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Kazakhstan vs Portugal
How Kazakhstan and Portugal compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Portugal was higher: 82.4 years against 74.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Portugal was higher: $22,850 against $12,490
- Population · In 2023, Kazakhstan was higher: 20.3 million people against 10.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Portugal was higher: 1.71% of GDP against 0.43% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Kazakhstan was higher: 12.57 tonnes against 3.33 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyKazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023Portugal: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Portugal: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Portugal: 2.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021Portugal: 95.2% in 2022
- DepressionKazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017Portugal: 4.42% in 2017
- Suicide rateKazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017Portugal: 7.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023Portugal: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthKazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023Portugal: -0% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023Portugal: 1.51 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025Portugal: 61.5% in 2025
- Median ageKazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023Portugal: 46.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023Portugal: 24.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateKazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Portugal: 2.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025Portugal: 1.71% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025Portugal: $5.51B in 2025
- Military spending per personKazakhstan: $63 in 2025Portugal: $563 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025Portugal: 4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020Portugal: 52,000 people in 2020
- National powerKazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022Portugal: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020Portugal: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKazakhstan: 18 million TIV in 2025Portugal: 90 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006Portugal: 1 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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