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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Castelo Branco	Portugal	Castelo Branco	Portugal	Castelo Branco	Portugal	Castelo Branco	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	56,050	10,558,950	┴54,146	┴10,599,117	57,934	11,387,222	58,197	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	1,438	92,212	1,438	92,225	1,438	92,225	1,438	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	25	4,260	19	3,092	19	3,092	-	-
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	12.9	15.0	┴11.7	┴13.1	11.8	12.7	11.7	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	63.7	66.0	┴60.2	┴63.6	60.7	64.3	60.6	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	23.4	18.9	┴28.1	┴23.2	27.6	23.0	27.6	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	184	128	┴242	┴178	234	182	236	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	455	96,856	355	79,582	405	84,642	395	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	738	102,848	799	124,841	792	118,396	818	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	4.4	3.1	8.5	2.4	0.0	3.0	2.5	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	-283	-5,992	-444	-45,259	-387	-33,754	-423	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	191	36,035	142	29,057	189	36,633	202	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	159	26,751	85	17,279	Pro51	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	1	226	1	240	Pro1	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	18	3,074	18	3,112	18	3,123	18	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	652	865	763	1,231	928	1,662	1,031	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	59	15,434	47	10,169	52	11,537	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	31	6,812	26	5,774	27	5,678	-	-
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	26	5,221	23	4,057	23	4,005	-	-
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	7	1,170	6	1,180	6	1,182	-	-
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	9	1,516	9	1,440	9	1,406	-	-
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	6	937	5	967	6	970	-	-
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	10,371	1,925,956	7,503	1,575,679	7,819	1,620,555	-	-
Institutions in higher education	Institutions in higher education	5	300	5	288	5	288	5	292
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	3,515	396,268	3,903	411,995	4,130	448,235	4,168	456,032
Museums	Museums	5	377	0	419	2	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	61	25,871	87	24,469	112	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	5	558	4	547	4	563	4	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	5,129	679,396	7,407	814,797	6,075	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	5,483	1,113,559	5,900	1,342,116	6,422	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	13,512	3,631,747	13,214	4,236,222	14,406	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	8	2	6	2	5	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	25	5	24	5	24	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	36	5,834	18	3,266	12	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	3	748	2	681	2	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	82	13,911	70	12,486	69	12,459	71	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	16,949	2,943,654	16,140	2,977,307	16,279	3,049,678	-	-
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	4,323	591,777	4,854	647,483	5,064	662,667	5,140	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	1,696	447,088	1,158	262,210	1,191	226,119	1,163	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	┴5	┴6	6	4	6	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	2,679	551,944	1,569	386,230	2,000	318,687	2,070	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	501	131,522	521	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	29.2	39.3	┴27.6	┴28.7	30.4	31.4	Pro30.1	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	3,699.0	4,652.1	┴Pro3,481.4	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro3,596.3	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	52.4	71.3	┴78.3	┴114.3	81.8	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	9	57	┴14	┴84	Pre28	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	5	2,019	15	6,271	19	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.