Fertility & birth rates in Portugal and Samoa

Fertility rate in Portugal vs Samoa chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Portugal was 1.44 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.83 in Samoa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Portugal vs Samoa population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Portugal	Samoa
1960	3.16	7.78
1961	3.21	7.77
1962	3.23	7.76
1963	3.12	7.73
1964	3.21	7.7
1965	3.15	7.65
1966	3.16	7.6
1967	3.16	7.55
1968	3.12	7.5
1969	3.12	7.43
1970	3.01	7.34
1971	3	7.22
1972	2.86	7.07
1973	2.77	6.91
1974	2.7	6.75
1975	2.75	6.61
1976	2.82	6.47
1977	2.69	6.31
1978	2.45	6.15
1979	2.31	5.99
1980	2.25	5.86
1981	2.13	5.75
1982	2.07	5.68
1983	1.95	5.62
1984	1.9	5.55
1985	1.72	5.49
1986	1.66	5.42
1987	1.62	5.32
1988	1.61	5.21
1989	1.57	5.11
1990	1.56	5.01
1991	1.56	4.91
1992	1.54	4.87
1993	1.52	4.83
1994	1.45	4.79
1995	1.41	4.77
1996	1.44	4.74
1997	1.47	4.7
1998	1.47	4.64
1999	1.5	4.57
2000	1.55	4.52
2001	1.45	4.48
2002	1.46	4.44
2003	1.44	4.39
2004	1.4	4.34
2005	1.41	4.32
2006	1.37	4.32
2007	1.35	4.36
2008	1.39	4.42
2009	1.34	4.47
2010	1.39	4.52
2011	1.35	4.56
2012	1.28	4.55
2013	1.21	4.49
2014	1.24	4.42
2015	1.31	4.34
2016	1.37	4.26
2017	1.38	4.2
2018	1.42	4.14
2019	1.44	4.06
2020	1.42	4
2021	1.35	3.94
2022	1.43	3.88
2023	1.44	3.83
2024	1.45	3.8
2025	1.45	3.75
2026	1.45	3.7
2027	1.46	3.66
2028	1.46	3.62
2029	1.46	3.58
2030	1.46	3.54
2031	1.47	3.5
2032	1.47	3.46
2033	1.47	3.42
2034	1.48	3.39
2035	1.48	3.35
2036	1.48	3.31
2037	1.48	3.27
2038	1.49	3.24
2039	1.49	3.21
2040	1.49	3.17
2041	1.49	3.13
2042	1.49	3.1
2043	1.49	3.06
2044	1.5	3.04
2045	1.5	3.01
2046	1.5	2.98
2047	1.5	2.95
2048	1.5	2.92
2049	1.5	2.89
2050	1.5	2.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Portugal	Samoa
1960	29.3%	50.1%
1961	29.1%	50.2%
1962	29.1%	50.6%
1963	29.1%	50.9%
1964	29.1%	51.2%
1965	29.1%	51.3%
1966	29.2%	51.3%
1967	29.2%	51.4%
1968	29.2%	51.4%
1969	29.1%	51.4%
1970	28.7%	51.2%
1971	28.4%	51%
1972	28.2%	50.8%
1973	27.9%	50.4%
1974	27.7%	49.9%
1975	27.4%	49.3%
1976	27.2%	48.6%
1977	27.1%	48%
1978	26.8%	47.4%
1979	26.4%	46.9%
1980	25.9%	46.4%
1981	25.4%	45.9%
1982	25%	45.2%
1983	24.5%	44.4%
1984	24.1%	43.7%
1985	23.7%	43.1%
1986	23.1%	42.6%
1987	22.5%	42.2%
1988	21.9%	42%
1989	21.2%	41.8%
1990	20.5%	41.5%
1991	19.7%	41.2%
1992	19.1%	40.8%
1993	18.6%	40.3%
1994	18.2%	40%
1995	17.8%	39.9%
1996	17.4%	39.9%
1997	17.1%	40.1%
1998	16.8%	40.2%
1999	16.6%	40.3%
2000	16.4%	40.5%
2001	16.2%	40.7%
2002	16.1%	40.5%
2003	16.1%	40.2%
2004	16%	39.9%
2005	15.9%	39.6%
2006	15.8%	39.4%
2007	15.6%	39%
2008	15.5%	38.7%
2009	15.4%	38.5%
2010	15.2%	38.4%
2011	15%	38.4%
2012	14.9%	38.3%
2013	14.8%	38.1%
2014	14.6%	38.1%
2015	14.3%	38.1%
2016	14.1%	38.1%
2017	13.9%	38.2%
2018	13.7%	38.3%
2019	13.5%	38.5%
2020	13.3%	38.6%
2021	13.1%	38.7%
2022	13%	38.8%
2023	12.9%	38.7%
2024	12.8%	38.5%
2025	12.7%	38.1%
2026	12.6%	37.5%
2027	12.6%	36.9%
2028	12.6%	36.3%
2029	12.6%	35.8%
2030	12.7%	35.2%
2031	12.7%	34.7%
2032	12.7%	34.2%
2033	12.7%	33.7%
2034	12.7%	33.3%
2035	12.8%	33%
2036	12.9%	32.7%
2037	12.9%	32.6%
2038	13%	32.6%
2039	13%	32.7%
2040	13.1%	32.7%
2041	13.1%	32.8%
2042	13.2%	32.9%
2043	13.2%	33%
2044	13.3%	33.1%
2045	13.3%	33.1%
2046	13.4%	33.1%
2047	13.4%	33%
2048	13.4%	32.9%
2049	13.5%	32.7%
2050	13.5%	32.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 12.8% of the population in Portugal and 38.5% in Samoa in 2024, compared to 20.5% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Portugal and Samoa compared.

Natural population change in Portugal vs Samoa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.29% in Portugal and +2.18% in Samoa. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Portugal	Samoa
1960	118,693	4,298
1961	117,867	4,399
1962	123,217	4,498
1963	113,783	4,544
1964	120,170	4,326
1965	115,182	4,605
1966	107,171	4,593
1967	106,495	4,621
1968	100,737	4,605
1969	89,329	4,592
1970	87,672	4,567
1971	82,980	4,534
1972	83,715	4,487
1973	76,835	4,446
1974	74,412	4,411
1975	81,841	4,465
1976	85,138	4,519
1977	84,156	4,555
1978	70,731	4,587
1979	67,628	4,624
1980	63,481	4,672
1981	56,152	4,720
1982	58,479	4,808
1983	47,798	4,914
1984	45,983	4,979
1985	33,077	4,998
1986	31,102	4,983
1987	28,084	4,909
1988	24,047	4,889
1989	22,011	4,845
1990	13,976	4,759
1991	12,948	4,655
1992	13,933	4,652
1993	7,972	4,769
1994	9,991	4,880
1995	4,011	4,976
1996	4,026	5,038
1997	8,087	5,053
1998	7,112	5,022
1999	8,175	4,937
2000	15,435	4,855
2001	8,290	4,759
2002	8,335	4,672
2003	4,184	4,622
2004	7,339	4,554
2005	2,101	4,503
2006	3,156	4,473
2007	-1,055	4,480
2008	0	4,581
2009	-5,284	4,525
2010	-4,230	4,779
2011	-5,279	4,860
2012	-17,875	4,863
2013	-24,052	4,875
2014	-22,882	4,849
2015	-23,823	4,795
2016	-23,749	4,720
2017	-23,691	4,661
2018	-25,709	4,637
2019	-24,687	4,495
2020	-39,129	4,442
2021	-45,592	4,379
2022	-40,694	4,288
2023	-32,792	4,170

Maternal mortality chart: Portugal vs Samoa

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 15 deaths per 100,000 live births in Portugal, compared to 101 deaths in Samoa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Portugal	Samoa
1985	20	160
1986	19	153
1987	19	147
1988	18	143
1989	18	136
1990	17	135
1991	17	131
1992	16	124
1993	15	117
1994	13	112
1995	12	105
1996	12	103
1997	12	98
1998	11	96
1999	10	94
2000	9	93
2001	9	93
2002	9	89
2003	8	87
2004	8	86
2005	8	87
2006	8	86
2007	8	85
2008	9	87
2009	9	94
2010	10	92
2011	10	93
2012	10	101
2013	10	100
2014	11	106
2015	11	108
2016	12	108
2017	13	111
2018	14	110
2019	15	111
2020	14	114
2021	19	115
2022	16	110
2023	15	101

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.32% in Portugal and 1.57% in Samoa. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Portugal	Samoa
1960	11.4%	10.7%
1961	11%	10.3%
1962	10.4%	9.93%
1963	9.76%	9.56%
1964	9.1%	11.1%
1965	8.53%	8.9%
1966	8.09%	8.57%
1967	7.76%	8.23%
1968	7.51%	7.89%
1969	7.22%	7.53%
1970	6.81%	7.19%
1971	6.3%	6.85%
1972	5.78%	6.52%
1973	5.27%	6.2%
1974	4.79%	5.9%
1975	4.35%	5.62%
1976	3.94%	5.34%
1977	3.57%	5.07%
1978	3.24%	4.82%
1979	2.97%	4.59%
1980	2.75%	4.38%
1981	2.58%	4.19%
1982	2.43%	4.01%
1983	2.29%	3.85%
1984	2.16%	3.7%
1985	2.04%	3.56%
1986	1.93%	3.42%
1987	1.82%	3.3%
1988	1.7%	3.18%
1989	1.59%	3.08%
1990	1.47%	2.98%
1991	1.36%	2.89%
1992	1.25%	2.8%
1993	1.14%	2.7%
1994	1.05%	2.61%
1995	0.98%	2.52%
1996	0.92%	2.44%
1997	0.86%	2.35%
1998	0.82%	2.27%
1999	0.77%	2.19%
2000	0.72%	2.12%
2001	0.66%	2.06%
2002	0.61%	2%
2003	0.55%	1.97%
2004	0.5%	1.94%
2005	0.47%	1.93%
2006	0.44%	1.93%
2007	0.42%	1.93%
2008	0.4%	1.93%
2009	0.39%	2.54%
2010	0.38%	1.93%
2011	0.37%	1.92%
2012	0.37%	1.91%
2013	0.36%	1.89%
2014	0.36%	1.87%
2015	0.36%	1.85%
2016	0.36%	1.83%
2017	0.36%	1.81%
2018	0.35%	1.78%
2019	0.35%	2.02%
2020	0.34%	1.7%
2021	0.33%	1.66%
2022	0.32%	1.62%
2023	0.32%	1.57%