Life expectancy in Portugal

Life expectancy in Portugal: 58.5 years in 1950 and 82.4 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 82.4 years
Since 1950: +23.9 years
Rank, 2023: 28 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 91.9 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

Estimates, UNEstimates, Our World in DataUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 91.9 years in 2100, between 84.8 years and 99.5 years (95% prediction interval).
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1940: 51.4 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Portugal	World
2023	82.4	73.2
2022	81.2	72.6
2021	81.4	70.9
2020	81.4	71.9
2019	82	72.6
2018	81.6	72.4
2017	81.7	72.1
2016	81.4	71.9
2015	81.3	71.6
2014	81.3	71.4
2013	80.9	71.1
2012	80.6	70.8
2011	80.6	70.4
2010	80.1	70.1
2009	79.8	69.7
2008	79.6	69.3
2007	79.3	69
2006	79.1	68.6
2005	78.3	68.1
2004	78.4	67.7
2003	77.6	67.4
2002	77.4	67.1
2001	77.2	66.8
2000	76.8	66.4
1999	76.3	66
1998	76.1	65.7
1997	75.9	65.5
1996	75.5	65.2
1995	75.6	64.9
1994	75.7	64.3
1993	74.8	64.4
1992	74.9	64.3
1991	74.2	64.1
1990	74.3	64
1989	74.7	63.8
1988	74.1	63.4
1987	74.1	63.2
1986	73.7	62.7
1985	73.2	62.2
1984	72.9	61.9
1983	72.7	61.5
1982	72.7	61.3
1981	71.9	60.9
1980	71.7	60.5
1979	71.6	60.2
1978	70.8	59.5
1977	70.3	59.2
1976	69.1	58.6
1975	68.8	58.3
1974	69.1	58.1
1973	68.6	57.7
1972	69.2	57.2
1971	66.9	56
1970	67.1	56.3
1969	66.4	56
1968	66.8	55.6
1967	66.5	55.1
1966	65.6	54.6
1965	66.1	54
1964	65.1	54.3
1963	64.9	53.7
1962	64.3	53.2
1961	62.8	50.4
1960	64.2	47.8
1959	62.9	49.6
1958	63.7	51.6
1957	61.4	51.1
1956	61.2	50.7
1955	61.4	50.2
1954	62.2	49.7
1953	61.1	48.8
1952	59.8	48.2
1951	58.8	47.1
1950	58.5	46.4
1949	55.4	–
1948	56.7	–
1947	55.9	–
1946	53.8	–
1945	53.8	–
1944	52.4	–
1943	51.1	–
1942	49.8	–
1941	48	–
1940	51.4	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Portugal	World
2024	82.681.7–83.4	73.3
2025	82.781.4–83.9	73.5
2026	82.981.4–84.3	73.8
2027	83.181.3–84.7	73.9
2028	83.281.3–85.1	74.1
2029	83.481.2–85.5	74.2
2030	83.581.2–85.7	74.4
2031	83.781.2–86	74.5
2032	83.881.2–86.2	74.7
2033	8481.2–86.5	74.8
2034	84.181.2–86.8	75
2035	84.281.3–87.1	75.1
2036	84.481.4–87.3	75.3
2037	84.581.4–87.6	75.4
2038	84.781.5–87.9	75.5
2039	84.881.5–88.1	75.7
2040	84.981.6–88.3	75.8
2041	85.181.7–88.6	75.9
2042	85.281.8–88.8	76.1
2043	85.381.7–89.1	76.2
2044	85.481.9–89.3	76.3
2045	85.681.8–89.5	76.5
2046	85.781.9–89.7	76.6
2047	85.881.9–89.9	76.7
2048	85.981.9–90.2	76.8
2049	86.182–90.4	76.9
2050	86.282–90.6	77
2051	86.382.1–90.9	77.1
2052	86.482.3–91.1	77.2
2053	86.582.3–91.3	77.3
2054	86.782.3–91.6	77.4
2055	86.882.2–91.5	77.6
2056	86.982.4–91.7	77.7
2057	8782.4–91.9	77.8
2058	87.182.4–92.1	77.9
2059	87.282.6–92.5	78
2060	87.482.5–92.6	78.1
2061	87.582.6–92.6	78.2
2062	87.682.6–92.8	78.3
2063	87.782.8–93.1	78.4
2064	87.882.7–93.3	78.5
2065	87.982.8–93.4	78.6
2066	88.182.9–93.7	78.7
2067	88.283–93.7	78.8
2068	88.383.1–94	78.9
2069	88.483.1–94.1	79
2070	88.583.3–94.4	79.1
2071	88.683.4–94.7	79.2
2072	88.783.6–95	79.3
2073	88.983.6–95.3	79.4
2074	8983.8–95.4	79.4
2075	89.183.6–95.2	79.5
2076	89.283.8–95.5	79.6
2077	89.383.9–95.7	79.7
2078	89.483.9–96	79.8
2079	89.583.9–96	79.9
2080	89.783.9–96.2	80
2081	89.883.8–96.5	80.1
2082	89.983.8–96.7	80.2
2083	9084.1–96.9	80.3
2084	90.184–96.9	80.3
2085	90.284.1–97	80.4
2086	90.384.1–97.1	80.5
2087	90.484–97.3	80.6
2088	90.584–97.4	80.7
2089	90.684–97.6	80.8
2090	90.884.2–97.6	80.9
2091	90.984.2–97.9	81
2092	9184.4–98	81
2093	91.184.4–98.2	81.1
2094	91.284.3–98.3	81.2
2095	91.384.5–98.7	81.3
2096	91.484.7–98.9	81.4
2097	91.584.6–99	81.5
2098	91.784.8–99.2	81.6
2099	91.884.9–99.5	81.7
2100	91.984.8–99.5	81.7

Good to know

How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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