Portugal vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Portugal has a population of 10.7M (ranked 90/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Portugal's land area is 35,369 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 108th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Portugal ranks 47/197 ($309B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Portugal ranks 44/197 ($28,844), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Portugal and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Portugal and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Portugal

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Portugal	United Kingdom
1960	$3,339,150,158	$73,233,967,692
1961	$3,573,719,085	$77,741,965,703
1962	$3,835,883,663	$81,247,564,157
1963	$4,084,251,593	$86,561,961,812
1964	$4,429,202,657	$94,407,558,351
1965	$4,901,711,248	$101,824,755,079
1966	$5,370,108,031	$108,572,752,102
1967	$6,002,607,030	$113,116,888,211
1968	$6,644,693,214	$107,759,910,068
1969	$7,287,555,035	$116,464,702,803
1970	$8,108,235,704	$130,671,946,244
1971	$9,201,604,240	$148,113,896,325
1972	$11,239,117,865	$169,965,034,965
1973	$15,090,564,186	$192,537,971,583
1974	$17,512,391,476	$206,131,369,799
1975	$19,347,607,843	$241,756,637,168
1976	$20,332,831,565	$232,614,555,256
1977	$21,439,523,311	$263,066,457,352
1978	$23,487,614,051	$335,883,029,722
1979	$26,622,819,672	$438,994,070,309
1980	$32,896,519,824	$564,947,710,899
1981	$31,977,276,873	$540,765,675,241
1982	$30,527,754,793	$515,048,916,841
1983	$27,239,650,742	$489,618,008,186
1984	$25,217,969,050	$461,487,097,632
1985	$27,115,807,742	$489,285,164,271
1986	$38,745,901,354	$601,452,653,181
1987	$48,182,925,857	$745,162,608,269
1988	$56,347,250,696	$910,122,732,124
1989	$60,594,092,182	$926,884,816,754
1990	$78,713,860,217	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$89,233,599,278	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$107,592,098,307	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$95,009,751,901	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$99,688,641,304	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$118,122,007,430	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$122,630,089,680	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$117,016,535,163	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$123,946,327,916	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$127,470,385,557	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$118,605,192,877	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$121,604,107,165	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$134,795,565,549	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$165,226,175,537	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$189,382,122,532	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$197,253,876,705	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$208,756,449,276	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$240,496,147,317	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$263,416,394,624	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$244,667,762,836	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$238,443,864,993	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$245,426,767,676	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$216,536,676,772	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$226,677,408,292	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$230,078,616,300	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$199,038,523,120	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$206,305,431,242	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$220,862,990,767	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$242,092,894,543	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$240,115,970,063	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$229,618,773,423	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$256,055,879,091	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$256,898,675,069	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$289,696,962,620	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$308,683,317,393	$3,643,834,188,783

Portugal and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Portugal

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Portugal	United Kingdom
1960	$377	$1,398
1961	$400	$1,472
1962	$426	$1,526
1963	$452	$1,613
1964	$490	$1,748
1965	$545	$1,874
1966	$601	$1,987
1967	$676	$2,059
1968	$752	$1,952
1969	$832	$2,101
1970	$934	$2,348
1971	$1,065	$2,650
1972	$1,302	$3,030
1973	$1,748	$3,426
1974	$2,000	$3,666
1975	$2,128	$4,300
1976	$2,173	$4,138
1977	$2,267	$4,681
1978	$2,457	$5,977
1979	$2,756	$7,805
1980	$3,368	$10,032
1981	$3,246	$9,599
1982	$3,080	$9,146
1983	$2,735	$8,692
1984	$2,523	$8,179
1985	$2,705	$8,652
1986	$3,862	$10,611
1987	$4,804	$13,119
1988	$5,624	$15,987
1989	$6,056	$16,239
1990	$7,885	$19,095
1991	$8,959	$19,901
1992	$10,811	$20,487
1993	$9,535	$18,389
1994	$9,977	$19,709
1995	$11,781	$23,169
1996	$12,185	$24,406
1997	$11,576	$26,766
1998	$12,199	$28,275
1999	$12,475	$28,762
2000	$11,526	$28,281
2001	$11,735	$27,907
2002	$12,937	$30,078
2003	$15,798	$34,443
2004	$18,064	$40,367
2005	$18,780	$42,105
2006	$19,839	$44,512
2007	$22,811	$50,398
2008	$24,949	$47,396
2009	$23,151	$38,744
2010	$22,552	$39,599
2011	$23,247	$42,110
2012	$20,593	$42,490
2013	$21,676	$43,419
2014	$22,121	$47,427
2015	$19,216	$44,984
2016	$19,980	$40,988
2017	$21,442	$40,629
2018	$23,541	$43,315
2019	$23,343	$42,794
2020	$22,299	$40,405
2021	$24,711	$46,926
2022	$24,621	$46,063
2023	$27,386	$49,201
2024	$28,844	$52,637

Portugal vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Portugal

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Portugal	United Kingdom
1950	58.5	68.6
1951	58.7	68.2
1952	59.8	69.5
1953	61.1	69.8
1954	62.2	70.2
1955	61.4	70.1
1956	61.2	70.4
1957	61.4	70.5
1958	63.7	70.7
1959	62.9	70.8
1960	64.1	71
1961	62.8	70.8
1962	64.3	70.9
1963	64.9	70.8
1964	65.1	71.5
1965	66.1	71.5
1966	65.6	71.4
1967	66.5	72.1
1968	66.8	71.7
1969	66.4	71.7
1970	67.1	71.9
1971	66.8	72.2
1972	69.2	72
1973	68.6	72.2
1974	69.1	72.4
1975	68.8	72.7
1976	69.1	72.6
1977	70.3	73.1
1978	70.8	73
1979	71.6	73.2
1980	71.7	73.6
1981	71.9	73.9
1982	72.7	74
1983	72.7	74.3
1984	72.9	74.7
1985	73.2	74.5
1986	73.6	74.8
1987	74.1	75.1
1988	74.1	75.3
1989	74.7	75.4
1990	74.3	75.7
1991	74.2	75.9
1992	74.9	76.3
1993	74.8	76.2
1994	75.7	76.7
1995	75.5	76.6
1996	75.5	76.9
1997	75.9	77.1
1998	76.1	77.3
1999	76.3	77.4
2000	76.8	77.8
2001	77.2	78.1
2002	77.4	78.2
2003	77.6	78.3
2004	78.4	78.9
2005	78.3	79.1
2006	79.1	79.3
2007	79.3	79.5
2008	79.6	79.7
2009	79.8	80.2
2010	80.1	80.4
2011	80.6	80.8
2012	80.6	80.9
2013	80.9	80.9
2014	81.3	81.2
2015	81.3	80.9
2016	81.4	81.1
2017	81.7	81.2
2018	81.6	81.1
2019	82	81.4
2020	81.4	80.4
2021	81.4	80.7
2022	81.2	81.1
2023	82.4	81.3
2024	82.6	81.4
2025	82.7	81.6

Portugal and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Portugal

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Portugal	United Kingdom
1960	8,857,716	52,400,000
1961	8,929,316	52,800,000
1962	8,993,985	53,250,000
1963	9,030,355	53,650,000
1964	9,035,365	54,000,000
1965	8,998,595	54,348,050
1966	8,930,990	54,648,500
1967	8,874,520	54,943,600
1968	8,836,650	55,211,700
1969	8,757,705	55,441,750
1970	8,680,431	55,663,250
1971	8,643,756	55,896,223
1972	8,630,430	56,086,065
1973	8,633,100	56,194,527
1974	8,754,365	56,229,974
1975	9,093,470	56,225,800
1976	9,355,810	56,211,968
1977	9,455,675	56,193,492
1978	9,558,250	56,196,504
1979	9,661,265	56,246,951
1980	9,766,312	56,314,216
1981	9,851,362	56,333,829
1982	9,911,771	56,313,641
1983	9,957,865	56,332,848
1984	9,996,232	56,422,072
1985	10,023,613	56,550,268
1986	10,032,734	56,681,396
1987	10,030,031	56,802,050
1988	10,019,610	56,928,327
1989	10,005,000	57,076,711
1990	9,983,218	57,247,586
1991	9,960,235	57,424,897
1992	9,952,494	57,580,402
1993	9,964,675	57,718,614
1994	9,991,525	57,865,745
1995	10,026,176	58,019,030
1996	10,063,945	58,166,950
1997	10,108,977	58,316,954
1998	10,160,196	58,487,141
1999	10,217,828	58,682,466
2000	10,289,898	58,892,514
2001	10,362,722	59,119,673
2002	10,419,631	59,370,479
2003	10,458,821	59,647,577
2004	10,483,861	59,987,905
2005	10,503,330	60,401,206
2006	10,522,288	60,846,820
2007	10,542,964	61,322,463
2008	10,558,177	61,806,995
2009	10,568,247	62,276,270
2010	10,573,100	62,766,365
2011	10,557,560	63,258,810
2012	10,514,844	63,711,000
2013	10,457,295	64,139,000
2014	10,401,062	64,620,000
2015	10,358,076	65,088,000
2016	10,325,452	65,607,000
2017	10,300,300	65,966,000
2018	10,283,822	66,289,000
2019	10,286,263	66,631,000
2020	10,297,081	66,744,000
2021	10,361,831	66,984,000
2022	10,434,332	67,604,000
2023	10,578,174	68,492,000
2024	10,701,636	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Portugal and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Portugal

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Portugal	United Kingdom
1960	3.16	2.69
1961	3.21	2.78
1962	3.23	2.86
1963	3.12	2.88
1964	3.21	2.93
1965	3.15	2.86
1966	3.16	2.78
1967	3.16	2.68
1968	3.12	2.6
1969	3.12	2.51
1970	3.01	2.44
1971	3	2.41
1972	2.86	2.2
1973	2.77	2.04
1974	2.7	1.92
1975	2.75	1.81
1976	2.82	1.74
1977	2.69	1.69
1978	2.45	1.75
1979	2.31	1.86
1980	2.25	1.9
1981	2.13	1.82
1982	2.07	1.78
1983	1.95	1.77
1984	1.9	1.77
1985	1.72	1.79
1986	1.66	1.78
1987	1.62	1.81
1988	1.61	1.82
1989	1.57	1.79
1990	1.56	1.83
1991	1.56	1.82
1992	1.54	1.79
1993	1.52	1.76
1994	1.45	1.74
1995	1.41	1.71
1996	1.44	1.73
1997	1.47	1.72
1998	1.47	1.71
1999	1.5	1.68
2000	1.55	1.64
2001	1.45	1.63
2002	1.46	1.63
2003	1.44	1.7
2004	1.4	1.75
2005	1.41	1.76
2006	1.37	1.82
2007	1.35	1.86
2008	1.39	1.91
2009	1.34	1.89
2010	1.39	1.92
2011	1.35	1.91
2012	1.28	1.92
2013	1.21	1.83
2014	1.24	1.81
2015	1.31	1.8
2016	1.37	1.79
2017	1.38	1.74
2018	1.42	1.68
2019	1.44	1.63
2020	1.42	1.57
2021	1.35	1.58
2022	1.43	1.56
2023	1.44	1.56

Portugal and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Portugal

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Portugal	United Kingdom
1960	27.9	35.5
1961	28.1	35.4
1962	28.3	35.3
1963	28.5	35.3
1964	28.7	35.2
1965	28.8	35.1
1966	29	34.9
1967	29.1	34.8
1968	29.2	34.6
1969	29.4	34.4
1970	29.6	34.2
1971	29.7	34.1
1972	29.6	34
1973	29.6	34
1974	29.7	34
1975	29.7	34
1976	29.8	34
1977	29.9	34.1
1978	30	34.2
1979	30.3	34.3
1980	30.6	34.4
1981	30.8	34.5
1982	31.1	34.8
1983	31.4	35
1984	31.7	35.2
1985	32.1	35.3
1986	32.5	35.4
1987	32.9	35.4
1988	33.3	35.7
1989	33.7	35.9
1990	34.2	36
1991	34.6	36.1
1992	35	36.2
1993	35.4	36.3
1994	35.7	36.5
1995	36.1	36.6
1996	36.4	36.8
1997	36.8	37
1998	37.1	37.2
1999	37.4	37.4
2000	37.7	37.7
2001	38	37.9
2002	38.3	38.1
2003	38.6	38.2
2004	39	38.4
2005	39.4	38.5
2006	39.8	38.6
2007	40.2	38.8
2008	40.6	38.9
2009	41	39
2010	41.5	39.2
2011	41.9	39.3
2012	42.4	39.5
2013	42.9	39.6
2014	43.4	39.7
2015	43.8	39.8
2016	44.3	39.8
2017	44.7	39.9
2018	45.2	40
2019	45.6	40.1
2020	46.1	40.2
2021	46.5	40.3
2022	46.8	40.5
2023	47.2	40.8
2024	47.5	41

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