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Portugal vs Spain

This page compares Portugal and Spain 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 Portugal Spain Detail
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 11.10 8.90 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 7.90 6.50 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 668,321.00 3.06M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 47.63 49.10 Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 38.67 19.68 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 88.94 65.66 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 79.70 81.40 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 1.30 1.25 Compare →
Population, male 5.09M 23.98M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 6.70M 32.21M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 39.14 32.07 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 22.04 18.83 Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 62.67 65.93 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 1.12M 4.52M Compare →
Urban population 6.56M 39.23M Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 41.54 34.23 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 52.37 50.90 Compare →
Rural population 4.14M 9.62M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 2.62M 10.33M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 20.43 19.60 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 64.20 67.63 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 11.93 12.32 Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.06 1.07 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 85.90 88.84 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 85.20 86.50 Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.41 1.10 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 61.33 80.32 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 1.37M 6.31M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 26.80 23.38 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 93.77 94.49 Compare →
Population, total 10.69M 48.85M Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 59.57 51.67 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 1.10 1.02 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 61.27 64.30 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 13.76 13.54 Compare →
Population, female 5.60M 24.87M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 1.50M 5.81M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 3.43M 15.99M Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 82.38 83.89 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 700,750.00 3.25M Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 6.57 4.85 Compare →
Net migration 16,472.00 96,630.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 3.27M 16.22M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 24.53 21.15 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 12.80 12.92 Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 10.80 18.50 Compare →

Environment

Indicator Portugal Spain Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 115.48 96.76 Compare →

Agriculture

Indicator Portugal Spain Detail
Surface area (sq. km) 92,230.00 505,975.98 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) 1,425.93 3,273.43 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 1.55 0.65 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.