Portugal's population rose from 10.1M in 1996 to 10.8M in 2025.
Portugal · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Portugal's population growth rose from 0.4 % in 1996 to 1.0 % in 2025.
Portugal's population density rose from 109.2 in 1994 to 115.5 in 2023.
Portugal's population, female (% of total) rose from 51.8 % in 1996 to 52.4 % in 2025.
Portugal's urbanisation rose from 51.7 % in 1996 to 61.5 % in 2025.
Portugal's urban population rose from 5.2M in 1996 to 6.64M in 2025.
Portugal's rural population fell from 4.86M in 1996 to 4.16M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −2.8 %173rd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.5 %191st of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.9 %24th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −6.0 %46th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs5th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.1 pts208th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.3 pts149th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts5th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.8 pts69th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.9 pts3rd of 217
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- Net migrationdown −20.2 %38th of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.1 pts76th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +9.2 %58th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs29th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaledown −0.1 yrs22nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs38th of 217