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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Faro	Portugal	Faro	Portugal	Faro	Portugal	Faro	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	65,822	10,558,950	┴73,001	┴10,599,117	80,316	11,387,222	80,256	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	202	92,212	203	92,225	203	92,225	203	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	6	4,260	4	3,092	4	3,092	-	-
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	15.3	15.0	┴13.7	┴13.1	12.7	12.7	12.5	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	66.9	66.0	┴64.9	┴63.6	66.6	64.3	66.6	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	17.8	18.9	┴21.4	┴23.2	20.7	23.0	20.9	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	121	128	┴156	┴178	164	182	171	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	689	96,856	593	79,582	579	84,642	619	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	597	102,848	798	124,841	748	118,396	674	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	1.5	3.1	1.7	2.4	1.7	3.0	3.2	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	92	-5,992	-205	-45,259	-169	-33,754	-55	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	310	36,035	101	29,057	168	36,633	221	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	174	26,751	135	17,279	Pro75	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	2	226	2	240	Pro2	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	18	3,074	17	3,112	17	3,123	17	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	1,079	865	1,646	1,231	2,135	1,662	2,561	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	44	15,434	4	10,169	9	11,537	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	29	6,812	33	5,774	34	5,678	-	-
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	22	5,221	23	4,057	24	4,005	-	-
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	9	1,170	7	1,180	7	1,182	-	-
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	8	1,516	8	1,440	8	1,406	-	-
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	6	937	5	967	5	970	-	-
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	12,541	1,925,956	11,488	1,575,679	11,843	1,620,555	-	-
Institutions in higher education	Institutions in higher education	8	300	9	288	9	288	9	292
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	8,411	396,268	8,472	411,995	9,873	448,235	10,155	456,032
Museums	Museums	3	377	2	419	1	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	34	25,871	287	24,469	356	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	10	558	6	547	6	563	6	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	1,604	679,396	5,295	814,797	6,943	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	8,752	1,113,559	10,859	1,342,116	12,947	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	21,220	3,631,747	25,881	4,236,222	30,361	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	5	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	14	5	12	5	14	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	52	5,834	27	3,266	23	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	6	748	3	681	3	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	123	13,911	99	12,486	103	12,459	110	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	14,735	2,943,654	15,456	2,977,307	15,983	3,049,678	-	-
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	4,716	591,777	5,107	647,483	5,268	662,667	5,349	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	2,654	447,088	1,760	262,210	1,730	226,119	1,609	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	8	8	┴6	┴6	3	4	3	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	3,413	551,944	2,680	386,230	1,812	318,687	1,776	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	864	131,522	983	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	53.3	39.3	┴40.4	┴28.7	44.0	31.4	Pro42.8	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	4,358.8	4,652.1	┴Pro3,543.5	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro3,513.8	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	122.7	71.3	┴156.3	┴114.3	104.6	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	22	57	┴24	┴84	Pre30	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	22	2,019	61	6,271	96	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.