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Portugal vs Spain: Health & Population

This page compares Portugal and Spain across 109 Health & Population indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator Portugal Spain Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 39.14 32.07 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 82.38 83.89 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 88.94 65.66 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 61.33 80.32 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 52.37 50.90 Compare →
Population, male 5.09M 23.98M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 47.63 49.10 Compare →
Rural population 4.14M 9.62M Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 38.67 19.68 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 1.30 1.25 Compare →
Urban population 6.56M 39.23M Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.41 1.10 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 41.54 34.23 Compare →
Population, total 10.69M 48.85M 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 →
Net migration 16,472.00 96,630.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 6.57 4.85 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 7.90 6.50 Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 11.10 8.90 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 85.20 86.50 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 79.70 81.40 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 93.77 94.49 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 85.90 88.84 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 668,321.00 3.06M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 11.93 12.32 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 700,750.00 3.25M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 13.76 13.54 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 1.37M 6.31M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 3.43M 15.99M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 61.27 64.30 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 3.27M 16.22M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 64.20 67.63 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 6.70M 32.21M Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 62.67 65.93 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 1.50M 5.81M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 26.80 23.38 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 1.12M 4.52M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 22.04 18.83 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 2.62M 10.33M Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.06 1.07 Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 59.57 51.67 Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 20.43 19.60 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 1.10 1.02 Compare →
Population, female 5.60M 24.87M Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 10.80 18.50 Compare →
International migrant stock, total 1.13M 8.87M Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 99.29 99.92 Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 99.66 99.92 Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 10.50 9.70 Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %) 0.78 0.08 Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 1,092.00 1,979.00 Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 110.00 174.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 2.70 2.60 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 0.50 0.40 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 1.20 0.90 Compare →
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 1.80 1.40 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 2.90 2.90 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 3.50 3.50 Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 1.70 1.70 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 2.40 2.40 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 2.90 2.80 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 3.20 3.20 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 33.00 148.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 43.00 203.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 129.00 447.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 203.00 719.00 Compare →
Number of infant deaths 231.00 878.00 Compare →
Number of under-five deaths 277.00 1,073.00 Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths 146.00 575.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 0.40 0.40 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 0.02 0.00 Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 5.85 4.29 Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 15.00 3.00 Compare →
Number of maternal deaths 13.00 9.00 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 5,724.00 38,118.00 Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 10.24 9.22 Compare →
UHC service coverage index 83.00 84.00 Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 99.00 97.00 Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 35.65 44.29 Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 99.00 94.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 16.30 16.30 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 15.00 15.60 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 15.00 15.60 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 14.30 14.60 Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 8.20 3.90 Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 3.48 2.91 Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 99.00 94.00 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 14.40 14.52 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 4.06 4.09 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 8.88 9.16 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 10.50 9.30 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 0.33 0.34 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 0.28 0.22 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 0.38 0.46 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 17.67 13.12 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 11.52 8.72 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 5.93 4.47 Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 15.44 12.84 Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 4.31 3.55 Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 80.25 83.61 Compare →
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 6.60 6.20 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 14.80 12.40 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 13.20 13.90 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 10.00 10.10 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 7.40 7.00 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 6.80 3.20 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.