Portugal
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Global rank#38out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

79.774.869.864.960.0196019922024Portugal · 2024: 79.70 yearsPortugal

Analytical takeaways

  • Portugal records 79.70 years for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024, ranking #38 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, male (years) increased from 61.27 years in 1960 to 79.70 years in 2024, a gain of 18.43 years.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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