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Belgium vs Portugal

This page compares Belgium and Portugal across 50 key World Bank indicators, grouped by category. Pick any indicator below to see the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Health & Population

Indicator Belgium Portugal Detail
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.50 11.10 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.20 7.90 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 927,205.00 668,321.00 Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 49.31 47.63 Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 12.39 38.67 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 73.08 88.94 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 80.30 79.70 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 0.74 1.30 Compare →
Population, male 5.85M 5.09M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 7.52M 6.70M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 32.40 39.14 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 18.66 22.04 Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 63.45 62.67 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 1.09M 1.12M Compare →
Urban population 10.39M 6.56M Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 43.50 41.54 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 50.69 52.37 Compare →
Rural population 1.47M 4.14M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 2.44M 2.62M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 25.21 20.43 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 64.76 64.20 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 15.42 11.93 Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.05 1.06 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 87.65 85.90 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 84.40 85.20 Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.44 1.41 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 87.61 61.33 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 1.90M 1.37M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 22.41 26.80 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 92.37 93.77 Compare →
Population, total 11.86M 10.69M Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 57.61 59.57 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 0.67 1.10 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 62.17 61.27 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 16.58 13.76 Compare →
Population, female 6.01M 5.60M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 1.35M 1.50M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 3.74M 3.43M Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 82.30 82.38 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 969,713.00 700,750.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 3.50 6.57 Compare →
Net migration 31,989.00 16,472.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 3.79M 3.27M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 20.56 24.53 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 16.00 12.80 Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 20.00 10.80 Compare →

Environment

Indicator Belgium Portugal Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 386.30 115.48 Compare →

Agriculture

Indicator Belgium Portugal Detail
Surface area (sq. km) 30,689.00 92,230.00 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) 1,125.60 1,425.93 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 3.69 1.55 Compare →

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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.