Portugal vs Spain statistics compared

Portugal has a population of 10.7M (ranked 90/197), compared with 48.8M in Spain (ranked 32/197). Portugal's land area is 35,369 sq mi versus 192,934 sq mi for Spain (ranked 108th vs. 51st).

By GDP, Portugal ranks 47/197 ($309B) and Spain ranks 14/197 ($1.72T). By GDP per capita, Portugal ranks 44/197 ($28,844), while Spain ranks 31/197 ($35,297).

Portugal and Spain: Comparison Charts

Portugal and Spain economies compared

GDP

Portugal

Spain

Table

Year	GDP
	Portugal	Spain
1960	$3,339,150,158	$12,424,514,014
1961	$3,573,719,085	$14,238,126,760
1962	$3,835,883,663	$16,609,632,791
1963	$4,084,251,593	$19,631,714,760
1964	$4,429,202,657	$21,966,876,027
1965	$4,901,711,248	$25,479,619,607
1966	$5,370,108,031	$29,559,436,183
1967	$6,002,607,030	$32,570,905,397
1968	$6,644,693,214	$32,394,326,464
1969	$7,287,555,035	$37,090,689,288
1970	$8,108,235,704	$40,963,715,237
1971	$9,201,604,240	$46,586,119,760
1972	$11,239,117,865	$59,090,176,029
1973	$15,090,564,186	$78,583,355,226
1974	$17,512,391,476	$97,204,522,642
1975	$19,347,607,843	$114,695,060,870
1976	$20,332,831,565	$118,422,534,195
1977	$21,439,523,311	$132,354,665,936
1978	$23,487,614,051	$160,484,969,618
1979	$26,622,819,672	$214,448,666,336
1980	$32,896,519,824	$232,600,556,974
1981	$31,977,276,873	$202,663,023,968
1982	$30,527,754,793	$195,856,752,991
1983	$27,239,650,742	$170,829,074,246
1984	$25,217,969,050	$171,979,977,230
1985	$27,115,807,742	$180,664,322,896
1986	$38,745,901,354	$251,141,555,186
1987	$48,182,925,857	$318,520,253,335
1988	$56,347,250,696	$375,891,716,898
1989	$60,594,092,182	$414,460,794,097
1990	$78,713,860,217	$536,175,326,477
1991	$89,233,599,278	$576,753,902,322
1992	$107,592,098,307	$630,465,353,486
1993	$95,009,751,901	$524,700,572,624
1994	$99,688,641,304	$530,183,651,720
1995	$118,122,007,430	$614,170,002,669
1996	$122,630,089,680	$642,251,412,058
1997	$117,016,535,163	$589,739,772,727
1998	$123,946,327,916	$618,731,484,575
1999	$127,470,385,557	$634,394,904,387
2000	$118,605,192,877	$598,102,854,756
2001	$121,604,107,165	$627,798,682,379
2002	$134,795,565,549	$708,938,227,244
2003	$165,226,175,537	$907,963,217,058
2004	$189,382,122,532	$1,069,829,382,515
2005	$197,253,876,705	$1,154,667,551,776
2006	$208,756,449,276	$1,261,846,683,275
2007	$240,496,147,317	$1,476,746,276,855
2008	$263,416,394,624	$1,636,115,447,613
2009	$244,667,762,836	$1,496,587,590,848
2010	$238,443,864,993	$1,427,989,078,917
2011	$245,426,767,676	$1,487,568,659,241
2012	$216,536,676,772	$1,330,994,811,670
2013	$226,677,408,292	$1,362,186,923,158
2014	$230,078,616,300	$1,380,244,561,362
2015	$199,038,523,120	$1,206,164,777,553
2016	$206,305,431,242	$1,243,015,667,917
2017	$220,862,990,767	$1,321,754,088,819
2018	$242,092,894,543	$1,431,642,809,327
2019	$240,115,970,063	$1,403,496,387,686
2020	$229,618,773,423	$1,289,783,836,971
2021	$256,055,879,091	$1,461,244,901,853
2022	$256,898,675,069	$1,446,498,147,749
2023	$289,696,962,620	$1,620,090,734,957
2024	$308,683,317,393	$1,722,745,978,335

Portugal and Spain economies compared

GDP per capita

Portugal

Spain

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Portugal	Spain
1960	$377	$408
1961	$400	$463
1962	$426	$535
1963	$452	$627
1964	$490	$695
1965	$545	$797
1966	$601	$916
1967	$676	$997
1968	$752	$978
1969	$832	$1,109
1970	$934	$1,211
1971	$1,065	$1,361
1972	$1,302	$1,708
1973	$1,748	$2,246
1974	$2,000	$2,748
1975	$2,128	$3,208
1976	$2,173	$3,277
1977	$2,267	$3,625
1978	$2,457	$4,353
1979	$2,756	$5,766
1980	$3,368	$6,204
1981	$3,246	$5,367
1982	$3,080	$5,156
1983	$2,735	$4,475
1984	$2,523	$4,487
1985	$2,705	$4,696
1986	$3,862	$6,509
1987	$4,804	$8,234
1988	$5,624	$9,696
1989	$6,056	$10,674
1990	$7,885	$13,795
1991	$8,959	$14,801
1992	$10,811	$16,101
1993	$9,535	$13,330
1994	$9,977	$13,406
1995	$11,781	$15,461
1996	$12,185	$16,101
1997	$11,576	$14,722
1998	$12,199	$15,382
1999	$12,475	$15,708
2000	$11,526	$14,743
2001	$11,735	$15,368
2002	$12,937	$17,111
2003	$15,798	$21,522
2004	$18,064	$24,925
2005	$18,780	$26,451
2006	$19,839	$28,422
2007	$22,811	$32,652
2008	$24,949	$35,603
2009	$23,151	$32,280
2010	$22,552	$30,659
2011	$23,247	$31,825
2012	$20,593	$28,456
2013	$21,676	$29,229
2014	$22,121	$29,708
2015	$19,216	$25,982
2016	$19,980	$26,756
2017	$21,442	$28,381
2018	$23,541	$30,602
2019	$23,343	$29,787
2020	$22,299	$27,234
2021	$24,711	$30,799
2022	$24,621	$30,270
2023	$27,386	$33,509
2024	$28,844	$35,297

Portugal vs. Spain life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Portugal

Spain

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Portugal	Spain
1950	58.5	61.8
1951	58.7	61.5
1952	59.8	64.8
1953	61.1	65.7
1954	62.2	66.9
1955	61.4	66.7
1956	61.2	66.8
1957	61.4	66.6
1958	63.7	68.8
1959	62.9	68.7
1960	64.1	69.2
1961	62.8	69.6
1962	64.3	69.6
1963	64.9	69.8
1964	65.1	70.5
1965	66.1	70.9
1966	65.6	71.2
1967	66.5	71.3
1968	66.8	71.7
1969	66.4	71.1
1970	67.1	72.1
1971	66.8	71.7
1972	69.2	73
1973	68.6	72.7
1974	69.1	73.1
1975	68.8	73.5
1976	69.1	73.8
1977	70.3	74.3
1978	70.8	74.5
1979	71.6	75
1980	71.7	75.5
1981	71.9	75.7
1982	72.7	76.3
1983	72.7	76.1
1984	72.9	76.5
1985	73.2	76.4
1986	73.6	76.7
1987	74.1	77
1988	74.1	76.9
1989	74.7	77
1990	74.3	77
1991	74.2	77.1
1992	74.9	77.6
1993	74.8	77.7
1994	75.7	78.1
1995	75.5	78.2
1996	75.5	78.3
1997	75.9	78.9
1998	76.1	78.9
1999	76.3	78.9
2000	76.8	79.4
2001	77.2	79.7
2002	77.4	79.8
2003	77.6	79.7
2004	78.4	80.3
2005	78.3	80.3
2006	79.1	81
2007	79.3	81
2008	79.6	81.3
2009	79.8	81.6
2010	80.1	82
2011	80.6	82.2
2012	80.6	82.2
2013	80.9	82.7
2014	81.3	82.8
2015	81.3	82.6
2016	81.4	83
2017	81.7	83
2018	81.6	83.1
2019	82	83.5
2020	81.4	82.2
2021	81.4	83
2022	81.2	82.4
2023	82.4	83.7
2024	82.6	83.8
2025	82.7	84

Portugal and Spain population clocks and comparison

Population

Portugal

Spain

Table

Year	Population
	Portugal	Spain
1960	8,857,716	30,455,000
1961	8,929,316	30,739,250
1962	8,993,985	31,023,366
1963	9,030,355	31,296,651
1964	9,035,365	31,609,195
1965	8,998,595	31,954,292
1966	8,930,990	32,283,194
1967	8,874,520	32,682,947
1968	8,836,650	33,113,134
1969	8,757,705	33,441,054
1970	8,680,431	33,814,531
1971	8,643,756	34,224,490
1972	8,630,430	34,604,469
1973	8,633,100	34,988,947
1974	8,754,365	35,373,335
1975	9,093,470	35,757,900
1976	9,355,810	36,137,812
1977	9,455,675	36,511,638
1978	9,558,250	36,864,898
1979	9,661,265	37,191,330
1980	9,766,312	37,491,165
1981	9,851,362	37,758,631
1982	9,911,771	37,986,012
1983	9,957,865	38,171,525
1984	9,996,232	38,330,364
1985	10,023,613	38,469,512
1986	10,032,734	38,584,624
1987	10,030,031	38,684,815
1988	10,019,610	38,766,939
1989	10,005,000	38,827,764
1990	9,983,218	38,867,322
1991	9,960,235	38,966,376
1992	9,952,494	39,157,685
1993	9,964,675	39,361,262
1994	9,991,525	39,549,108
1995	10,026,176	39,724,050
1996	10,063,945	39,889,852
1997	10,108,977	40,057,389
1998	10,160,196	40,223,509
1999	10,217,828	40,386,875
2000	10,289,898	40,567,864
2001	10,362,722	40,850,412
2002	10,419,631	41,431,558
2003	10,458,821	42,187,645
2004	10,483,861	42,921,895
2005	10,503,330	43,653,155
2006	10,522,288	44,397,319
2007	10,542,964	45,226,803
2008	10,558,177	45,954,106
2009	10,568,247	46,362,946
2010	10,573,100	46,576,897
2011	10,557,560	46,742,697
2012	10,514,844	46,773,055
2013	10,457,295	46,604,197
2014	10,401,062	46,460,733
2015	10,358,076	46,422,303
2016	10,325,452	46,458,139
2017	10,300,300	46,571,232
2018	10,283,822	46,782,011
2019	10,286,263	47,118,501
2020	10,297,081	47,359,424
2021	10,361,831	47,443,821
2022	10,434,332	47,786,102
2023	10,578,174	48,347,910
2024	10,701,636	48,807,137

Fertility rates in Portugal and Spain

Fertility rate

Portugal

Spain

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Portugal	Spain
1960	3.16	2.86
1961	3.21	2.77
1962	3.23	2.8
1963	3.12	2.88
1964	3.21	3.01
1965	3.15	2.94
1966	3.16	2.91
1967	3.16	2.94
1968	3.12	2.87
1969	3.12	2.86
1970	3.01	2.84
1971	3	2.9
1972	2.86	2.87
1973	2.77	2.84
1974	2.7	2.88
1975	2.75	2.77
1976	2.82	2.77
1977	2.69	2.65
1978	2.45	2.54
1979	2.31	2.37
1980	2.25	2.22
1981	2.13	2.04
1982	2.07	1.94
1983	1.95	1.8
1984	1.9	1.73
1985	1.72	1.64
1986	1.66	1.56
1987	1.62	1.49
1988	1.61	1.45
1989	1.57	1.4
1990	1.56	1.36
1991	1.56	1.33
1992	1.54	1.31
1993	1.52	1.26
1994	1.45	1.19
1995	1.41	1.16
1996	1.44	1.14
1997	1.47	1.15
1998	1.47	1.13
1999	1.5	1.17
2000	1.55	1.22
2001	1.45	1.23
2002	1.46	1.25
2003	1.44	1.3
2004	1.4	1.31
2005	1.41	1.33
2006	1.37	1.36
2007	1.35	1.38
2008	1.39	1.45
2009	1.34	1.38
2010	1.39	1.37
2011	1.35	1.34
2012	1.28	1.32
2013	1.21	1.27
2014	1.24	1.32
2015	1.31	1.33
2016	1.37	1.33
2017	1.38	1.31
2018	1.42	1.26
2019	1.44	1.23
2020	1.42	1.18
2021	1.35	1.18
2022	1.43	1.16
2023	1.44	1.12

Portugal and Spain demographics compared

Median age

Portugal

Spain

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Portugal	Spain
1960	27.9	29.4
1961	28.1	29.6
1962	28.3	29.7
1963	28.5	29.9
1964	28.7	30.1
1965	28.8	30.2
1966	29	30.3
1967	29.1	30.4
1968	29.2	30.4
1969	29.4	30.2
1970	29.6	30.1
1971	29.7	30.1
1972	29.6	30
1973	29.6	30
1974	29.7	30
1975	29.7	30
1976	29.8	30.1
1977	29.9	30.2
1978	30	30.4
1979	30.3	30.6
1980	30.6	30.7
1981	30.8	30.9
1982	31.1	31.1
1983	31.4	31.4
1984	31.7	31.6
1985	32.1	31.9
1986	32.5	32.2
1987	32.9	32.5
1988	33.3	32.9
1989	33.7	33.2
1990	34.2	33.6
1991	34.6	33.9
1992	35	34.2
1993	35.4	34.6
1994	35.7	34.9
1995	36.1	35.3
1996	36.4	35.7
1997	36.8	36.2
1998	37.1	36.6
1999	37.4	37
2000	37.7	37.4
2001	38	37.8
2002	38.3	38.1
2003	38.6	38.3
2004	39	38.5
2005	39.4	38.8
2006	39.8	39
2007	40.2	39.2
2008	40.6	39.4
2009	41	39.8
2010	41.5	40.2
2011	41.9	40.6
2012	42.4	41.1
2013	42.9	41.7
2014	43.4	42.2
2015	43.8	42.7
2016	44.3	43.1
2017	44.7	43.5
2018	45.2	43.8
2019	45.6	44.1
2020	46.1	44.5
2021	46.5	44.9
2022	46.8	45.4
2023	47.2	45.9
2024	47.5	46.4

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