| 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.) |
| Major cities - 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.) |
| Health expenditures | 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 | <500 (2020 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 20.8% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 0.4% (2015/16) |
| 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) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
