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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mexico	Portugal	Mexico	Portugal
1960	36,724,615	8,857,716	-	-
1961	37,890,118	8,929,316	3.17%	0.81%
1962	39,129,200	8,993,985	3.27%	0.72%
1963	40,424,065	9,030,355	3.31%	0.4%
1964	41,772,049	9,035,365	3.33%	0.06%
1965	43,174,477	8,998,595	3.36%	-0.41%
1966	44,629,106	8,930,990	3.37%	-0.75%
1967	46,129,608	8,874,520	3.36%	-0.63%
1968	47,668,303	8,836,650	3.34%	-0.43%
1969	49,233,194	8,757,705	3.28%	-0.89%
1970	50,814,953	8,680,431	3.21%	-0.88%
1971	52,412,558	8,643,756	3.14%	-0.42%
1972	54,030,168	8,630,430	3.09%	-0.15%
1973	55,667,284	8,633,100	3.03%	0.03%
1974	57,320,149	8,754,365	2.97%	1.4%
1975	58,982,400	9,093,470	2.9%	3.87%
1976	60,645,512	9,355,810	2.82%	2.88%
1977	62,308,493	9,455,675	2.74%	1.07%
1978	63,979,046	9,558,250	2.68%	1.08%
1979	65,648,865	9,661,265	2.61%	1.08%
1980	67,300,334	9,766,312	2.52%	1.09%
1981	68,892,108	9,851,362	2.37%	0.87%
1982	70,433,260	9,911,771	2.24%	0.61%
1983	71,971,240	9,957,865	2.18%	0.47%
1984	73,506,846	9,996,232	2.13%	0.39%
1985	75,043,414	10,023,613	2.09%	0.27%
1986	76,585,637	10,032,734	2.06%	0.09%
1987	78,136,651	10,030,031	2.03%	-0.03%
1988	79,695,531	10,019,610	2%	-0.1%
1989	81,247,182	10,005,000	1.95%	-0.15%
1990	82,820,170	9,983,218	1.94%	-0.22%
1991	84,430,572	9,960,235	1.94%	-0.23%
1992	86,044,809	9,952,494	1.91%	-0.08%
1993	87,653,807	9,964,675	1.87%	0.12%
1994	89,259,205	9,991,525	1.83%	0.27%
1995	90,862,455	10,026,176	1.8%	0.35%
1996	92,452,702	10,063,945	1.75%	0.38%
1997	94,021,207	10,108,977	1.7%	0.45%
1998	95,575,245	10,160,196	1.65%	0.51%
1999	97,115,707	10,217,828	1.61%	0.57%
2000	98,625,552	10,289,898	1.55%	0.71%
2001	100,099,099	10,362,722	1.49%	0.71%
2002	101,548,624	10,419,631	1.45%	0.55%
2003	102,978,515	10,458,821	1.41%	0.38%
2004	104,394,131	10,483,861	1.37%	0.24%
2005	105,811,504	10,503,330	1.36%	0.19%
2006	107,253,666	10,522,288	1.36%	0.18%
2007	108,774,360	10,542,964	1.42%	0.2%
2008	110,374,288	10,558,177	1.47%	0.14%
2009	111,999,721	10,568,247	1.47%	0.1%
2010	113,623,895	10,573,100	1.45%	0.05%
2011	115,243,504	10,557,560	1.43%	-0.15%
2012	116,818,208	10,514,844	1.37%	-0.4%
2013	118,343,573	10,457,295	1.31%	-0.55%
2014	119,784,261	10,401,062	1.22%	-0.54%
2015	121,072,306	10,358,076	1.08%	-0.41%
2016	122,251,351	10,325,452	0.97%	-0.31%
2017	123,400,057	10,300,300	0.94%	-0.24%
2018	124,573,711	10,283,822	0.95%	-0.16%
2019	125,762,982	10,286,263	0.95%	0.02%
2020	126,799,054	10,297,081	0.82%	0.11%
2021	127,648,148	10,361,831	0.67%	0.63%
2022	128,613,117	10,434,332	0.76%	0.7%
2023	129,739,759	10,578,174	0.88%	1.38%
2024	130,861,007	10,694,681	0.86%	1.1%
2025	131,946,905	10,680,873	0.83%	-0.13%
2026	132,997,664	10,663,982	0.8%	-0.16%
2027	134,017,711	10,646,150	0.77%	-0.17%
2028	135,008,697	10,625,957	0.74%	-0.19%
2029	135,970,893	10,604,587	0.71%	-0.2%
2030	136,904,747	10,584,552	0.69%	-0.19%
2031	137,811,068	10,564,548	0.66%	-0.19%
2032	138,690,189	10,542,600	0.64%	-0.21%
2033	139,542,087	10,519,640	0.61%	-0.22%
2034	140,362,026	10,496,056	0.59%	-0.22%
2035	141,150,818	10,472,033	0.56%	-0.23%
2036	141,909,168	10,447,836	0.54%	-0.23%
2037	142,637,546	10,423,350	0.51%	-0.23%
2038	143,336,222	10,398,185	0.49%	-0.24%
2039	143,998,296	10,371,223	0.46%	-0.26%
2040	144,624,328	10,342,789	0.43%	-0.27%
2041	145,217,780	10,314,869	0.41%	-0.27%
2042	145,777,459	10,287,416	0.39%	-0.27%
2043	146,300,011	10,257,925	0.36%	-0.29%
2044	146,787,722	10,226,892	0.33%	-0.3%
2045	147,240,096	10,195,202	0.31%	-0.31%
2046	147,654,160	10,162,323	0.28%	-0.32%
2047	148,030,153	10,128,572	0.25%	-0.33%
2048	148,372,233	10,094,854	0.23%	-0.33%
2049	148,677,894	10,059,522	0.21%	-0.35%
2050	148,946,272	10,022,734	0.18%	-0.37%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mexico increased by 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mexico gained 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).

Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2006 and is still 11th in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mexico's population will grow by 12% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.