92,226 km²
in area
It is the 12th largest country of the European Union
10,749,635
number of resident people in Portugal in 2025
Germany
357,569 km²
in area
4th position
Spain
505,983 km²
in area
2nd position
France
638,475 km²
in area
1st position
Italy
302,073 km²
in area
7th position
In 2025, 10,749,635 people lived in Portugal, 1,923,595 more than in 1960.
Comparator
Portugal
vs
With 10,749,635 inhabitants, Portugal ranked 10th in resident population in 2025
In Portugal, artificial land (cities, towns, roads, and other human constructions) covers 6.3% of the territory, more than in the European Union as a whole (4.4%).
Portugal
6.3%
vs
7.8%
Portugal recorded an increase of 9 persons per km² over approximately 3 decades.
In Portugal, woodland accounts for the largest share of land cover, followed by shrubland and pastures.
1990
108.3
inhabitants per km²
2024
117.6
inhabitants per km²
Portugal has 12.6% of children and young people under 15 years old (the 3rd lowest percentage in the European Union) and 24.3% of people aged 65 or older (the 2nd highest percentage in the European Union). It has the 2nd highest aging index.
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Portugal
Children and young people
under the age of 15 in 2025
Portugal
vs
People aged 65
or over in 2025
Portugal
vs
2001
100.6
Ageing Index
2025
192.4
Ageing Index
7th
fastest
ageing
during this period
Compared with the three countries with the closest starting point (Bulgaria, Belgium, and Croatia), Portugal currently has the highest ageing index.
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Esta era a esperança média de vida de alguém ... in the year ...
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Comparator
Portugal
vs
Portugal
2002
77.4
years
Average life
expectancy at birth
2024
82.7
years
Average life
expectancy at birth
3.2 months
Average annual increase
Portugal has 9.8% foreign nationals, the 12th highest percentage and above the EU average (9.6%).
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Foreign nationals residing
in Portugal in 2024
0,0%
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Foreign nationals residing
in
Germany
in 2024
0,0%
Germany
14.5 %
foreign nationals
7th position
Spain
13.4 %
foreign nationals
10th position
France
8.8 %
foreign nationals
16th position
Italy
8.9 %
foreign nationals
15th position
Compared with the three countries with the same influx of foreign nationals in 2012, relative to population (Slovakia, Romania and Estonia), Portugal currently ranks 2nd highest.
133,256
foreign immigrants
who entered in Portugal in 2023
34.3%
average annual
growth rate since 2012
Compared with the other European Union countries, Portugal’s working-age population (15–64 years) had, in 2024, a low level of education, with an education profile weighted towards tertiary education below the EU average and a higher percentage without secondary education.
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No secondary
education
38.7%
With higher
education
28.6%
No secondary
education
21.8%
With higher
education
29.8%
Portugal's Evolution
over the last 20 years
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Portugal
vs
Age 25-34
Age 55-64
In 2024, there were in Portugal 4,473 thousand households, 11.6% more than in 2011.
This increase is mainly due to more people living alone
2011
4,009
thousand households
+11.6%
2024
4,473
thousand households
Comparator
Portugal
vs
2011
774
thousands of people
living alone
+47.3%
2024
1,140
thousands of people
living alone
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In 2024, the share of childless families in Portugal was below the average of the other European Union countries and was the 10th lowest. Compared with 2011, it increased by 6.8 percentage points.
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0,0%
vs
0,0%
In 2011, the three countries with family composition most similar to Portugal were Spain, Poland and Cyprus
2.9%
of single-parent families
in 2024
2nd highest
percentage compared with the countries that
in 2011 had a similar
family pattern
Source: EUROSTAT
