Life expectancy at birth in Portugal was 71.9 years in 1981: 75.4 for women and 68.3 for men, a gap of 7.1 years. 92,609 people died; 67.9% of them were 65 or older and 4.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

71.9

Women

75.4

Men

68.3

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

21.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

26.1

Deaths

92,609

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.4

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

199

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	20.29	24.06	75.4	68.3
1-4	0.93	1.28	76.0	69.0
5-9	0.43	0.54	72.2	65.3
10-14	0.39	0.62	67.4	60.5
15-19	0.56	1.95	62.5	55.7
20-24	0.56	2.23	57.7	51.2
25-29	0.70	2.01	52.8	46.7
30-34	0.87	1.95	48.0	42.2
35-39	1.25	2.79	43.2	37.5
40-44	1.87	4.08	38.5	33.0
45-49	2.95	6.35	33.8	28.7
50-54	4.13	9.41	29.3	24.5
55-59	6.46	13.47	24.8	20.6
60-64	9.85	21.22	20.6	16.8
65-69	17.30	32.29	16.5	13.4
70-74	31.69	53.21	12.7	10.3
75-79	59.79	90.72	9.4	7.7
80-84	103.11	139.31	6.8	5.7
85-89	173.22	211.37	4.9	4.2
90-94	260.82	296.97	3.5	3.2
95-99	376.05	414.47	2.6	2.4
100+	512.22	541.80	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Portugal by year

Mortality in Portugal, 1981

Year

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