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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Alter do Chão	Portugal	Alter do Chão	Portugal	Alter do Chão	Portugal	Alter do Chão	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	3,632	10,558,950	┴3,069	┴10,599,117	3,174	11,387,222	3,194	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	362	92,212	362	92,225	362	92,225	362	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	4	4,260	4	3,092	4	3,092	-	-
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	10.7	15.0	┴11.7	┴13.1	12.5	12.7	12.4	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	56.9	66.0	┴54.0	┴63.6	55.6	64.3	55.4	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	32.3	18.9	┴34.2	┴23.2	31.9	23.0	32.3	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	314	128	┴289	┴178	254	182	268	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	22	96,856	21	79,582	17	84,642	18	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	65	102,848	76	124,841	68	118,396	60	121,817
Infant mortality rate (‰) (6) deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 births	Infant mortality rate (‰) (6) deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 births	0.0	3.1	0.0	2.4	0.0	3.0	0.0	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	-43	-5,992	-55	-45,259	-51	-33,754	-42	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	14	36,035	9	29,057	12	36,633	18	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	5	26,751	5	17,279	Pro4	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	0	226	0	240	Pro0	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	4	3,074	4	3,112	4	3,123	4	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	...	865	...	1,231	705	1,662	762	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	2	15,434	2	10,169	2	11,537	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	2	6,812	2	5,774	2	5,678	-	-
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	1	5,221	1	4,057	1	4,005	-	-
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	1	1,170	1	1,180	1	1,182	-	-
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	1	1,516	2	1,440	1	1,406	-	-
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	2	937	2	967	2	970	-	-
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	538	1,925,956	480	1,575,679	495	1,620,555	-	-
Institutions in higher education	Institutions in higher education	0	300	0	288	0	288	0	292
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	//	396,268	//	411,995	//	448,235	//	456,032
Museums	Museums	1	377	0	419	1	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	0	25,871	16	24,469	13	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	0	558	0	547	1	563	1	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	1,007	679,396	622	814,797	1,578	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	316	1,113,559	374	1,342,116	390	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	802	3,631,747	613	4,236,222	680	4,944,491	-	-
Personnel employed of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	Personnel employed of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	38	2	15	2	17	2	-	-
Turnover of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	Turnover of the four major enterprises in the municipality (%) Non financial enterprises	59	5	64	5	64	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	1	5,834	1	3,266	1	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	1	748	1	681	1	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	6	13,911	6	12,486	6	12,459	6	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	1,673	2,943,654	1,290	2,977,307	1,214	3,049,678	-	-
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	425	591,777	377	647,483	368	662,667	374	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	207	447,088	139	262,210	132	226,119	123	213,723
Unemployed registered at public employment offices as a % of resident population aged 15 to 64	Unemployed registered at public employment offices as a % of resident population aged 15 to 64	7	8	┴8	┴6	7	4	7	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	153	551,944	127	386,230	123	318,687	126	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	157	131,522	129	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	26.6	39.3	┴30.5	┴28.7	35.4	31.4	Pro34.9	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	3,349.2	4,652.1	┴Pro3,757.9	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro4,015.8	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	136.6	71.3	┴103.8	┴114.3	188.6	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	131	57	┴284	┴84	Pre257	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	2	2,019	6	6,271	7	8,173	-	-

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Sources/Entities: INE, AIMA/MP, APA/MA, BP, CGA/MTSSS-MF, DGAL/MCT, DGEEC/MECI, DGEG/MAE, DGPJ/MJ, DGS/MS, DGT/MCT-MAE, ICA/SEC, IEFP/MTSSS-ME, II/MTSSS, ISS/MTSSS, SIBS, PORDATA

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(1) - The year presented corresponds to the last year of the pair of academic years.

(2) - From 2014 (inclusive) includes the new Local Housing units and the housing tourism and rural area tourism establishments.

(3) - Includes mobile medicine depots.

(4) - The values presented refer to the municipality of residence of the mother (not that of the child's birth).

(5) - The values presented include enterprises, sole proprietors and the self employed. They exclude insurance and financial activities, Public Administration and Defence and Compulsory Social Security.

(6) - The figures presented between 2021 and 2024 were revised by INE as part of the revision of the Resident Population Estimates, released by the entity on June 22, 2026.