People

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People

Who we are, how we live and how we work: a portrait of Portugal’s population in numbers.

Population

How many of us there are, where we live and how the population is ageing.

How many people live in Portugal?

11.4 million people living in Portugal in 2025.

Up 0.3% from 2024.

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Population pyramid: men and women by age

2025

How old is the population?

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Population by broad age group, by region

2025, in percent

Is the population growing?

0.32% population growth in 2025.

Down 1.30 percentage points from 2024.

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Population growth by region: total, natural and migration

2025, in percent

Are there more older people or more young people?

188.8 older people for every 100 young people in 2025.

Up 6.4 from 2024.

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Older people for every 100 young people, by region

2025

How many older people are there for every 100 people of working age?

36.3 older people for every 100 people of working age in 2025.

Up 0.5 from 2024.

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Older people for every 100 of working age, by region

2025

How many children does each woman have, on average?

1.30 children per woman, on average, in 2025.

Up 0.03 from 2024.

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Children per woman, by region

2025

At what age do women have their first child?

30.4 years was the average age of women at the birth of their first child in 2025.

Up 0.1 years from 2024.

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Mothers’ average age at first birth, by region

2025, in years

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Between 2023 and 2024, the ageing ratio increased from 188.1 to 192.4 elderly people for every 100 young people.

Text from People 2024. Figures in the text refer to that edition and are not updated automatically.

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Education

How many students there are at each level, and how their school paths go.

How many students are there in Portugal?

1.6 million students enrolled below higher education in the 2024/2025 school year.

Up 0.2% from 2023/2024.

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Higher-education students, public and private, by region

2025 / 2026

How many pupils are held back or drop out of basic education?

3.6% of pupils in basic education were held back or dropped out in the 2024/2025 school year.

Down 0.3 percentage points from 2023/2024.

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Held back or dropping out, by stage of basic education

2024 / 2025, in percent

How many students pass the year or complete upper secondary?

91.2% of upper-secondary students passed the year or completed in the 2024/2025 school year.

Up 0.8 percentage points from 2023/2024.

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Passing or completing upper secondary, by type of course

2024 / 2025, in percent

How many people graduate from higher education?

107,997 higher-education graduates in the 2024/2025 school year.

Up 6.7% from 2023/2024.

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Graduates by field of study

2024 / 2025, the 10 highest of 58

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In 2023/2024 school year, the retention and desistance rate in primary and lower secondary education stood at 3.9%, increasing 0.1 percentage points compared to the previous school year.

Text from People 2024. Figures in the text refer to that edition and are not updated automatically.

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Culture and sport

Cinema, live shows, museums, and what councils spend on culture and sport.

How many people go to the cinema?

11.0 million cinema admissions in 2025.

Down 7.7% from 2024.

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Cinema admissions over time

2021 to 2025

How many people go to live shows?

1.7 live-show admissions per inhabitant in 2025.

Up 0.1 from 2024.

Calculated by the project

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Live-show admissions per inhabitant, by region

2025

How many people visit museums?

18.0 million museum visitors in 2025.

Down 7.5% from 2024.

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Visitors by type of museum

2025

How much do councils spend on culture per inhabitant?

73.8 euros per inhabitant spent by municipal councils on culture in 2025.

Up 7.9% from 2024.

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Council spending on culture per inhabitant, by region

2025, in euros

How much do councils spend on sport per inhabitant?

46.7 euros per inhabitant spent by municipal councils on sport in 2025.

Up 15.0% from 2024.

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Council spending on sport per inhabitant, by region

2025, in euros

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In 2024, there were around 551.5 thousand movie sessions (more 1.6% compared to 2023), with approximately 11.9 million spectators (less 3.6%).

In 2024, 475 museums accounted for 19.4 million visitors.

Text from People 2024. Figures in the text refer to that edition and are not updated automatically.

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Health

Doctors, nurses, hospitals and infant mortality, region by region.

How many doctors are there?

5.7 doctors per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025.

Up 0.1 from 2024.

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Doctors per 1,000 inhabitants, by region

2025

How many nurses are there?

7.7 nurses per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025.

Up 0.2 from 2024.

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Nurses per 1,000 inhabitants, by region of work

2025

How many hospital beds are there?

3.1 hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants in 2024.

Down 0.1 from 2023.

Provisional value.

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Hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants, by region

2024

How many outpatient appointments do hospitals provide?

2.1 hospital outpatient appointments per inhabitant in 2024.

The same as in 2023.

Provisional value.

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Outpatient appointments per inhabitant, by region

2024

What is the infant mortality rate?

2.8‰ infant mortality rate in 2025.

Down 0.2‰ from 2024.

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Infant mortality by region, latest year

2025, per thousand

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In 2024, the infant mortality rate stood at 3.0 deaths per thousand live births, above the value recorded for the previous year (2.5 deaths per thousand live births).

Text from People 2024. Figures in the text refer to that edition and are not updated automatically.

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Labour market

Who works, who is looking for work and what people earn.

How many people are in work?

5.3 million people in employment in 2025.

Up 3.2% from 2024.

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People in employment by age, in each region

2025, in thousands

What is the unemployment rate?

6.0% of the labour force was unemployed in 2025.

Down 0.4 percentage points from 2024.

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Unemployment rate by region

2025, in percent

How many unemployed people have been looking for work for over a year?

36.8% of unemployed people had been looking for work for 12 months or more in 2025.

Down 0.1 percentage points from 2024.

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Unemployed for 12 months or more, by region

2025, in percent

How many employees are on non-permanent contracts?

In preparation.

What do employees earn per month, on average?

1,576.03 euros in average monthly earnings of employees in 2024.

Up 7.9% from 2023.

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Average monthly earnings by region

2024, in euros

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The unemployment rate stood at 6.4%, in 2024, 0.1 pp lower than the previous year.

In 2023, the average monthly earnings were €98.4 higher than in the previous year.

Text from People 2024. Figures in the text refer to that edition and are not updated automatically.

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Social protection

Social security pensions and unemployment benefits.

How many people receive a pension?

2.9 million social security pensioners in 2025.

Up 0.4% from 2024.

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Pensioners over time, by type of pension

2017 to 2025

What is the average pension?

8,066 euros a year: the average social security pension in 2025.

Up 5.2% from 2024.

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Average pension by region

2025, in euros

How many people receive unemployment benefit?

378,306 people receiving unemployment benefit in 2025.

Up 1.0% from 2024.

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Unemployment benefit recipients by age, in each region

2025

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In 2024, around 374 thousand persons received unemployment benefits, 8.2% more than in 2023.

Text from People 2024. Figures in the text refer to that edition and are not updated automatically.

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Income and living conditions

Poverty, inequality and the weight of housing costs on household budgets.

How many people are at risk of poverty?

15.4% of the population was at risk of poverty in 2024.

Down 1.2 percentage points from 2023.

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At risk of poverty by age: men and women

2024, in percent

Below what income is someone at risk of poverty?

8,679 euros a year was the income below which a person was at risk of poverty in 2024.

Up 14.4% from 2023.

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Poverty threshold over time

2010 to 2024, in euros

How unequal is income?

30.9% on the Gini coefficient, which measures income inequality, in 2024.

Down 1.0 percentage points from 2023.

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Income inequality (Gini coefficient), by region

2024, in percent

How many people live in material and social deprivation?

10.2% of the population was in material and social deprivation in 2025.

Down 0.8 percentage points from 2024.

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Material and social deprivation by age: men and women

2025, in percent

How many people spend too much on housing?

6.3% of the population spent more than 40% of their income on housing in 2025.

Down 0.6 percentage points from 2024.

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Housing cost overburden, by region

2025, in percent

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In 2024, 15.4% of the population were at-risk-of-poverty (1.2 pp less than in 2023).

Text from People 2024. Figures in the text refer to that edition and are not updated automatically.

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