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GENERAL
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Official Name
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Portuguese Republic
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Capital
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Lisbon
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Area
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92,212 km2
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Weather
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Annual Average Temperature: 21.15 °C
Summer Average Temperature: 24.9 °C
Winter Average Temperature: 17.4 °C
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Population
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10.2 million (10,276,617 as of end 2018)
(Source: National Statistics Institute - INE Portugal)
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Currency Exchange rate with USD and INR
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1 EUR = 1.1195 USD (2019 average)
1 EUR = 78.8361 INR (2019 average)
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GDP
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237,618 in 2019 (USD million)
1st quarter of 2020 – 54,955.9 (USD million)
(Source: National Statistics Institute - INE and Aicep)
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GDP Growth Rate
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0.9% (2014); 1.8% (2015); 1.5% (2016); 2.7% (2017); 2.1% (2018); 2.2% (2019)
(Source: INE Portugal)
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Unemployment
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6.5% (2019)
6.7% (1st quarter of 2020)
(Source: INE Portugal)
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GDP Per Capita
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22,196 (2018, USD)
22,961 (2019, provisional, USD)
(Source: Aicep)
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Forest Cover
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35.8% (as of July 2017)
3.2 million hectares
(Source: Agroportal, Portugal)
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CO2 Emissions
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51 MtCO2 (2018)
In 2018, Portugal registered the largest reduction in carbon dioxide emissions among European Union member states.
(Source: Global Carbon Atlas)
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Tourist Arrivals
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Total 26,985.5 million in 2019 (with a growth of 7.3% over 2018)
10,670.0 Residents in Portugal (with a growth of 7.5% over 2018)
16,315.5 Residents in foreign countries (with a growth of 7.1% over 2018)
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Age profile
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0-14 years: 15.34% (male 866,004/female 797,004)
15-24 years: 11.36% (male 653,672/female 577,800)
25-54 years: 41.72% (male 2,298,920/female 2,223,184)
55-64 years: 12.18% (male 617,036/female 702,992)
65 years and over: 19.4% (male 861,270/female 1,241,632)
(Source: Indexmundi, 2017 est.)
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Life Expectancy
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Total Population: 80.80 years
Male: 77.78 years
Female: 83.43 years
(2016-2018 triennium)
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Languages (with %age of speakers, if available)
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Portuguese (official), Mirandese (a dialect recognised officially as a minority language in 1999, used in Bragança district in north Portugal)
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Ethnic Groups
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Homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated from Angola, Mozambique and other Portuguese colonies in Africa numbering less than 100,000; Since 1990, East Europeans, South Americans and Asians have started immigrating to Portugal.
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Main Religion (with %, if available)
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Roman Catholic 81%, other Christian 3.3%, other (includes Jewish, Muslim, other) 0.6%, none 6.8%, unspecified 8.3%
(Source: 2011 Census)
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Internet Penetration
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8.01 million Internet users (June 30, 2019)
78.2 % penetration (June 2019)
5,800,000 Facebook subscribers (31 December 2018)
(Source: Internet World Stats)
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Mobile Phones
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119.1 p/ 100 inhabitants.( As on first semester of 2018)
(Source: National Authority for Communication (Anacom)
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Urbanisation
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65% of total population (2018)
(Source: World Bank)
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Total Trade (Goods and Services)
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208,379 (USD million, 2019)
(Source: Aicep)
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Exports (Goods and Services)
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104,648 (USD million, 2019)
EU – 78,202 (74.7%)
Non-EU – 26,446 (25.3%)
(Source: Aicep)
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Imports (Goods and Services)
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103,732 (USD million, 2019)
EU – 79,184 (76.3%)
Non-EU – 24,547 (23.7%)
(Source: Aicep)
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