Official name
Portuguese Republic
Name in local language
República Portuguesa (pt)
Continent
Europe
Subcontinent
European Union
Population (ranking: 91e )
10,291,027 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth
-0.12 % / year
Area
92,226 km²
Density
111.58 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 50e )237.979 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
23,146 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
2.10 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
81.90 years (2018)
Birth rate
8.30 ‰ (2015)
Fertility rate
1.30 children / woman (2015)
Death rate (ranking )
10.50 ‰ (2015)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
2.90 ‰ (2015)
Literacy rate
95.68 % (2015)
Official languages
Portuguese
Currency
Euro (€ EUR)
HDI (ranking: 58e )0.850 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )71.91 (2018)
Government
Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
Head of State
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
National Day
10 June (death of Luís de Camões in 1580)
ISO Codes PT, PRT
Demonym
Portuguese
Tourists (ranking )
18,200,000 people (2016)
Portugal is a country in Southern Europe located west of the Iberian Peninsula. To the north and east, it is bounded by Spain , to the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Member of the European Union, it is the most western of continental Europe. It also includes the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira , located in the Atlantic Ocean.
Portugal – Coast of Algarve. Photo: Ricard12, Wikipedia Castle Saint-Georges, Lisbon. Photo: Massimo Catarinella Urban areas (2016)
Urban areas
Population
Lisbon
2,812,678 inhabitants
Porto
1,723,618 inhabitants
Braga - Guimarães
827,246 inhabitants
Coimbra
444,014 inhabitants
Aveiro
297,854 inhabitants
Leiria
289,215 inhabitants
Viseu
234,667 inhabitants
Faro
186,300 inhabitants
Portimão
185,908 inhabitants
Viana do Castelo
86,136 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Regions
Population
Area
Alentejo
724,391 inhabitants
31,605 km²
Algarve
441,929 inhabitants
4,997 km²
Azores (Autonomous Region)
243,862 inhabitants
2,322 km²
Centre (Centro)
2,256,364 inhabitants
28,199 km²
Lisbon (Lisboa)
2,812,678 inhabitants
3,002 km²
Madeira (Autonomous Region)
254,368 inhabitants
801 km²
North (Norte)
3,603,778 inhabitants
21,286 km²
See also
