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Portugal People 1996

Population:

10,562,388 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

18% (female 943,412; male 1,000,971)

15-64 years:

68% (female 3,625,086; male 3,499,176)

65 years and over:

14% (female 889,142; male 604,601) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.36% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

11.72 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

9.65 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

9.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

75.53 years

male:

72.11 years

female:

79.16 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.47 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Portuguese (singular and plural)

adjective:

Portuguese

Ethnic divisions:

homogeneous Mediterranean stock in mainland, Azores, Madeira Islands; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000

Religions:

Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant denominations 1%, other 2%

Languages:

Portuguese

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

total population:

85%

male:

89%

female:

82%

Labor force:

4.24 million (1994 est.)

by occupation:

services 54.5%, manufacturing 24.4%, agriculture, forestry, fisheries 11.2%, construction 8.3%, utilites 1.0%, mining 0.5% (1992)

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