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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Portalegre	Portugal	Portalegre	Portugal	Portalegre	Portugal	Portalegre	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	24,649	10,558,950	┴23,108	┴10,599,117	24,090	11,387,222	24,025	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	447	92,212	447	92,225	447	92,225	447	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	10	4,260	7	3,092	7	3,092	-	-
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	13.2	15.0	┴12.3	┴13.1	11.8	12.7	11.6	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	63.2	66.0	┴60.4	┴63.6	61.1	64.3	61.1	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	23.6	18.9	┴27.3	┴23.2	27.1	23.0	27.3	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	179	128	┴229	┴178	232	182	238	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	183	96,856	155	79,582	134	84,642	155	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	343	102,848	330	124,841	307	118,396	354	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	5.5	3.1	0.0	2.4	7.5	3.0	0.0	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	-160	-5,992	-175	-45,259	-173	-33,754	-199	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	89	36,035	42	29,057	54	36,633	55	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	72	26,751	37	17,279	Pro33	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	1	226	1	240	Pro1	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	12	3,074	14	3,112	14	3,123	14	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	718	865	751	1,231	938	1,662	1,047	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	25	15,434	11	10,169	6	11,537	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	19	6,812	16	5,774	16	5,678	-	-
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	13	5,221	10	4,057	10	4,005	-	-
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	2	1,170	2	1,180	2	1,182	-	-
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	3	1,516	3	1,440	3	1,406	-	-
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	3	937	3	967	3	970	-	-
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	5,226	1,925,956	3,856	1,575,679	3,996	1,620,555	-	-
Institutions in higher education	Institutions in higher education	3	300	3	288	3	288	3	292
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	2,302	396,268	1,753	411,995	2,306	448,235	2,438	456,032
Museums	Museums	1	377	3	419	3	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	178	25,871	53	24,469	120	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	1	558	1	547	1	563	1	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	2,109	679,396	3,417	814,797	2,594	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	2,532	1,113,559	2,757	1,342,116	3,037	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	5,816	3,631,747	6,300	4,236,222	6,911	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	11	2	15	2	16	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	31	5	42	5	45	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	12	5,834	9	3,266	7	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	2	748	1	681	1	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	48	13,911	41	12,486	42	12,459	41	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	8,988	2,943,654	7,793	2,977,307	7,534	3,049,678	-	-
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	2,462	591,777	2,627	647,483	2,657	662,667	2,661	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	795	447,088	374	262,210	346	226,119	340	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	┴4	┴6	4	4	4	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	1,218	551,944	599	386,230	564	318,687	570	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	371	131,522	473	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	25.7	39.3	┴22.1	┴28.7	27.6	31.4	Pro25.8	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	4,474.0	4,652.1	┴Pro5,266.1	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro5,362.2	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	130.7	71.3	┴99.4	┴114.3	133.2	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	32	57	┴74	┴84	Pre103	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	3	2,019	18	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.