According to the data, there were 226 deaths of children under 1 year old (56 less than in 2016).

The infant mortality rate last year was 2.6 deaths per thousand live births (3.2 in 2016). The lowest figure for this rate was recorded in 2010, with 2.5 infant deaths per thousand live births.

Statistics from INE also showed that the population in Portugal declined in 2017, for the ninth consecutive year, since the number of deaths continues to be higher than that of births.

In 2017, 86,154 children were born to mothers living in Portugal (live births), 972 fewer than in the previous year, representing a decrease of 1.1%.