98	91.96	9.3	7.7
80-84	106.64	138.10	6.7	5.7
85-89	174.13	212.25	4.8	4.2
90-94	264.11	306.88	3.5	3.1
95-99	389.80	412.80	2.5	2.4
100+	533.79	536.91	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Portugal by year

Mortality in Portugal, 1979

Year

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