Demographics Of Portugal
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Portugal, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1422 | 1,043,274 | — |
| 1527 | 1,262,376 | +21.0% |
| 1636 | 1,100,000 | −12.9% |
| 1736 | 2,143,368 | +94.9% |
| 1770 | 2,850,444 | +33.0% |
| 1776 | 3,352,310 | +17.6% |
| 1801 | 2,931,930 | −12.5% |
| 1811 | 2,876,602 | −1.9% |
| 1838 | 3,200,000 | +11.2% |
| 1849 | 3,411,454 | +6.6% |
| 1864 | 4,188,419 | +22.8% |
| 1878 | 4,550,699 | +8.6% |
| 1890 | 5,049,729 | +11.0% |
| 1900 | 5,423,132 | +7.4% |
| 1911 | 5,969,056 | +10.1% |
| 1920 | 6,032,991 | +1.1% |
| 1930 | 6,825,883 | +13.1% |
| 1940 | 7,722,152 | +13.1% |
| 1950 | 8,510,240 | +10.2% |
| 1960 | 8,851,240 | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 8,648,369 | −2.3% |
| 1981 | 9,833,041 | +13.7% |
| 1991 | 9,862,540 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 10,356,117 | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 10,562,178 | +2.0% |
| Source: INE 2011 | ||
As of 2010 Portugal had 10,735,765 inhabitants.
Portugal is a fairly linguistically and religiously homogeneous country. Ethnically, the Portuguese people are mainly a combination of the Paleolithic Celtic and Iberian tribes, Lusitanians and others, with a fair amount of Roman, Germanic (Visigoths, Suevi and Swabians) and some minor elements, essentially Arab-Berbers, and Jews.
Furthermore the demographic development is characterized by three trends: increasing longevity, decreasing birth rates and an increasing percentage of population from foreign extraction.
Today, many Eastern Europeans (especially Ukrainians, Moldovans, Romanians and Russians), as well as Brazilians, are making Portugal their home. Portuguese is spoken throughout the country, with only the villages of Miranda do Douro's Mirandese language recognised as a locally co-official language.
Read more about Demographics Of Portugal: Vital Statistics Since 1900, CIA World Factbook Demographic Statistics