Demographics of Portugal

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Portugal is projected at 10.17 million, up by -0.13% compared with 10.20 million in 2020. Portugal is ranked 90th in terms of population and 219th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 78 thousand births in Portugal in 2021. That is 214 per day, which is ranked 120th. The crude birth rate is 7.67 per 1000 people. There are 0.11 million deaths in Portugal in 2021. That is 306 per day, which is ranked 77th. The crude death rate is 10.97 per 1000 people.

6.81 million people are living in urban areas, which is 66.85% of Portugal population. Portugal is ranked 112nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Portugal in 2021 is 89.84 males per 100 females. There are 4.81 million males and 5.36 million females in Portugal. The percentage of female population is 52.68% compare to 47.32% male population. Portugal has 0.54 million more females than males. Portugal is at 13th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Portugal population

Year Population Growth (%)
19508,416,971-
19558,625,5381.89
19608,844,6381.47
19658,862,2770.97
19708,651,3340.76
19759,172,2400.85
19809,750,9660.94
19859,929,1760.73
19909,895,3580.34
199510,091,3220.18
200010,297,117-0.03
200510,508,494-0.08
201010,596,055-0.06
201510,368,346-0.15
201610,325,540-0.12
201710,288,527-0.09
201810,256,192-0.08
201910,226,178-0.09
202010,196,707-0.11
202110,167,923-0.13
  • Total
  • Crude

Portugal death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950303,515725,67212.0529.27
1955260,917798,5569.5729.15
1960235,413686,3667.9623.29
1965237,141547,2127.5717.46
1970263,217546,8068.0616.73
1975302,240620,7968.8918.25
1980337,054687,4109.4819.32
1985365,459657,8509.8717.79
1990387,597565,14810.2114.89
1995387,650467,15410.0912.16
2000369,525378,0949.599.81
2005367,383379,5409.569.88
2010375,200394,7499.8010.31
2015377,573378,1539.929.93
2020391,430361,77910.359.56
2021111,59677,98610.977.67
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Portugal

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19502,625,7095,791,258-31.195
19552,857,9545,812,9301.9832.960
19603,108,9075,785,0641.5234.955
19653,286,3575,628,0940.7636.866
19703,376,6975,325,1581.0438.804
19753,761,5045,462,5552.4640.779
19804,195,0065,609,8451.9042.785
19854,523,2345,462,3411.2545.298
19904,769,1835,184,1441.1647.915
19955,187,4324,962,3031.7751.109
20005,633,1274,721,9901.6454.399
20056,077,6684,488,0551.4457.522
20106,451,8254,200,4960.9360.567
20156,617,1973,801,2760.4163.514
20206,775,8073,442,6060.4766.310
20216,806,9833,375,6560.4666.849
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Portugal population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 203,687 192,512 396,199 3.90 105.805
05-09 222,090 208,898 430,988 4.24 106.315
10-14 245,940 235,396 481,336 4.73 104.479
15-19 266,799 254,252 521,051 5.12 104.935
20-24 271,648 268,983 540,631 5.32 100.991
25-29 264,165 270,775 534,940 5.26 97.559
30-34 269,154 281,630 550,784 5.42 95.570
35-39 307,105 324,990 632,095 6.22 94.497
40-44 359,987 385,526 745,513 7.33 93.376
45-49 389,835 420,168 810,003 7.97 92.781
50-54 358,308 393,102 751,410 7.39 91.149
55-59 347,179 390,825 738,004 7.26 88.832
60-64 316,414 364,749 681,163 6.70 86.748
65-69 285,088 338,987 624,075 6.14 84.100
70-74 255,420 317,083 572,503 5.63 80.553
75-79 195,151 264,294 459,445 4.52 73.839
80-84 139,116 212,432 351,548 3.46 65.487
85-89 81,081 147,310 228,391 2.25 55.041
90-94 28,137 66,236 94,373 0.93 42.480
95-99 5,226 16,140 21,366 0.21 32.379
100+ 406 1,699 2,105 0.02 23.896
Total 4,811,936 5,355,987 10,167,923 89.842