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		2011		2021		2024		2025
		Silves	Portugal	Silves	Portugal	Silves	Portugal	Silves	Portugal
Resisent population (6)	Resisent population (6)	36,788	10,558,950	┴39,760	┴10,599,117	45,572	11,387,222	45,884	11,424,031
Area in km²	Area in km²	680	92,212	680	92,225	680	92,225	680	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	14.5	15.0	┴13.9	┴13.1	13.6	12.7	13.6	12.5
Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) (6) 15 to 64 years	63.3	66.0	┴61.9	┴63.6	63.7	64.3	63.8	64.3
Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) (6) 65 years and older	22.2	18.9	┴24.2	┴23.2	22.7	23.0	22.7	23.2
Ageing index (6)	Ageing index (6)	151	128	┴171	┴178	165	182	169	189
Births (4)	Births (4)	344	96,856	321	79,582	369	84,642	401	87,764
Deaths	Deaths	450	102,848	512	124,841	550	118,396	504	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	5.8	3.1	3.1	2.4	0.0	3.0	5.0	2.8
Natural increase (6) natural increase	Natural increase (6) natural increase	-106	-5,992	-191	-45,259	-181	-33,754	-103	-34,053
Marriages	Marriages	112	36,035	75	29,057	113	36,633	119	37,714
Divorces	Divorces	70	26,751	55	17,279	Pro41	Pro15,743	-	-
Hospitals	Hospitals	1	226	0	240	Pro0	Pro242	-	-
Pharmacies (3)	Pharmacies (3)	12	3,074	11	3,112	11	3,123	11	3,118
Median value of bank evaluation per m²	Median value of bank evaluation per m²	1,031	865	1,449	1,231	1,985	1,662	2,369	1,949
new buildings completed for family housing	new buildings completed for family housing	114	15,434	41	10,169	33	11,537	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	Schools in pre-school education	14	6,812	17	5,774	17	5,678	-	-
Schools in 1st cycle education	Schools in 1st cycle education	15	5,221	15	4,057	14	4,005	-	-
Schools in 2nd cycle education	Schools in 2nd cycle education	5	1,170	5	1,180	5	1,182	-	-
Schools in 3rd cycle education	Schools in 3rd cycle education	6	1,516	6	1,440	5	1,406	-	-
Schools in upper-secondary education	Schools in upper-secondary education	2	937	2	967	2	970	-	-
Non-higher education students (1)	Non-higher education students (1)	5,475	1,925,956	5,288	1,575,679	5,946	1,620,555	-	-
Institutions in higher education	Institutions in higher education	1	300	1	288	1	288	1	292
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	499	396,268	215	411,995	303	448,235	304	456,032
Museums	Museums	2	377	2	419	2	475	-	-
Live show performances	Live show performances	...	25,871	70	24,469	52	44,941	-	-
Movie screens	Movie screens	0	558	1	547	1	563	1	579
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	Town Council expenditure on culture and sports €, Thousands	2,563	679,396	3,922	814,797	6,717	1,231,553	-	-
Non-financial enterprises (5)	Non-financial enterprises (5)	4,109	1,113,559	5,483	1,342,116	6,940	1,576,606	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises (5)	8,374	3,631,747	10,961	4,236,222	13,851	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	3	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	11	5	11	5	-	-
Banks, Savings Banks	Banks, Savings Banks	17	5,834	8	3,266	8	2,751	-	-
Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	Mutual Agricultural Lending Banks	8	748	6	681	5	648	-	-
ATMs	ATMs	45	13,911	49	12,486	64	12,459	63	12,369
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	10,375	2,943,654	10,164	2,977,307	10,412	3,049,678	-	-
Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions	1,544	591,777	1,676	647,483	1,743	662,667	1,759	669,351
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	859	447,088	525	262,210	460	226,119	438	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	┴8	┴6	5	4	5	4
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	Unemployed registered at public employment offices	1,797	551,944	1,932	386,230	1,343	318,687	1,376	309,939
Employees in Local Government	Employees in Local Government	779	131,522	732	-	-	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants (6)	57.4	39.3	┴40.5	┴28.7	38.9	31.4	Pro36.7	Pro32.1
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh) (6)	4,087.2	4,652.1	┴Pro4,166.9	┴Pro4,591.0	Pro4,217.5	Pro4,549.0	-	-
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	118.1	71.3	┴184.0	┴114.3	207.2	121.9	-	-
Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	Municipalities expenditure on environment per capita (6)	57	57	┴167	┴84	Pre192	Pre86	-	-
Tourist accommodations (2)	Tourist accommodations (2)	8	2,019	26	6,271	40	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.