Canada vs Portugal: Life expectancy by sex
Canada
84.83 years
in 2023
Portugal
85.12 years
in 2023
Canada rank
29th
Portugal rank
26th
Life expectancy by sex over time
- Canada
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 85.12 years against 84.83 years in Canada, a difference of 0.29 years.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 84 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 29th and Portugal ranks 26th of 236 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 7 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 67.6 years | 55.2 years | 12.4 years | Canada |
| 1950s | 72.33 years | 63.67 years | 8.67 years | Canada |
| 1960s | 75.07 years | 68.24 years | 6.83 years | Canada |
| 1970s | 77.3 years | 72.48 years | 4.82 years | Canada |
| 1980s | 79.66 years | 76.64 years | 3.01 years | Canada |
| 1990s | 81.02 years | 78.96 years | 2.06 years | Canada |
| 2000s | 82.44 years | 81.7 years | 0.7386 years | Canada |
| 2010s | 83.88 years | 84.11 years | 0.2337 years | Portugal |
| 2020s | 84.31 years | 84.44 years | 0.1349 years | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Canada or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 85.12 years against 84.83 years in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Canada and Portugal?
- 0.29 years, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Portugal?
- 84 years are reported by both, from 1940 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Portugal rank globally for life expectancy by sex?
- Canada ranks 29th and Portugal ranks 26th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Period life expectancy at birth among females, in a given year.