Population in Brazil compared to Portugal: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Brazil and Portugal: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brazil	Portugal	Brazil	Portugal
1960	72,388,126	8,857,716	-	-
1961	74,605,447	8,929,316	3.06%	0.81%
1962	76,865,323	8,993,985	3.03%	0.72%
1963	79,164,235	9,030,355	2.99%	0.4%
1964	81,488,595	9,035,365	2.94%	0.06%
1965	83,817,583	8,998,595	2.86%	-0.41%
1966	86,139,359	8,930,990	2.77%	-0.75%
1967	88,446,124	8,874,520	2.68%	-0.63%
1968	90,741,240	8,836,650	2.59%	-0.43%
1969	93,045,777	8,757,705	2.54%	-0.89%
1970	95,375,651	8,680,431	2.5%	-0.88%
1971	97,739,273	8,643,756	2.48%	-0.42%
1972	100,146,797	8,630,430	2.46%	-0.15%
1973	102,600,976	8,633,100	2.45%	0.03%
1974	105,089,675	8,754,365	2.43%	1.4%
1975	107,619,565	9,093,470	2.41%	3.87%
1976	110,213,349	9,355,810	2.41%	2.88%
1977	112,875,292	9,455,675	2.42%	1.07%
1978	115,600,942	9,558,250	2.41%	1.08%
1979	118,380,821	9,661,265	2.4%	1.08%
1980	121,207,461	9,766,312	2.39%	1.09%
1981	124,063,109	9,851,362	2.36%	0.87%
1982	126,923,155	9,911,771	2.31%	0.61%
1983	129,790,077	9,957,865	2.26%	0.47%
1984	132,658,864	9,996,232	2.21%	0.39%
1985	135,515,595	10,023,613	2.15%	0.27%
1986	138,336,370	10,032,734	2.08%	0.09%
1987	141,104,944	10,030,031	2%	-0.03%
1988	143,826,357	10,019,610	1.93%	-0.1%
1989	146,502,972	10,005,000	1.86%	-0.15%
1990	149,143,223	9,983,218	1.8%	-0.22%
1991	151,724,256	9,960,235	1.73%	-0.23%
1992	154,275,079	9,952,494	1.68%	-0.08%
1993	156,794,577	9,964,675	1.63%	0.12%
1994	159,265,006	9,991,525	1.58%	0.27%
1995	161,735,073	10,026,176	1.55%	0.35%
1996	164,202,549	10,063,945	1.53%	0.38%
1997	166,661,659	10,108,977	1.5%	0.45%
1998	169,159,655	10,160,196	1.5%	0.51%
1999	171,641,543	10,217,828	1.47%	0.57%
2000	174,018,282	10,289,898	1.38%	0.71%
2001	176,301,203	10,362,722	1.31%	0.71%
2002	178,503,484	10,419,631	1.25%	0.55%
2003	180,622,688	10,458,821	1.19%	0.38%
2004	182,675,143	10,483,861	1.14%	0.24%
2005	184,688,101	10,503,330	1.1%	0.19%
2006	186,653,106	10,522,288	1.06%	0.18%
2007	188,552,320	10,542,964	1.02%	0.2%
2008	190,367,302	10,558,177	0.96%	0.14%
2009	192,079,951	10,568,247	0.9%	0.1%
2010	193,701,929	10,573,100	0.84%	0.05%
2011	195,284,734	10,557,560	0.82%	-0.15%
2012	196,876,111	10,514,844	0.81%	-0.4%
2013	198,478,299	10,457,295	0.81%	-0.55%
2014	200,085,127	10,401,062	0.81%	-0.54%
2015	201,675,532	10,358,076	0.79%	-0.41%
2016	203,218,114	10,325,452	0.76%	-0.31%
2017	204,703,445	10,300,300	0.73%	-0.24%
2018	206,107,261	10,283,822	0.69%	-0.16%
2019	207,455,459	10,286,263	0.65%	0.02%
2020	208,660,842	10,297,081	0.58%	0.11%
2021	209,550,294	10,361,831	0.43%	0.63%
2022	210,306,415	10,434,332	0.36%	0.7%
2023	211,140,729	10,578,174	0.4%	1.38%
2024	211,998,573	10,701,636	0.41%	1.17%
2025	212,812,405	10,687,819	0.38%	-0.13%
2026	213,562,674	10,670,917	0.35%	-0.16%
2027	214,261,037	10,653,073	0.33%	-0.17%
2028	214,911,388	10,632,868	0.3%	-0.19%
2029	215,515,178	10,611,484	0.28%	-0.2%
2030	216,074,424	10,591,436	0.26%	-0.19%
2031	216,587,355	10,571,418	0.24%	-0.19%
2032	217,055,392	10,549,456	0.22%	-0.21%
2033	217,479,394	10,526,482	0.2%	-0.22%
2034	217,860,892	10,502,882	0.18%	-0.22%
2035	218,199,715	10,478,843	0.16%	-0.23%
2036	218,495,215	10,454,630	0.14%	-0.23%
2037	218,747,246	10,430,128	0.12%	-0.23%
2038	218,955,573	10,404,947	0.1%	-0.24%
2039	219,118,385	10,377,968	0.07%	-0.26%
2040	219,237,085	10,349,515	0.05%	-0.27%
2041	219,307,158	10,321,577	0.03%	-0.27%
2042	219,319,771	10,294,106	0.006%	-0.27%
2043	219,276,528	10,264,596	-0.02%	-0.29%
2044	219,179,002	10,233,543	-0.04%	-0.3%
2045	219,026,208	10,201,832	-0.07%	-0.31%
2046	218,821,045	10,168,932	-0.09%	-0.32%
2047	218,565,379	10,135,159	-0.12%	-0.33%
2048	218,258,225	10,101,419	-0.14%	-0.33%
2049	217,897,833	10,066,064	-0.17%	-0.35%
2050	217,489,309	10,029,252	-0.19%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brazil increased by 16,987,431 people (a 9.2% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brazil gained 11,739,548 (a 5.82% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2005 and is 7th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Brazil's population will grow by 1.91% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. The population of Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.