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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Portugal was 10,694,681 in 2024 vs 71,668,011 people in Thailand in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Portugal's population is 10,663,982 people compared to 71,559,621 in Thailand.

Population statistics:

  • Thailand's population is 6.71 times bigger than Portugal's.
  • Portugal is ranked the 92nd most populous country in the world, while Thailand is the 21st.
  • The countries together account for 0.99% of the world: 0.13% for Portugal vs 0.86% for Thailand.
  • For the last 10 years, Portugal has had an average growth rate of +0.21% per year vs +0.23% in Thailand.
  • Since 2006, the population of Portugal has increased from 10.5M people to 10.7M (1.35% growth), while Thailand has grown from 66.6M to 71.6M (7.5% growth).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 14.2% of the population in Portugal and 23.4% in Thailand.

Portugal vs Thailand: live population counter

Portugal Thailand
Current population
10663982
71559621
Population rank 92/197 21/197
Percent of world population 0.13% 0.86%
One net population change
4.51 minutes
15.3 minutes
One birth every
6.13 minutes
53.3 seconds
One death every
4.44 minutes
49.5 seconds
One migration net change every
25.5 minutes
22.5 minutes
Annual migration change +20,648 +23,321
Daily growth/decline +319 -94
Annual growth/decline +116,507 -34,424
Annual growth/decline rate +1.1% -0.05%
Population growth rate rank 95/197 169/197

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

Portugal
Population

Growth rate
Thailand
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Portugal Thailand Portugal Thailand
1960 8,857,716 26,851,747 - -
1961 8,929,316 27,650,334 0.81% 2.97%
1962 8,993,985 28,481,040 0.72% 3%
1963 9,030,355 29,342,322 0.4% 3.02%
1964 9,035,365 30,232,141 0.06% 3.03%
1965 8,998,595 31,149,337 -0.41% 3.03%
1966 8,930,990 32,086,071 -0.75% 3.01%
1967 8,874,520 33,037,801 -0.63% 2.97%
1968 8,836,650 34,002,560 -0.43% 2.92%
1969 8,757,705 34,973,782 -0.89% 2.86%
1970 8,680,431 35,954,408 -0.88% 2.8%
1971 8,643,756 36,937,387 -0.42% 2.73%
1972 8,630,430 37,933,929 -0.15% 2.7%
1973 8,633,100 38,947,787 0.03% 2.67%
1974 8,754,365 39,952,891 1.4% 2.58%
1975 9,093,470 40,940,005 3.87% 2.47%
1976 9,355,810 41,896,504 2.88% 2.34%
1977 9,455,675 42,843,974 1.07% 2.26%
1978 9,558,250 43,788,976 1.08% 2.21%
1979 9,661,265 44,718,434 1.08% 2.12%
1980 9,766,312 45,650,022 1.09% 2.08%
1981 9,851,362 46,575,855 0.87% 2.03%
1982 9,911,771 47,494,577 0.61% 1.97%
1983 9,957,865 48,423,309 0.47% 1.96%
1984 9,996,232 49,351,708 0.39% 1.92%
1985 10,023,613 50,270,753 0.27% 1.86%
1986 10,032,734 51,177,834 0.09% 1.8%
1987 10,030,031 52,074,105 -0.03% 1.75%
1988 10,019,610 52,969,595 -0.1% 1.72%
1989 10,005,000 53,848,956 -0.15% 1.66%
1990 9,983,218 54,738,329 -0.22% 1.65%
1991 9,960,235 55,637,434 -0.23% 1.64%
1992 9,952,494 56,528,834 -0.08% 1.6%
1993 9,964,675 57,408,198 0.12% 1.56%
1994 9,991,525 58,260,854 0.27% 1.49%
1995 10,026,176 59,098,232 0.35% 1.44%
1996 10,063,945 59,920,064 0.38% 1.39%
1997 10,108,977 60,724,584 0.45% 1.34%
1998 10,160,196 61,522,630 0.51% 1.31%
1999 10,217,828 62,299,043 0.57% 1.26%
2000 10,289,898 63,007,815 0.71% 1.14%
2001 10,362,722 63,651,141 0.71% 1.02%
2002 10,419,631 64,266,437 0.55% 0.97%
2003 10,458,821 64,868,166 0.38% 0.94%
2004 10,483,861 65,452,047 0.24% 0.9%
2005 10,503,330 66,017,420 0.19% 0.86%
2006 10,522,288 66,567,687 0.18% 0.83%
2007 10,542,964 67,102,394 0.2% 0.8%
2008 10,558,177 67,619,830 0.14% 0.77%
2009 10,568,247 68,121,080 0.1% 0.74%
2010 10,573,100 68,579,447 0.05% 0.67%
2011 10,557,560 69,007,208 -0.15% 0.62%
2012 10,514,844 69,436,098 -0.4% 0.62%
2013 10,457,295 69,845,114 -0.55% 0.59%
2014 10,401,062 70,216,367 -0.54% 0.53%
2015 10,358,076 70,540,795 -0.41% 0.46%
2016 10,325,452 70,859,841 -0.31% 0.45%
2017 10,300,300 71,160,187 -0.24% 0.42%
2018 10,283,822 71,376,079 -0.16% 0.3%
2019 10,286,263 71,522,271 0.02% 0.2%
2020 10,297,081 71,641,484 0.11% 0.17%
2021 10,361,831 71,727,332 0.63% 0.12%
2022 10,434,332 71,735,329 0.7% 0.01%
2023 10,578,174 71,702,435 1.38% -0.05%
2024 10,694,681 71,668,011 1.1% -0.05%
2025 10,680,873 71,619,867 -0.13% -0.07%
2026 10,663,982 71,559,621 -0.16% -0.08%
2027 10,646,150 71,488,156 -0.17% -0.1%
2028 10,625,957 71,406,996 -0.19% -0.11%
2029 10,604,587 71,316,195 -0.2% -0.13%
2030 10,584,552 71,215,017 -0.19% -0.14%
2031 10,564,548 71,104,025 -0.19% -0.16%
2032 10,542,600 70,982,286 -0.21% -0.17%
2033 10,519,640 70,847,947 -0.22% -0.19%
2034 10,496,056 70,701,651 -0.22% -0.21%
2035 10,472,033 70,540,884 -0.23% -0.23%
2036 10,447,836 70,366,496 -0.23% -0.25%
2037 10,423,350 70,180,031 -0.23% -0.26%
2038 10,398,185 69,979,034 -0.24% -0.29%
2039 10,371,223 69,763,928 -0.26% -0.31%
2040 10,342,789 69,535,003 -0.27% -0.33%
2041 10,314,869 69,288,477 -0.27% -0.35%
2042 10,287,416 69,025,348 -0.27% -0.38%
2043 10,257,925 68,748,075 -0.29% -0.4%
2044 10,226,892 68,456,533 -0.3% -0.42%
2045 10,195,202 68,150,148 -0.31% -0.45%
2046 10,162,323 67,827,309 -0.32% -0.47%
2047 10,128,572 67,489,358 -0.33% -0.5%
2048 10,094,854 67,136,737 -0.33% -0.52%
2049 10,059,522 66,767,316 -0.35% -0.55%
2050 10,022,734 66,382,732 -0.37% -0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Portugal decreased by 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Portugal gained 338,530 (a 3.28% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

Portugal was ranked 78th most populous country in 2006 and is 92nd in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Portugal's population will shrink by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people with a rank change from 92nd to 97th. The population of Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.

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