Population in Portugal compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Portugal and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Portugal	United Kingdom	Portugal	United Kingdom
1960	8,857,716	52,400,000	-	-
1961	8,929,316	52,800,000	0.81%	0.76%
1962	8,993,985	53,250,000	0.72%	0.85%
1963	9,030,355	53,650,000	0.4%	0.75%
1964	9,035,365	54,000,000	0.06%	0.65%
1965	8,998,595	54,348,050	-0.41%	0.64%
1966	8,930,990	54,648,500	-0.75%	0.55%
1967	8,874,520	54,943,600	-0.63%	0.54%
1968	8,836,650	55,211,700	-0.43%	0.49%
1969	8,757,705	55,441,750	-0.89%	0.42%
1970	8,680,431	55,663,250	-0.88%	0.4%
1971	8,643,756	55,896,223	-0.42%	0.42%
1972	8,630,430	56,086,065	-0.15%	0.34%
1973	8,633,100	56,194,527	0.03%	0.19%
1974	8,754,365	56,229,974	1.4%	0.06%
1975	9,093,470	56,225,800	3.87%	-0.007%
1976	9,355,810	56,211,968	2.88%	-0.02%
1977	9,455,675	56,193,492	1.07%	-0.03%
1978	9,558,250	56,196,504	1.08%	0.005%
1979	9,661,265	56,246,951	1.08%	0.09%
1980	9,766,312	56,314,216	1.09%	0.12%
1981	9,851,362	56,333,829	0.87%	0.03%
1982	9,911,771	56,313,641	0.61%	-0.04%
1983	9,957,865	56,332,848	0.47%	0.03%
1984	9,996,232	56,422,072	0.39%	0.16%
1985	10,023,613	56,550,268	0.27%	0.23%
1986	10,032,734	56,681,396	0.09%	0.23%
1987	10,030,031	56,802,050	-0.03%	0.21%
1988	10,019,610	56,928,327	-0.1%	0.22%
1989	10,005,000	57,076,711	-0.15%	0.26%
1990	9,983,218	57,247,586	-0.22%	0.3%
1991	9,960,235	57,424,897	-0.23%	0.31%
1992	9,952,494	57,580,402	-0.08%	0.27%
1993	9,964,675	57,718,614	0.12%	0.24%
1994	9,991,525	57,865,745	0.27%	0.25%
1995	10,026,176	58,019,030	0.35%	0.26%
1996	10,063,945	58,166,950	0.38%	0.25%
1997	10,108,977	58,316,954	0.45%	0.26%
1998	10,160,196	58,487,141	0.51%	0.29%
1999	10,217,828	58,682,466	0.57%	0.33%
2000	10,289,898	58,892,514	0.71%	0.36%
2001	10,362,722	59,119,673	0.71%	0.39%
2002	10,419,631	59,370,479	0.55%	0.42%
2003	10,458,821	59,647,577	0.38%	0.47%
2004	10,483,861	59,987,905	0.24%	0.57%
2005	10,503,330	60,401,206	0.19%	0.69%
2006	10,522,288	60,846,820	0.18%	0.74%
2007	10,542,964	61,322,463	0.2%	0.78%
2008	10,558,177	61,806,995	0.14%	0.79%
2009	10,568,247	62,276,270	0.1%	0.76%
2010	10,573,100	62,766,365	0.05%	0.79%
2011	10,557,560	63,258,810	-0.15%	0.78%
2012	10,514,844	63,711,000	-0.4%	0.71%
2013	10,457,295	64,139,000	-0.55%	0.67%
2014	10,401,062	64,620,000	-0.54%	0.75%
2015	10,358,076	65,088,000	-0.41%	0.72%
2016	10,325,452	65,607,000	-0.31%	0.8%
2017	10,300,300	65,966,000	-0.24%	0.55%
2018	10,283,822	66,289,000	-0.16%	0.49%
2019	10,286,263	66,631,000	0.02%	0.52%
2020	10,297,081	66,744,000	0.11%	0.17%
2021	10,361,831	66,984,000	0.63%	0.36%
2022	10,434,332	67,604,000	0.7%	0.93%
2023	10,578,174	68,492,000	1.38%	1.31%
2024	10,694,681	69,226,000	1.1%	1.07%
2025	10,680,873	69,639,673	-0.13%	0.6%
2026	10,663,982	70,020,350	-0.16%	0.55%
2027	10,646,150	70,382,853	-0.17%	0.52%
2028	10,625,957	70,732,699	-0.19%	0.5%
2029	10,604,587	71,061,482	-0.2%	0.46%
2030	10,584,552	71,377,535	-0.19%	0.44%
2031	10,564,548	71,678,351	-0.19%	0.42%
2032	10,542,600	71,959,934	-0.21%	0.39%
2033	10,519,640	72,234,509	-0.22%	0.38%
2034	10,496,056	72,497,650	-0.22%	0.36%
2035	10,472,033	72,749,096	-0.23%	0.35%
2036	10,447,836	72,990,847	-0.23%	0.33%
2037	10,423,350	73,218,850	-0.23%	0.31%
2038	10,398,185	73,441,349	-0.24%	0.3%
2039	10,371,223	73,658,392	-0.26%	0.3%
2040	10,342,789	73,868,334	-0.27%	0.29%
2041	10,314,869	74,074,316	-0.27%	0.28%
2042	10,287,416	74,275,779	-0.27%	0.27%
2043	10,257,925	74,475,035	-0.29%	0.27%
2044	10,226,892	74,667,284	-0.3%	0.26%
2045	10,195,202	74,848,605	-0.31%	0.24%
2046	10,162,323	75,020,949	-0.32%	0.23%
2047	10,128,572	75,184,478	-0.33%	0.22%
2048	10,094,854	75,337,543	-0.33%	0.2%
2049	10,059,522	75,476,141	-0.35%	0.18%
2050	10,022,734	75,600,588	-0.37%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Portugal decreased by 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Portugal gained 338,530 (a 3.28% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Portugal was ranked 78th most populous country in 2006 and is 92nd in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.