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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Portugal	United States	Portugal	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	8,857,716	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	8,929,316	183,691,481	0.81%	1.67%
1962	8,993,985	186,537,737	0.72%	1.55%
1963	9,030,355	189,241,798	0.4%	1.45%
1964	9,035,365	191,888,791	0.06%	1.4%
1965	8,998,595	194,302,963	-0.41%	1.26%
1966	8,930,990	196,560,338	-0.75%	1.16%
1967	8,874,520	198,712,056	-0.63%	1.09%
1968	8,836,650	200,706,052	-0.43%	1%
1969	8,757,705	202,676,946	-0.89%	0.98%
1970	8,680,431	205,052,174	-0.88%	1.17%
1971	8,643,756	207,660,677	-0.42%	1.27%
1972	8,630,430	209,896,021	-0.15%	1.08%
1973	8,633,100	211,908,788	0.03%	0.96%
1974	8,754,365	213,853,928	1.4%	0.92%
1975	9,093,470	215,973,199	3.87%	0.99%
1976	9,355,810	218,035,164	2.88%	0.95%
1977	9,455,675	220,239,425	1.07%	1.01%
1978	9,558,250	222,584,545	1.08%	1.06%
1979	9,661,265	225,055,487	1.08%	1.11%
1980	9,766,312	226,542,250	1.09%	0.66%
1981	9,851,362	229,465,744	0.87%	1.29%
1982	9,911,771	231,664,432	0.61%	0.96%
1983	9,957,865	233,792,014	0.47%	0.92%
1984	9,996,232	235,824,908	0.39%	0.87%
1985	10,023,613	237,923,734	0.27%	0.89%
1986	10,032,734	240,132,831	0.09%	0.93%
1987	10,030,031	242,288,936	-0.03%	0.9%
1988	10,019,610	244,499,004	-0.1%	0.91%
1989	10,005,000	246,819,222	-0.15%	0.95%
1990	9,983,218	250,131,894	-0.22%	1.34%
1991	9,960,235	253,492,503	-0.23%	1.34%
1992	9,952,494	256,894,189	-0.08%	1.34%
1993	9,964,675	260,255,352	0.12%	1.31%
1994	9,991,525	263,435,673	0.27%	1.22%
1995	10,026,176	266,557,091	0.35%	1.18%
1996	10,063,945	269,667,391	0.38%	1.17%
1997	10,108,977	272,911,760	0.45%	1.2%
1998	10,160,196	276,115,288	0.51%	1.17%
1999	10,217,828	279,294,713	0.57%	1.15%
2000	10,289,898	282,162,411	0.71%	1.03%
2001	10,362,722	284,968,955	0.71%	0.99%
2002	10,419,631	287,625,193	0.55%	0.93%
2003	10,458,821	290,107,933	0.38%	0.86%
2004	10,483,861	292,805,298	0.24%	0.93%
2005	10,503,330	295,516,599	0.19%	0.93%
2006	10,522,288	298,379,912	0.18%	0.97%
2007	10,542,964	301,231,207	0.2%	0.96%
2008	10,558,177	304,093,966	0.14%	0.95%
2009	10,568,247	306,771,529	0.1%	0.88%
2010	10,573,100	309,327,143	0.05%	0.83%
2011	10,557,560	311,583,481	-0.15%	0.73%
2012	10,514,844	313,877,662	-0.4%	0.74%
2013	10,457,295	316,059,947	-0.55%	0.7%
2014	10,401,062	318,386,329	-0.54%	0.74%
2015	10,358,076	320,738,994	-0.41%	0.74%
2016	10,325,452	323,071,755	-0.31%	0.73%
2017	10,300,300	325,122,128	-0.24%	0.63%
2018	10,283,822	326,838,199	-0.16%	0.53%
2019	10,286,263	328,329,953	0.02%	0.46%
2020	10,297,081	331,526,933	0.11%	0.97%
2021	10,361,831	331,893,745	0.63%	0.11%
2022	10,434,332	333,271,411	0.7%	0.42%
2023	10,578,174	334,914,895	1.38%	0.49%
2024	10,701,636	340,110,988	1.17%	1.55%
2025	10,687,819	341,931,772	-0.13%	0.54%
2026	10,670,917	343,664,369	-0.16%	0.51%
2027	10,653,073	345,331,185	-0.17%	0.49%
2028	10,632,868	346,981,137	-0.19%	0.48%
2029	10,611,484	348,601,982	-0.2%	0.47%
2030	10,591,436	350,176,974	-0.19%	0.45%
2031	10,571,418	351,725,612	-0.19%	0.44%
2032	10,549,456	353,249,060	-0.21%	0.43%
2033	10,526,482	354,749,644	-0.22%	0.42%
2034	10,502,882	356,234,239	-0.22%	0.42%
2035	10,478,843	357,694,316	-0.23%	0.41%
2036	10,454,630	359,119,002	-0.23%	0.4%
2037	10,430,128	360,517,853	-0.23%	0.39%
2038	10,404,947	361,895,407	-0.24%	0.38%
2039	10,377,968	363,229,908	-0.26%	0.37%
2040	10,349,515	364,512,364	-0.27%	0.35%
2041	10,321,577	365,753,139	-0.27%	0.34%
2042	10,294,106	366,969,419	-0.27%	0.33%
2043	10,264,596	368,146,925	-0.29%	0.32%
2044	10,233,543	369,258,123	-0.3%	0.3%
2045	10,201,832	370,318,770	-0.31%	0.29%
2046	10,168,932	371,328,255	-0.32%	0.27%
2047	10,135,159	372,299,116	-0.33%	0.26%
2048	10,101,419	373,230,539	-0.33%	0.25%
2049	10,066,064	374,119,803	-0.35%	0.24%
2050	10,029,252	374,986,259	-0.37%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Portugal decreased by 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Portugal gained 329,743 (a 3.18% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Portugal was ranked 76th most populous country in 2005 and is 92nd in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Portugal's population will shrink by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people with a rank change from 92nd to 97th. The population of the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.