| People | Portugal |
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Population:
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10,676,910 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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117 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 16.4% (male 912,995/female 835,715)
15-64 years: 66.2% (male 3,514,905/female 3,555,097)
65 years and over: 17.4% (male 764,443/female 1,093,755) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 39.1 years
male: 37 years
female: 41.3 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.305% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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10.45 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.62 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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3.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.31 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 78.04 years
male: 74.78 years
female: 81.53 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.49 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.4% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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22,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Portuguese (singular and plural)
adjective: Portuguese |
Ethnic groups:
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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 |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 84.5%, other Christian 2.2%, other 0.3%, unknown 9%, none 3.9% (2001 census) |
Languages:
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Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.3%
male: 95.5%
female: 91.3% (2003 est.) |
People - note:
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void |
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