Portugal People - 2024

Population

10,223,150 (2023 est.)

Nationality

noun: Portuguese (singular and plural)

adjective: Portuguese

Ethnic groups

Portuguese 95%; citizens from Portugal’s former colonies in Africa, Asia (Han Chinese), and South America (Brazilian) and other foreign born 5%

Languages

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

Religions

Roman Catholic 79.7%, Protestant 2.2%, other Christian 2.5%, other non-Christian, 1.1%, none 14.5% (2021 est.)

note: data represent population 15 years of age and older

Age structure

0-14 years: 12.85% (male 672,673/female 641,409)

15-64 years: 65.18% (male 3,274,201/female 3,389,374)

65 years and over: 21.96% (2023 est.) (male 895,576/female 1,349,917)

2023 population pyramid:

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 56

youth dependency ratio: 20.8

elderly dependency ratio: 35.2

potential support ratio: 2.8 (2021 est.)

Median age

total: 46 years (2023 est.)

male: 44 years

female: 47.9 years

Population growth rate

-0.17% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate

1.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 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: 67.9% of total population (2023)

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

Major urban areas - population

3.001 million LISBON (capital), 1.325 million Porto (2023)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

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

15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

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

total population: 0.9 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

29.9 years (2020 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio

12 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 2.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

male: 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 2.1 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 81.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 78.6 years

female: 85 years

Total fertility rate

1.44 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

0.7 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

73.9% (2014)

Drinking water source

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.)

Current health expenditure

10.6% of GDP (2020)

Physicians density

5.48 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Hospital bed density

3.5 beds/1,000 population (2018)

Sanitation facility access

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.)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

20.8% (2016)

Alcohol consumption per capita

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.)

Tobacco use

total: 25.4% (2020 est.)

male: 30.5% (2020 est.)

female: 20.2% (2020 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

0.4% (2015/16)

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

52.6% (2023 est.)

Education expenditures

5% of GDP (2020 est.)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 95.9%

male: 97.8%

female: 95.9% (2021)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 17 years

male: 17 years

female: 17 years (2020)