10,242,081 (2022 est.)
noun: Portuguese (singular and plural)
adjective: Portuguese
Portuguese 95%; citizens from Portugal’s former colonies in Africa, Asia (Han Chinese), and South America (Brazilian) and other foreign born 5%
Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used)
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
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.)
total dependency ratio: 56
youth dependency ratio: 20.8
elderly dependency ratio: 35.2
potential support ratio: 2.8 (2021 est.)
total: 44.6 years
male: 42.7 years
female: 46.5 years (2020 est.)
-0.2% (2022 est.)
8 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
0.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
concentrations are primarily along or near the Atlantic coast; both Lisbon and the second largest city, Porto, are coastal cities
urban population: 67.4% of total population (2022)
rate of urbanization: 0.44% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2.986 million LISBON (capital), 1.320 million Porto (2022)
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: 0.98 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.55 male(s)/female
total population: 0.9 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
29.9 years (2020 est.)
8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
total: 2.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.86 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
total population: 81.5 years
male: 78.37 years
female: 84.79 years (2022 est.)
1.43 children born/woman (2022 est.)
73.9% (2014)
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 99.7% of population
total: 99.9% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0.3% of population
total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)
9.5% of GDP (2019)
5.48 physicians/1,000 population (2019)
3.5 beds/1,000 population (2018)
improved: urban: 99.9% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 99.9% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.1% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)
0.5% (2021 est.)
20.8% (2016)
total: 10.37 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 2.62 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 6.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 1.34 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.37 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total: 25.4% (2020 est.)
male: 30.5% (2020 est.)
female: 20.2% (2020 est.)
0.4% (2015/16)
5% of GDP (2020 est.)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.1%
male: 97.4%
female: 95.1% (2018)
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 17 years (2020)
total: 23.4%
male: 21%
female: 26.4% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Portugal on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Portugal 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Portugal 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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