Demographics of Portugal
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| Population of Portugal (INE, Lisbon) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total | Change | Year | Total | Change |
| 1864 | 4,188,419 | - | 1950 | 8,510,240 | 10.2% |
| 1890 | 5,049,729 | 20.5% | 1960 | 8,851,240 | 4.0% |
| 1911 | 5,969,056 | 18,2% | 1970 | 8,648,369 | -2.3% |
| 1920 | 6,032,991 | 1,1% | 1981 | 9,833,041 | 13.7% |
| 1930 | 6,825,883 | 13.1% | 1991 | 9,862,540 | 0.3% |
| 1940 | 7,722,152 | 13.1% | 2001 | 10,356,117 | 5.0% |
As of 2006 Portugal has 10,956,117[citation needed] inhabitants of whom about 435,000 were legal immigrants (51,7% female, 48,3% male)[citation needed].
Portugal is a fairly homogeneous country linguistically and religiously. Ethnically, the Portuguese people are mainly a combination of pre-Roman Iberian Celtic tribes, Lusitanians and others, with a fair amount of Roman, Germanic (Visigoths and Suevi) and some minor elements, essentially Arab-Berbers, and Jews.
Furthermore the demographic development is characterized by three trends: increasing longevity, decreasing birth rates and an increasing percentage of population from foreign extraction.
Today, many Eastern Europeans (especially Ukrainians, Moldavians, Romanians and Russians), as well as Brazilians, are making Portugal their home. Portuguese is spoken throughout the country, with only the villages of Miranda do Douro's Mirandese language recognised as a locally co-official language.
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[edit] Urban organization
[edit] Metropolitan areas
As of 2001 Census, Portugal had two significant agglomerations: Lisbon Metropolitan Region and Northern Littoral Urban-Metropolitan Region (or Porto Metropolitan Agglomeration).[1] These broader agglomerations are distinct from the political metropolitan areas of Lisbon and Porto - Grande Área Metropolitana de Lisboa and Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto. Together they hold 58% of the total population.
| Image | City | Agglomeration | Metropolitan area | Core municipality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Lisbon | 3.34 million[1] | 2,641,006 | 564,657 |
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Porto | 2.99 million[1] | 1,551,950 | 238,954 |
[edit] Largest cities
Portugal has 151 localities with city (cidade) status. Every city is included into a municipality (município). This is a list of population by city, which means that it refers to the number of inhabitants in the city proper, excluding inhabitants from the same municipality but living outside the urban area of the city in other civil parishes (freguesias) of the municipality. In some cases, the entire municipality and the city proper cover the same territory.[2]
[edit] Largest urban areas
When considering the number of inhabitants in consistent single urban area, de facto cities in mainland Portugal, with increased density of human-created structures, and excluding suburban and rural areas, Portugal had two cities had about one million inhabitants, ten others had more than 50,000 inhabitants and 14 cities had populations between 40 and 20 thousand inhabitants.[1]
Note: this table does not include cities in the Portuguese islands of Madeira and Azores in mid-Atlantic Ocean.
| Single urban area | Metropolitan Area | Agglomeration | Population (2001 Census) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon and surroundings | Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon | Lisbon Metropolitan Region | > 1 million |
| Porto and surroundings | Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto | Northern Littoral Urban-Metropolitan Region | < 1 million |
| Braga | Northern Littoral Urban-Metropolitan Region | > 100,000 | |
| Coimbra | ~ 100,000 | ||
| Setúbal | Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon | Lisbon Metropolitan Region | < 100,000 |
| Póvoa de Varzim-Vila do Conde | Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto | Northern Littoral Urban-Metropolitan Region | < 100,000 |
| Aveiro | < 100,000 | ||
| Guimarães | Northern Littoral Urban-Metropolitan Region | < 100,000 | |
| Viseu | < 100,000 | ||
| Leiria | Lisbon Metropolitan Region | ~ 50,000 | |
| Portimão | ~ 50,000 | ||
| Faro | ~ 50,000 | ||
| Évora | ~ 50,000 | ||
| Viana do Castelo | ~ 40,000 | ||
| Covilhã | ~ 40,000 | ||
| Castelo Branco | ~ 40,000 | ||
| Santarém | Lisbon Metropolitan Region | ~ 40,000 | |
| Alverca do Ribatejo | Lisbon Metropolitan Region | ~ 40,000 | |
| Vila Nova de Famalicão | Northern Littoral Urban-Metropolitan Region | ~ 40,000 | |
| Figueira da Foz | ~ 40,000 | ||
| Guarda | ~ 40,000 | ||
| Caldas da Rainha | Lisbon Metropolitan Region | ~ 40,000 | |
| Olhão | ~ 40,000 | ||
| Santo Tirso | Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto | Northern Littoral Urban-Metropolitan Region | ~ 40,000 |
| Vila Real | ~ 40,000 | ||
| Póvoa de Santa Iria | Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon | Lisbon Metropolitan Region | ~ 40,000 |
[edit] Largest municipalities by population
Denotes the number of inhabitants in the municipality area; area is in km²; only for populations of over 100,000 inhabitants.
[edit] People
[edit] Nationality
- noun: Portuguese (singular and plural)
- adjective: Portuguese
[edit] Languages
Also Mirandês (Mirandese language) in the area of Miranda do Douro.
[edit] Immigration
| Legal foreign residents in Portugal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| country of origin | 2002 [3] | 2004 [4] | 2006 [5] | ||
| Brazil | 58,370 | 66,907 | 73,384 | ||
| Cape Verde | 59,678 | 64,164 | 68,145 | ||
| Angola | 31,332 | 35,264 | |||
| Guinea Bissau | 22,855 | 25,148 | |||
| São Tomé | 8,951 | 10,483 | |||
| Mozambique | 5,312 | 5,471 | |||
| Ukraine | 60,571 | 66,227 | 41,872 | ||
| Romania | 10,673 | 12,155 | |||
| Moldova | 11,817 | 13,689 | |||
| Russia | 8,211 | ||||
| China | 9,518 | ||||
| India | 5,088 | ||||
| Pakistan | 4,212 | ||||
| Total non-EU | 340,187 | ||||
| European Union | 65,393 | 74,542 | |||
| Total | 405,580 | 449,194 | 434,887 | ||
In 1992, 1.3% of the population was foreigner, in 2002 the number had grown to 4% [4] with a significant size of illegal immigrants with unknown number. Portugal, long a country of emigration, has now become a country of net immigration, and not just from the former Indian and African colonies. Today, many Eastern Europeans (especially Ukrainians, Moldavians, Romanians and Russians), as well as Brazilians, are making Portugal their home. There is a small number of Chinese.
[edit] Ethnic Minorities and persons with disabilities
- See also: Racism in Portugal
Anti-racism laws prohibit and penalize racial discrimination in housing, business, and health services. Approximately 500,000 legal immigrants live in the country, representing approximately 5% of the population. The country also has a resident Roma population of approximately 50,000 people.
Discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment, education, access to health care, or the provision of other state services is illegal. The law mandates access to public buildings and to newly-built private buildings for such persons.
[edit] Sexual Orientation
Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1982. Same-sex civil unions with limited partner rights were introduced in Portugal in 15 March 2001. Portugal is one of a few countries in the world, and one of the first, with anti-discrimination laws that exist in most fields: in the Constitution (discrimination based on sexual orientation is prohibited by law), in the Penal Code as well as the Labour Code. In spite of this, same-sex marriage with full equal rights as well as adoption by same-sex couples are not allowed. It is possible, however, that these issues will be debated in parliament if the present Government wins the next elections.
[edit] Religion
The great majority of the Portuguese population belongs to the Roman Catholic Church. Religious observance remains somewhat strong in northern areas, with the population of Lisbon and southern areas generally less devout. Religious minorities include a little over 300,000 Protestants. There are also about 50,000 Muslims and 10,000 Hindus. Most of them came from Goa, a former Portuguese colony on the west coast of India (Some Muslims also came from former Portuguese African colonies with important Muslim minorities: Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe). There are also about 1,000 Jews. Portugal is also home to less than 10,000 Buddhists, mostly Chinese from Macau and a few Indians from Goa.
[edit] Literacy
- definition:age 15 and over can read and write
- total population: 93.3%
- male: 95.5%
- female: 91.3% (2003 est.)
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Population
- 10,048,232 (July 2000 est.)
- 10,102,022 (July 2003 est.)
- 10,524,145 (July 2004 est.)
- 10,566,212 (July 2005 est.)
- 10,605,870 (July 2006 est.)
- 10,642,836 (July 2007 est.)
[edit] Age structure
- 0-14 years: 16.5% (male 914,480/female 837,525)
- 15-64 years: 66.3% (male 3,501,206/female 3,551,706)
- 65 years and over: 17.3% (male 757,220/female 1,080,699) (2007 est.)
[edit] Population growth rate
- 0.18% (2000 est.)
- 0.17% (2003 est.)
- 0.41% (2004 est.)
- 0.39% (2005 est.)
- 0.36% (2006 est.)
- 0.334% (2007 est.)
[edit] Birth rate
- 11.49 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
- 11.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
- 10.9 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
- 10.82 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
- 10.72 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
- 10.59 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
[edit] Death rate
- 10.2 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
- 10.21 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
- 10.37 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
- 10.43 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
- 10.5 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
- 10.56 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
[edit] Net migration rate
- 0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
- 0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
- 3.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
- 3.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
- 3.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
- 3.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
[edit] Sex ratio
- at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
- under 15 years: 1.092 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 0.986 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.701 male(s)/female
- total population: 0.946 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
[edit] Infant mortality rate
- 6.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
- 5.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
- 5.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
- 5.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
- 4.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
- 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
[edit] Life expectancy at birth
- total population: 77.87 years
- male: 74.6 years
- female: 81.36 years (2007 est.)
[edit] Total fertility rate
- 1.47 children born/woman (2000 est.)
- 1.49 children born/woman (2003 est.)
- 1.46 children born/woman (2004 est.)
- 1.47 children born/woman (2005 est.)
- 1.49 children born/woman (2008 est.)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Fernando Nunes da Silva (2005), Alta Velocidade em Portugal, Desenvolvimento Regional, CENSUR, IST
- ^ UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
- ^ Estatísticas da Imigração, Alto Comissariado para a Imigração e Minorias Étnicas, 2003, <http://www.oi.acime.gov.pt/docs/rm/estatisticas%20imigracao%20portugal.pdf>. Retrieved on 2007-12-14
- ^ a b Estatísticas da Imigração, Alto Comissariado para a Imigração e Minorias Étnicas, 2005, <http://www.acime.gov.pt/docs/GEE/Estatisticas_GEE_2005.pdf>. Retrieved on 2007-12-14
- ^ População Estrangeira em Portugal - 2006, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, December 13, 2007, <http://www.ine.pt/ngt_server/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=10363731&att_display=n&att_download=y>. Retrieved on 2007-12-14
[edit] See also
- Demographic history of Portugal
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