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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Portel	Portugal	Portel	Portugal	Portel	Portugal	Portel	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	6,272	10,558,950	┴5,716	┴10,599,117	5,736	11,387,222	5,694	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	601	92,212	601	92,225	601	92,225	601	92,225
Parishes	Parishes	8	4,260	6	3,092	6	3,092	-	-
Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	Young people (%) (6) aged under 15	12.8	15.0	┴11.8	┴13.1	11.7	12.7	11.4	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	60.9	66.0	┴59.5	┴63.6	59.5	64.3	59.4	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	26.3	18.9	┴28.7	┴23.2	28.8	23.0	29.2	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	204	128	┴247	┴178	249	182	262	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	34	96,856	42	79,582	25	84,642	30	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	93	102,848	99	124,841	85	118,396	92	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	33.3	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	-59	-5,992	-57	-45,259	-60	-33,754	-62	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	10	36,035	12	29,057	21	36,633	20	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	5	26,751	2	17,279	Pro5	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	0	226	0	240	Pro0	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	4	3,074	2	3,112	6	3,123	6	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	...	865	692	1,231	792	1,662	942	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	7	15,434	3	10,169	11	11,537	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	9	6,812	7	5,774	7	5,678	-	-
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	7	5,221	4	4,057	4	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	1	1,440	1	1,406	-	-
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	1	937	1	967	-	970	-	-
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	723	1,925,956	498	1,575,679	548	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	0	377	0	419	0	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	0	25,871	12	24,469	15	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	1,374	679,396	2,205	814,797	2,478	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	604	1,113,559	741	1,342,116	838	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	1,282	3,631,747	1,179	4,236,222	1,322	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	22	2	8	2	8	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	34	5	41	5	40	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	2	5,834	1	3,266	1	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	2	748	2	681	2	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	8	13,911	10	12,486	10	12,459	10	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	2,585	2,943,654	2,233	2,977,307	2,233	3,049,678	-	-
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	262	591,777	279	647,483	293	662,667	307	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	251	447,088	152	262,210	138	226,119	119	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	9	8	┴7	┴6	6	4	6	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	348	551,944	248	386,230	196	318,687	193	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	232	131,522	250	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	13.1	39.3	┴21.3	┴28.7	31.2	31.4	Pro32.4	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	4,070.3	4,652.1	┴Pro12,261.6	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro18,389.9	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	79.9	71.3	┴117.6	┴114.3	166.1	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	36	57	┴198	┴84	Pre190	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	0	2,019	6	6,271	5	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.