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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Barcelos	Portugal	Barcelos	Portugal	Barcelos	Portugal	Barcelos	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	120,095	10,558,950	┴115,765	┴10,599,117	121,646	11,387,222	122,487	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	379	92,212	379	92,225	379	92,225	379	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	89	4,260	61	3,092	61	3,092	-	-
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	16.3	15.0	┴12.9	┴13.1	12.5	12.7	12.3	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	70.0	66.0	┴67.3	┴63.6	66.6	64.3	66.4	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	13.7	18.9	┴19.8	┴23.2	20.9	23.0	21.3	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	87	128	┴158	┴178	170	182	177	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	1,074	96,856	756	79,582	861	84,642	944	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	832	102,848	1,017	124,841	996	118,396	1,031	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	5.6	3.1	4.0	2.4	3.5	3.0	1.1	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	242	-5,992	-261	-45,259	-135	-33,754	-87	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	450	36,035	394	29,057	373	36,633	475	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	219	26,751	179	17,279	Pro116	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	4	226	4	240	Pro4	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	27	3,074	26	3,112	27	3,123	27	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	689	865	958	1,231	1,269	1,662	1,507	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	289	15,434	201	10,169	182	11,537	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	95	6,812	81	5,774	78	5,678	-	-
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	82	5,221	64	4,057	61	4,005	-	-
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	10	1,170	11	1,180	11	1,182	-	-
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	15	1,516	16	1,440	16	1,406	-	-
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	9	937	11	967	11	970	-	-
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	23,052	1,925,956	16,352	1,575,679	16,581	1,620,555	-	-
Institutions in higher education	Institutions in higher education	2	300	4	288	4	288	4	292
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	3,059	396,268	4,172	411,995	4,717	448,235	4,864	456,032
Museums	Museums	2	377	3	419	2	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	...	25,871	84	24,469	326	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	2	558	1	547	0	563	1	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	5,770	679,396	6,574	814,797	15,412	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	11,827	1,113,559	14,295	1,342,116	15,778	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	44,581	3,631,747	53,068	4,236,222	56,783	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	6	2	4	2	4	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	9	5	7	5	9	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	42	5,834	24	3,266	16	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	6	748	6	681	6	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	98	13,911	99	12,486	98	12,459	96	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	28,041	2,943,654	31,281	2,977,307	33,006	3,049,678	-	-
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	2,504	591,777	2,954	647,483	3,072	662,667	3,183	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	2,306	447,088	480	262,210	539	226,119	568	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	┴3	┴6	3	4	3	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	5,557	551,944	2,476	386,230	2,504	318,687	2,635	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	661	131,522	1,199	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	23.0	39.3	┴19.0	┴28.7	15.8	31.4	Pro16.1	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	3,316.8	4,652.1	┴Pro3,826.7	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro3,985.8	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	32.0	71.3	┴51.2	┴114.3	70.6	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	21	57	┴41	┴84	Pre89	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	5	2,019	19	6,271	26	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

Notes

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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.