Fertility & birth rates in Portugal and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Portugal vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Portugal vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	3.16	6.38
1961	3.21	6.3
1962	3.23	6.23
1963	3.12	6.16
1964	3.21	6.07
1965	3.15	5.98
1966	3.16	5.87
1967	3.16	5.75
1968	3.12	5.61
1969	3.12	5.47
1970	3.01	5.32
1971	3	5.17
1972	2.86	5.04
1973	2.77	4.91
1974	2.7	4.79
1975	2.75	4.69
1976	2.82	4.59
1977	2.69	4.49
1978	2.45	4.4
1979	2.31	4.3
1980	2.25	4.2
1981	2.13	4.1
1982	2.07	4.01
1983	1.95	3.93
1984	1.9	3.86
1985	1.72	3.79
1986	1.66	3.73
1987	1.62	3.67
1988	1.61	3.6
1989	1.57	3.52
1990	1.56	3.45
1991	1.56	3.37
1992	1.54	3.29
1993	1.52	3.22
1994	1.45	3.15
1995	1.41	3.08
1996	1.44	3.02
1997	1.47	2.97
1998	1.47	2.91
1999	1.5	2.86
2000	1.55	2.79
2001	1.45	2.78
2002	1.46	2.74
2003	1.44	2.7
2004	1.4	2.64
2005	1.41	2.63
2006	1.37	2.6
2007	1.35	2.52
2008	1.39	2.48
2009	1.34	2.42
2010	1.39	2.4
2011	1.35	2.4
2012	1.28	2.38
2013	1.21	2.33
2014	1.24	2.3
2015	1.31	2.25
2016	1.37	2.22
2017	1.38	2.18
2018	1.42	2.15
2019	1.44	2.13
2020	1.42	2.12
2021	1.35	2.11
2022	1.43	2.09
2023	1.44	2.08
2024	1.45	2.08
2025	1.45	2.06
2026	1.45	2.04
2027	1.46	2.03
2028	1.46	2.01
2029	1.46	2
2030	1.46	1.99
2031	1.47	1.98
2032	1.47	1.97
2033	1.47	1.96
2034	1.48	1.95
2035	1.48	1.94
2036	1.48	1.93
2037	1.48	1.92
2038	1.49	1.91
2039	1.49	1.91
2040	1.49	1.9
2041	1.49	1.89
2042	1.49	1.88
2043	1.49	1.87
2044	1.5	1.86
2045	1.5	1.86
2046	1.5	1.85
2047	1.5	1.84
2048	1.5	1.84
2049	1.5	1.83
2050	1.5	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Portugal	Venezuela
1960	29.3%	46.8%
1961	29.1%	46.9%
1962	29.1%	47%
1963	29.1%	47%
1964	29.1%	47%
1965	29.1%	46.9%
1966	29.2%	46.8%
1967	29.2%	46.6%
1968	29.2%	46.3%
1969	29.1%	46%
1970	28.7%	45.6%
1971	28.4%	45.2%
1972	28.2%	44.7%
1973	27.9%	44.3%
1974	27.7%	43.8%
1975	27.4%	43.3%
1976	27.2%	42.9%
1977	27.1%	42.5%
1978	26.8%	42.1%
1979	26.4%	41.7%
1980	25.9%	41.3%
1981	25.4%	41%
1982	25%	40.6%
1983	24.5%	40.3%
1984	24.1%	39.9%
1985	23.7%	39.6%
1986	23.1%	39.3%
1987	22.5%	39%
1988	21.9%	38.7%
1989	21.2%	38.4%
1990	20.5%	38.1%
1991	19.7%	37.8%
1992	19.1%	37.4%
1993	18.6%	37%
1994	18.2%	36.6%
1995	17.8%	36.2%
1996	17.4%	35.8%
1997	17.1%	35.3%
1998	16.8%	34.9%
1999	16.6%	34.5%
2000	16.4%	34%
2001	16.2%	33.6%
2002	16.1%	33.1%
2003	16.1%	32.7%
2004	16%	32.2%
2005	15.9%	31.8%
2006	15.8%	31.4%
2007	15.6%	31%
2008	15.5%	30.6%
2009	15.4%	30.3%
2010	15.2%	29.9%
2011	15%	29.5%
2012	14.9%	29.2%
2013	14.8%	28.9%
2014	14.6%	28.5%
2015	14.3%	28.2%
2016	14.1%	27.9%
2017	13.9%	27.8%
2018	13.7%	27.9%
2019	13.5%	28%
2020	13.3%	27.8%
2021	13.1%	27.4%
2022	13%	26.8%
2023	12.9%	26.2%
2024	12.8%	25.5%
2025	12.7%	24.9%
2026	12.6%	24.3%
2027	12.6%	23.8%
2028	12.6%	23.2%
2029	12.6%	22.8%
2030	12.7%	22.4%
2031	12.7%	22%
2032	12.7%	21.7%
2033	12.7%	21.5%
2034	12.7%	21.4%
2035	12.8%	21.4%
2036	12.9%	21.4%
2037	12.9%	21.5%
2038	13%	21.5%
2039	13%	21.4%
2040	13.1%	21.4%
2041	13.1%	21.3%
2042	13.2%	21.2%
2043	13.2%	21.1%
2044	13.3%	20.9%
2045	13.3%	20.7%
2046	13.4%	20.5%
2047	13.4%	20.3%
2048	13.4%	20%
2049	13.5%	19.8%
2050	13.5%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 12.8% of the population in Portugal and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 20.5% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Portugal and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Portugal vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.29% in Portugal and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	118,693	285,105
1961	117,867	292,109
1962	123,217	299,345
1963	113,783	307,279
1964	120,170	314,397
1965	115,182	321,695
1966	107,171	329,697
1967	106,495	335,813
1968	100,737	340,973
1969	89,329	343,596
1970	87,672	350,709
1971	82,980	355,212
1972	83,715	360,749
1973	76,835	367,612
1974	74,412	375,678
1975	81,841	385,045
1976	85,138	395,344
1977	84,156	405,315
1978	70,731	414,032
1979	67,628	421,256
1980	63,481	425,613
1981	56,152	432,059
1982	58,479	436,564
1983	47,798	443,569
1984	45,983	449,186
1985	33,077	455,517
1986	31,102	468,252
1987	28,084	474,204
1988	24,047	477,569
1989	22,011	478,053
1990	13,976	478,168
1991	12,948	477,917
1992	13,933	474,824
1993	7,972	473,189
1994	9,991	469,178
1995	4,011	469,267
1996	4,026	468,653
1997	8,087	472,002
1998	7,112	469,123
1999	8,175	463,787
2000	15,435	459,802
2001	8,290	451,487
2002	8,335	466,821
2003	4,184	456,902
2004	7,339	455,881
2005	2,101	463,260
2006	3,156	460,152
2007	-1,055	452,482
2008	0	435,870
2009	-5,284	427,257
2010	-4,230	425,397
2011	-5,279	425,958
2012	-17,875	420,758
2013	-24,052	408,930
2014	-22,882	395,088
2015	-23,823	384,560
2016	-23,749	359,651
2017	-23,691	340,222
2018	-25,709	317,302
2019	-24,687	274,826
2020	-39,129	237,223
2021	-45,592	207,746
2022	-40,694	216,619
2023	-32,792	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Portugal vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Portugal	Venezuela
1985	20	83
1986	19	81
1987	19	81
1988	18	80
1989	18	80
1990	17	83
1991	17	80
1992	16	82
1993	15	82
1994	13	84
1995	12	84
1996	12	86
1997	12	82
1998	11	82
1999	10	88
2000	9	86
2001	9	101
2002	9	87
2003	8	97
2004	8	94
2005	8	93
2006	8	96
2007	8	92
2008	9	103
2009	9	109
2010	10	110
2011	10	104
2012	10	113
2013	10	123
2014	11	133
2015	11	136
2016	12	162
2017	13	195
2018	14	205
2019	15	202
2020	14	207
2021	19	251
2022	16	219
2023	15	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.32% in Portugal and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	11.4%	7.97%
1961	11%	7.72%
1962	10.4%	7.49%
1963	9.76%	7.3%
1964	9.1%	7.14%
1965	8.53%	7%
1966	8.09%	6.87%
1967	7.76%	6.75%
1968	7.51%	6.61%
1969	7.22%	6.47%
1970	6.81%	6.3%
1971	6.3%	6.12%
1972	5.78%	5.94%
1973	5.27%	5.75%
1974	4.79%	5.57%
1975	4.35%	5.38%
1976	3.94%	5.2%
1977	3.57%	5.01%
1978	3.24%	4.82%
1979	2.97%	4.62%
1980	2.75%	4.42%
1981	2.58%	4.24%
1982	2.43%	4.07%
1983	2.29%	3.91%
1984	2.16%	3.77%
1985	2.04%	3.64%
1986	1.93%	3.5%
1987	1.82%	3.37%
1988	1.7%	3.23%
1989	1.59%	3.09%
1990	1.47%	2.96%
1991	1.36%	2.86%
1992	1.25%	2.78%
1993	1.14%	2.73%
1994	1.05%	2.68%
1995	0.98%	2.63%
1996	0.92%	2.55%
1997	0.86%	2.45%
1998	0.82%	2.34%
1999	0.77%	2.24%
2000	0.72%	2.15%
2001	0.66%	2.09%
2002	0.61%	2.03%
2003	0.55%	1.98%
2004	0.5%	1.91%
2005	0.47%	1.85%
2006	0.44%	1.79%
2007	0.42%	1.74%
2008	0.4%	1.72%
2009	0.39%	1.71%
2010	0.38%	1.72%
2011	0.37%	1.73%
2012	0.37%	1.76%
2013	0.36%	1.79%
2014	0.36%	1.83%
2015	0.36%	1.92%
2016	0.36%	2.43%
2017	0.36%	2.43%
2018	0.35%	2.43%
2019	0.35%	2.43%
2020	0.34%	2.43%
2021	0.33%	2.43%
2022	0.32%	2.43%
2023	0.32%	2.43%