Portugal: People & Society#
Population | 10,833,816 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Portuguese (singular and plural) adjective: Portuguese |
Ethnic groups | homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal |
Languages | Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used) |
Religions | Roman Catholic 81%, other Christian 3.3%, other (includes Jewish, Muslim, other) 0.6%, none 6.8%, unspecified 8.3% note: represents population 15 years of age and older (2011 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 15.5% (male 874,807/female 804,483) 15-24 years: 11.4% (male 655,234/female 579,669) 25-54 years: 41.88% (male 2,300,872/female 2,236,077) 55-64 years: 12.07% (male 610,886/female 697,287) 65 years and over: 19.15% (male 849,506/female 1,224,995) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 53.5% youth dependency ratio: 21.6% elderly dependency ratio: 31.9% potential support ratio: 3.1% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 41.8 years male: 39.8 years female: 44 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 0.07% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 9.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 11.1 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | 2.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 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: 63.5% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.97% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | LISBON (capital) 2.884 million; Porto 1.299 million (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.09 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.13 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.88 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 29.5 (2012 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 10 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 79.3 years male: 76.1 years female: 82.8 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.53 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 86.8% (2005/06) |
Health expenditures | 9.5% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 4.1 physicians/1,000 population (2012) |
Hospital bed density | 3.4 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
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 (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.6% of population rural: 99.8% of population total: 99.7% of population unimproved: urban: 0.4% of population rural: 0.2% of population total: 0.3% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 22.1% (2014) |
Education expenditures | 5.3% of GDP (2013) |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 97.1% female: 94.4% (2015 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2014) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 34.8% male: 34.2% female: 35.4% (2014 est.) |