| People | Portugal |
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Population:
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10,760,305 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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118 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 61% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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LISBON (capital) 2.808 million; Porto 1.344 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 16.2% (male 910,012/female 835,025)
15-64 years: 65.8% (male 3,539,457/female 3,541,989)
65 years and over: 18% (male 791,950/female 1,141,872) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 40 years
male: 38 years
female: 42.3 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.212% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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9.94 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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2.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.067 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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7 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 78.54 years
male: 75.28 years
female: 82.01 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.5 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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11.3% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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3.755 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
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3.37 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 99% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 1% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.6% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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42,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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14.2% (2005) |
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.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.4% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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void |
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