Portugal People - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population

10,263,850 (July 2021 est.)

Nationality

noun: Portuguese (singular and plural)

adjective: Portuguese

Ethnic groups

white homogeneous Mediterranean population; citizens of African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990, Eastern Europeans have migrated to Portugal

Languages

Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used)

Religions

Roman Catholic 81%, other Christian 3.3%, other (includes Jewish, Muslim) 0.6%, none 6.8%, unspecified 8.3% (2011 est.)

note: data represent population 15 years of age and older

Age structure

0-14 years: 13.58% (male 716,102/female 682,582)

15-24 years: 10.94% (male 580,074/female 547,122)

25-54 years: 41.49% (male 2,109,693/female 2,164,745)

55-64 years: 13.08% (male 615,925/female 731,334)

65 years and over: 20.92% (male 860,198/female 1,294,899) (2020 est.)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 55.8

youth dependency ratio: 20.3

elderly dependency ratio: 35.5

potential support ratio: 2.8 (2020 est.)

Median age

total: 44.6 years

male: 42.7 years

female: 46.5 years (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.23% (2021 est.)

Birth rate

8.02 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Death rate

10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Net migration rate

0.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Population distribution

concentrations are primarily along or near the Atlantic coast; both Lisbon and the second largest city, Porto, are coastal cities

Urbanization

urban population: 66.8% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.44% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

Major urban areas - population

2.972 million LISBON (capital), 1.316 million Porto (2021)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.84 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female

total population: 0.9 male(s)/female (2020 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

29.9 years (2019 est.)

Maternal mortality rate

8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 2.53 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 2.89 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 2.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 81.29 years

male: 78.14 years

female: 84.6 years (2021 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.42 children born/woman (2021 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

73.9% (2014)

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)

Current Health Expenditure

9.4% (2018)

Physicians density

5.12 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Hospital bed density

3.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.5% (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

42,000 (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

20.8% (2016)

Education expenditures

5% of GDP (2017)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 96.1%

male: 97.4%

female: 95.1% (2018)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 17 years

male: 17 years

female: 17 years (2018)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 18.3%

male: 15.5%

female: 21.4% (2019 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

0.4% (2015/16)

NOTE: The information regarding Portugal on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Portugal 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Portugal 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.