Fertility & birth rates in Portugal and San Marino

Fertility rate in Portugal vs San Marino 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 1.15 in San Marino in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Portugal vs San Marino 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	San Marino
1960	3.16	2.43
1961	3.21	2.68
1962	3.23	2.43
1963	3.12	2.4
1964	3.21	2.37
1965	3.15	2.33
1966	3.16	2.33
1967	3.16	2.31
1968	3.12	2.3
1969	3.12	2.31
1970	3.01	2.32
1971	3	2.33
1972	2.86	2.29
1973	2.77	2.23
1974	2.7	2.13
1975	2.75	2.05
1976	2.82	1.95
1977	2.69	1.87
1978	2.45	1.77
1979	2.31	1.63
1980	2.25	1.53
1981	2.13	1.41
1982	2.07	1.3
1983	1.95	1.25
1984	1.9	1.2
1985	1.72	1.17
1986	1.66	1.15
1987	1.62	1.14
1988	1.61	1.14
1989	1.57	1.15
1990	1.56	1.16
1991	1.56	1.17
1992	1.54	1.15
1993	1.52	1.12
1994	1.45	1.14
1995	1.41	1.17
1996	1.44	1.21
1997	1.47	1.24
1998	1.47	1.26
1999	1.5	1.29
2000	1.55	1.4
2001	1.45	1.52
2002	1.46	1.43
2003	1.44	1.3
2004	1.4	1.3
2005	1.41	1.2
2006	1.37	1.24
2007	1.35	1.26
2008	1.39	1.52
2009	1.34	1.36
2010	1.39	1.46
2011	1.35	1.46
2012	1.28	1.29
2013	1.21	1.48
2014	1.24	1.26
2015	1.31	1.2
2016	1.37	1.13
2017	1.38	1.05
2018	1.42	1.08
2019	1.44	1.1
2020	1.42	1.11
2021	1.35	1.13
2022	1.43	1.14
2023	1.44	1.15
2024	1.45	1.16
2025	1.45	1.16
2026	1.45	1.17
2027	1.46	1.18
2028	1.46	1.18
2029	1.46	1.19
2030	1.46	1.2
2031	1.47	1.2
2032	1.47	1.21
2033	1.47	1.21
2034	1.48	1.22
2035	1.48	1.23
2036	1.48	1.23
2037	1.48	1.24
2038	1.49	1.24
2039	1.49	1.25
2040	1.49	1.25
2041	1.49	1.25
2042	1.49	1.26
2043	1.49	1.26
2044	1.5	1.27
2045	1.5	1.27
2046	1.5	1.28
2047	1.5	1.28
2048	1.5	1.29
2049	1.5	1.29
2050	1.5	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Portugal	San Marino
1960	29.3%	25%
1961	29.1%	25%
1962	29.1%	25%
1963	29.1%	24.8%
1964	29.1%	24.5%
1965	29.1%	24.3%
1966	29.2%	24.5%
1967	29.2%	24.9%
1968	29.2%	25.3%
1969	29.1%	25.6%
1970	28.7%	25.9%
1971	28.4%	26%
1972	28.2%	25.9%
1973	27.9%	25.7%
1974	27.7%	25.4%
1975	27.4%	25.1%
1976	27.2%	24.7%
1977	27.1%	23.9%
1978	26.8%	23%
1979	26.4%	22.4%
1980	25.9%	21.7%
1981	25.4%	21%
1982	25%	20.3%
1983	24.5%	19.7%
1984	24.1%	19.1%
1985	23.7%	18.6%
1986	23.1%	18%
1987	22.5%	17.5%
1988	21.9%	17%
1989	21.2%	16.5%
1990	20.5%	16.1%
1991	19.7%	15.8%
1992	19.1%	15.4%
1993	18.6%	15.2%
1994	18.2%	15%
1995	17.8%	14.9%
1996	17.4%	14.9%
1997	17.1%	14.9%
1998	16.8%	14.9%
1999	16.6%	14.9%
2000	16.4%	14.9%
2001	16.2%	15%
2002	16.1%	15.1%
2003	16.1%	15.2%
2004	16%	15.2%
2005	15.9%	15.3%
2006	15.8%	15.3%
2007	15.6%	15.3%
2008	15.5%	15.4%
2009	15.4%	15.4%
2010	15.2%	15.4%
2011	15%	15.3%
2012	14.9%	15.2%
2013	14.8%	15.1%
2014	14.6%	15.1%
2015	14.3%	14.9%
2016	14.1%	14.7%
2017	13.9%	14.4%
2018	13.7%	14%
2019	13.5%	13.7%
2020	13.3%	13.4%
2021	13.1%	13.2%
2022	13%	13%
2023	12.9%	12.7%
2024	12.8%	12.3%
2025	12.7%	11.9%
2026	12.6%	11.4%
2027	12.6%	11.1%
2028	12.6%	10.8%
2029	12.6%	10.5%
2030	12.7%	10.3%
2031	12.7%	10.1%
2032	12.7%	10%
2033	12.7%	9.97%
2034	12.7%	9.92%
2035	12.8%	9.9%
2036	12.9%	9.92%
2037	12.9%	9.98%
2038	13%	10.1%
2039	13%	10.2%
2040	13.1%	10.4%
2041	13.1%	10.6%
2042	13.2%	10.7%
2043	13.2%	10.9%
2044	13.3%	11%
2045	13.3%	11.2%
2046	13.4%	11.3%
2047	13.4%	11.4%
2048	13.4%	11.5%
2049	13.5%	11.6%
2050	13.5%	11.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 12.8% of the population in Portugal and 12.3% in San Marino in 2024, compared to 20.5% and 16.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Portugal and San Marino compared.

Natural population change in Portugal vs San Marino by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.29% in Portugal and -0.1% in San Marino. 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	San Marino
1960	118,693	139
1961	117,867	174
1962	123,217	155
1963	113,783	158
1964	120,170	163
1965	115,182	169
1966	107,171	173
1967	106,495	171
1968	100,737	171
1969	89,329	173
1970	87,672	173
1971	82,980	174
1972	83,715	173
1973	76,835	167
1974	74,412	153
1975	81,841	141
1976	85,138	126
1977	84,156	117
1978	70,731	121
1979	67,628	104
1980	63,481	90
1981	56,152	76
1982	58,479	61
1983	47,798	54
1984	45,983	46
1985	33,077	44
1986	31,102	40
1987	28,084	31
1988	24,047	34
1989	22,011	36
1990	13,976	41
1991	12,948	45
1992	13,933	42
1993	7,972	38
1994	9,991	43
1995	4,011	51
1996	4,026	63
1997	8,087	71
1998	7,112	74
1999	8,175	80
2000	15,435	107
2001	8,290	132
2002	8,335	112
2003	4,184	79
2004	7,339	121
2005	2,101	66
2006	3,156	75
2007	-1,055	69
2008	0	159
2009	-5,284	145
2010	-4,230	126
2011	-5,279	105
2012	-17,875	54
2013	-24,052	73
2014	-22,882	46
2015	-23,823	36
2016	-23,749	10
2017	-23,691	-51
2018	-25,709	-11
2019	-24,687	-17
2020	-39,129	-122
2021	-45,592	-99
2022	-40,694	-58
2023	-32,792	-92

Maternal mortality chart: Portugal vs San Marino

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 8 deaths in San Marino.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Portugal	San Marino
1985	20	12
1986	19	12
1987	19	12
1988	18	12
1989	18	12
1990	17	11
1991	17	11
1992	16	11
1993	15	11
1994	13	10
1995	12	10
1996	12	10
1997	12	10
1998	11	9
1999	10	9
2000	9	14
2001	9	14
2002	9	14
2003	8	13
2004	8	13
2005	8	12
2006	8	12
2007	8	8
2008	9	8
2009	9	8
2010	10	8
2011	10	8
2012	10	8
2013	10	8
2014	11	8
2015	11	8
2016	12	7
2017	13	7
2018	14	7
2019	15	7
2020	14	46
2021	19	35
2022	16	22
2023	15	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.32% in Portugal and 0.14% in San Marino. 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	San Marino
1960	11.4%	-
1961	11%	-
1962	10.4%	-
1963	9.76%	-
1964	9.1%	-
1965	8.53%	-
1966	8.09%	-
1967	7.76%	-
1968	7.51%	-
1969	7.22%	-
1970	6.81%	-
1971	6.3%	-
1972	5.78%	-
1973	5.27%	-
1974	4.79%	-
1975	4.35%	-
1976	3.94%	-
1977	3.57%	-
1978	3.24%	-
1979	2.97%	-
1980	2.75%	-
1981	2.58%	-
1982	2.43%	-
1983	2.29%	-
1984	2.16%	-
1985	2.04%	1.99%
1986	1.93%	1.82%
1987	1.82%	1.66%
1988	1.7%	1.52%
1989	1.59%	1.39%
1990	1.47%	1.27%
1991	1.36%	1.16%
1992	1.25%	1.06%
1993	1.14%	0.97%
1994	1.05%	0.89%
1995	0.98%	0.81%
1996	0.92%	0.75%
1997	0.86%	0.69%
1998	0.82%	0.63%
1999	0.77%	0.58%
2000	0.72%	0.54%
2001	0.66%	0.5%
2002	0.61%	0.46%
2003	0.55%	0.42%
2004	0.5%	0.39%
2005	0.47%	0.37%
2006	0.44%	0.34%
2007	0.42%	0.32%
2008	0.4%	0.3%
2009	0.39%	0.28%
2010	0.38%	0.27%
2011	0.37%	0.25%
2012	0.37%	0.24%
2013	0.36%	0.23%
2014	0.36%	0.21%
2015	0.36%	0.2%
2016	0.36%	0.19%
2017	0.36%	0.18%
2018	0.35%	0.17%
2019	0.35%	0.17%
2020	0.34%	0.16%
2021	0.33%	0.15%
2022	0.32%	0.15%
2023	0.32%	0.14%