Bulgaria vs Portugal: Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month
Bulgaria
24.76 births per million people
in 2021
Portugal
23.87 births per million people
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
29th
Portugal rank
30th
Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month over time
- Bulgaria
- Portugal
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 24.76 births per million people against 23.87 births per million people in Portugal, a difference of 0.89 births per million people.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 89 shared years of data; in 1905 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 29th and Portugal ranks 30th of 40 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 5 and Portugal in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 79.77 births per million people | 72.64 births per million people | 7.13 births per million people | Bulgaria |
| 1910s | 85.23 births per million people | 84.38 births per million people | 0.8465 births per million people | Bulgaria |
| 1920s | 100.63 births per million people | 83.07 births per million people | 17.56 births per million people | Bulgaria |
| 1930s | 74.91 births per million people | 81.3 births per million people | 6.39 births per million people | Portugal |
| 1940s | 73.61 births per million people | 77.24 births per million people | 3.63 births per million people | Portugal |
| 1950s | 63.07 births per million people | 74.68 births per million people | 11.61 births per million people | Portugal |
| 1960s | 49.67 births per million people | 69.4 births per million people | 19.73 births per million people | Portugal |
| 1970s | 46.61 births per million people | 56.26 births per million people | 9.65 births per million people | Portugal |
| 1980s | 39.48 births per million people | 40.19 births per million people | 0.7098 births per million people | Portugal |
| 1990s | 28.21 births per million people | 32.81 births per million people | 4.6 births per million people | Portugal |
| 2000s | 27.8 births per million people | 31.35 births per million people | 3.55 births per million people | Portugal |
| 2010s | 27.69 births per million people | 25.85 births per million people | 1.84 births per million people | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 25.27 births per million people | 23.83 births per million people | 1.45 births per million people | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month, Bulgaria or Portugal?
- Bulgaria, at 24.76 births per million people against 23.87 births per million people in Portugal as of 2021.
- What is the difference in peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month between Bulgaria and Portugal?
- 0.89 births per million people, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Portugal?
- 89 years are reported by both, from 1905 to 2021.
- How do Bulgaria and Portugal rank globally for peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month?
- Bulgaria ranks 29th and Portugal ranks 30th of 40 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The highest average daily number of births, per million people, recorded in the given year.