Life expectancy at birth in Portugal, in 2021-2023, was estimated at 81.17 years, 78.37 years for men and 83.67 years for women, which corresponds, vis-à-vis 2020-2022, to an increase of 0.32 years for men and 0.15 years for women.

By region NUTS 2, in the triennium 2021-2023, the highest life expectancy at birth was in the Norte region, for the total population (81.82 years), for men (79.16 years) and for women (84.16 years). 

By region NUTS 3, the highest life expectancy at birth was registered in Cávado, the only region where it exceeded 82 years (82.62 years).

Life expectancy at age 65 in Portugal, in 2021-2023, was estimated at 19.75 years for the total population. At the age of 65, men could expect to live 18.00 years and women 21.11 years, which corresponds to an increase of 0.24 years for men and 0.13 years for women compared to 2020-2022.

By region NUTS 2, in the triennium 2021-2023, the highest life expectancy at age 65 was registered in the Centro region for the total population (20.15 years) and for women (21.48 years), and the same as in the Norte region for men (18.46 years).

By region NUTS 3, Cávado and Ave recorded the highest values for life expectancy at 65: 20.72 and 20.45 years, respectively.