Portugal - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Portugal was 2,971,587 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,971,587 in 2021 and a minimum value of 1,513,856 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 1,513,856
1961 1,539,498
1962 1,568,069
1963 1,597,170
1964 1,626,853
1965 1,657,003
1966 1,687,755
1967 1,719,078
1968 1,751,026
1969 1,783,478
1970 1,816,577
1971 1,862,402
1972 1,919,999
1973 1,979,211
1974 2,040,335
1975 2,103,347
1976 2,168,396
1977 2,235,269
1978 2,304,300
1979 2,375,464
1980 2,448,928
1981 2,503,147
1982 2,506,915
1983 2,510,689
1984 2,514,473
1985 2,518,253
1986 2,522,044
1987 2,525,840
1988 2,529,647
1989 2,533,450
1990 2,537,263
1991 2,543,228
1992 2,557,289
1993 2,571,389
1994 2,585,585
1995 2,599,861
1996 2,614,235
1997 2,628,648
1998 2,643,161
1999 2,657,754
2000 2,672,448
2001 2,686,804
2002 2,700,389
2003 2,714,041
2004 2,727,782
2005 2,741,554
2006 2,755,415
2007 2,769,346
2008 2,783,367
2009 2,797,419
2010 2,811,563
2011 2,825,778
2012 2,840,065
2013 2,854,424
2014 2,868,856
2015 2,883,360
2016 2,897,938
2017 2,912,590
2018 2,927,316
2019 2,942,097
2020 2,956,879
2021 2,971,587

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Portugal was 43.30 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 58.79 in 1981, while its lowest value was 43.30 in 2021.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 48.89
1961 48.78
1962 48.81
1963 48.99
1964 49.35
1965 49.95
1966 50.73
1967 51.47
1968 52.11
1969 53.01
1970 53.93
1971 54.97
1972 56.19
1973 57.34
1974 57.72
1975 56.72
1976 56.28
1977 56.86
1978 57.43
1979 58.02
1980 58.61
1981 58.79
1982 57.83
1983 56.97
1984 56.18
1985 55.46
1986 54.86
1987 54.34
1988 53.87
1989 53.43
1990 53.04
1991 52.68
1992 52.30
1993 51.83
1994 51.29
1995 50.74
1996 50.18
1997 49.60
1998 49.01
1999 48.40
2000 47.74
2001 47.10
2002 46.56
2003 46.10
2004 45.72
2005 45.38
2006 45.04
2007 44.71
2008 44.41
2009 44.14
2010 43.90
2011 43.76
2012 43.73
2013 43.78
2014 43.83
2015 43.83
2016 43.79
2017 43.74
2018 43.65
2019 43.49
2020 43.31
2021 43.30

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization