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How many babies are born in Portugal?

85.2 thousand babies born in Portugal in 2026. That is 0.06% of all births worldwide, and the 111th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Portugal: history and projections

100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Portugal’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~17K ~410K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1000 ~23K ~550K 42.1 Modelled estimate
1500 ~50K ~1.1M 44.0 Modelled estimate
1800 ~88.7K ~2.75M 32.3 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~165K ~5.4M 30.5 Historical reconstruction
1950 206K 8.42M 24.4 UN estimate
2000 119K 10.3M 11.6 UN estimate
2023 86.7K 10.4M 8.3 UN estimate
2026 85.2K 10.4M 8.2 UN projection
2050 82.6K 9.77M 8.5 UN projection
2075 82.1K 8.94M 9.2 UN projection
2100 78.3K 8.75M 9.0 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Portugal among estimates through 2023 were in 1911, at about ~227K. That is roughly 13 times the estimated ~17K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.52 children per woman, fertility in Portugal is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Portugal each year?

An estimated 85.2 thousand babies are born in Portugal in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 233 a day and 0.06% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Portugal?

Portugal has an estimated 8.2 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.52 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.