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Canada vs Portugal: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Canada
1,591 articles per million people
in 2023
Portugal
1,723 articles per million people
in 2023
Canada rank
14th
Portugal rank
11th

Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people over time

  • Canada
  • Portugal
05001.0k1.5k2.0k199620092023

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 1,723 articles per million people against 1,591 articles per million people in Canada, a difference of 131.87 articles per million people.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 14th and Portugal ranks 11th of 196 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people
Unit
articles per million people
Source
National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Indicators, via World Bank (2026); United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
196 places, 5,488 data points, 1996–2023
Last refreshed

Scientific and technical journal articles per million people. Disciplines include physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.