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Portugal's evolution over the past 6 decades

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	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021
Resident population thousands	8,865.0	8,680.4	9,851.3	9,960.2	10,362.7	10,565.8	10,407.7
Registred voters	-	-	-	8,530,026	8,902,001	9,721,406	10,871,313
Young people aged under 15	-	2,492,892	2,493,763	1,959,671	1,679,191	1,588,663	1,365,940
Young people (%) aged under 15	-	28.7	25.3	19.7	16.2	15.0	13.1
Working-age population 15 to 64 years	-	5,368,566	6,224,924	6,628,021	6,978,257	6,976,693	6,604,819
Working-age population (%) 15 to 64 years	-	61.8	63.2	66.5	67.3	66.0	63.5
Elderly people 65 years and older	-	818,972	1,132,638	1,372,543	1,705,274	2,000,480	2,436,949
Elderly people (%) 65 years and older	-	9.4	11.5	13.8	16.5	18.9	23.4
Ageing index elderly per 100 young people	-	32.9	45.4	70.0	101.6	125.9	178.4
Working-age people per elderly person	-	6.6	5.5	4.8	4.1	3.5	2.7
Foreigners as % of the resident population	-	-	0.6	1.1	3.4	┴4.1	6.7
Households (1)	2,356,982	2,345,225	2,924,443	3,147,286	3,650,757	4,043,726	┴4,149,096
Single-person households (%) (1)	10.8	10.0	13.0	13.8	17.3	21.4	┴24.8
Average number of persons per household (1)	3.7	3.7	3.3	3.1	2.8	2.6	┴2.5
Divorces per 100 marriages	1.1	0.6	8.9	14.8	┴32.3	┴74.2	59.5
Non-Catholic marriages (%) (7)	9.2	13.4	26.0	27.9	37.5	60.5	71.6
Births	213,895	180,690	┴152,071	116,299	112,774	96,856	79,582
Births out of wedlock (%)	9.5	7.2	┴9.5	15.6	23.8	42.8	60.0
Mean age of the mother at birth of 1st child	25.0	24.4	23.6	24.9	26.8	29.2	30.9
Total fertility rate average number of children per woman of childbearing age	3.19	2.99	2.13	1.56	1.45	1.35	1.35
Deaths	95,007	93,093	┴95,728	103,882	105,092	102,848	124,841
Infant mortality rate (‰) deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 live births	77.5	55.5	┴21.8	10.8	5.0	3.1	2.4
Male life expectancy at birth (5)	60.7	64.0	68.2	70.6	┴73.3	76.7	78.1
Female life expectancy at birth (5)	66.4	70.3	75.2	77.6	┴80.1	82.6	83.5
Natural increase (thousands) difference between total births and total deaths	118.9	87.6	┴56.3	12.4	7.7	-6.0	-45.3
Net migration (thousands) difference between immigration and emigration	-	-122.0	8.3	-32.8	56.2	-7.8	72.1
Conventional household dwellings	-	-	-	4,216,541	5,357,900	Pre5,879,333	Pre6,002,874
Main family dwellings (%) (1)	91.3	83.4	81.9	73.5	70.7	68.1	69.4
Second family dwellings (%) (1)	-	2.8	5.4	15.9	18.4	19.3	18.5
Family dwellings with running water (%) (1)	-	47.4	71.5	86.8	97.9	99.4	┴-
Conventional residential buildings	-	-	-	2,880,388	3,185,972	Pre3,556,128	Pre3,629,109
Illiteracy rate (%) (1) resident population aged 10 and over who cannot read or write	33.1	25.7	18.6	11.0	9.0	┴5.2	3.1
Resident population aged 15 and over, with higher education (%)	-	-	-	-	6.8	┴13.4	24.1
Early leavers from education and training (%)	-	-	-	-	44.3	┴23.0	5.9
Education 1st cycle establishments (2)	-	17,190	10,575	10,405	9,416	5,221	4,057
Compulsory education students (2)	-	1,316,279	1,574,568	1,484,256	1,223,151	1,206,716	926,042
Upper-secondary education students (2)	-	27,028	176,084	347,911	413,748	440,895	393,689
Higher education students (2)	-	-	83,754	186,780	387,703	396,268	411,995
Graduates in higher education (2)	-	-	-	18,671	61,140	78,785	93,349
Non-higher education teaching staff (2)	-	53,786	113,555	146,149	176,707	174,953	150,127
Higher education teaching staff (4)	-	-	9,097	-	35,740	37,078	┴38,667
Museums, zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums	-	122	121	┴320	┴234	┴397	┴453
Museums, zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums visitors thousands	-	2,750	2,980	┴6,578	┴8,556	┴13,495	┴10,119
Live show performances	3,380	4,732	4,578	3,390	┴13,196	┴25,871	24,469
Live show spectators thousands	1,831	2,340	1,390	666	┴3,836	┴8,484	3,568
Movie screens	-	-	-	-	455	┴558	547
Movie spectators thousands	26,588	27,971	30,339	8,234	┴19,471	┴15,702	5,480
Hospitals	-	634	-	┴237	217	┴226	Pro240
Pharmacies	-	-	-	2,501	2,556	2,900	2,921
Physicians	7,075	8,156	-	28,326	33,233	42,796	┴58,735
Nurses	9,541	13,797	-	30,094	39,529	64,478	┴Pro80,238
Courts of justice	205	208	218	308	337	327	┴38
Judges	253	422	688	1,028	1,440	1,748	1,735
Lawyers	1,964	2,573	4,550	9,526	18,954	27,869	33,937
Lawsuits initiated at the courts of justice	263,173	245,676	489,658	723,263	737,000	802,619	462,408
Lawsuits terminated at the courts of justice	270,420	246,593	471,522	709,781	669,874	771,647	526,029
Lawsuits pending at the courts of justice	172,194	145,613	643,465	641,354	1,284,233	1,690,142	632,069
Congestion rate in courts of justice (%) lawsuits pending per 100 terminated	66.4	59.4	132.6	88.5	181.7	215.0	132.3
Actual prison occupancy (%) (inmates / prison capacity)*100	77.4	47.2	75.7	108.4	114.5	105.0	91.8
Convicted persons per 100 indicted persons	58.6	48.7	29.7	31.9	58.4	64.6	66.9
enterprises (3)	-	-	-	385,565	┴593,574	┴1,136,256	1,359,035
Personnel employed in an enterprise (3)	-	-	-	2,514,261	┴3,116,351	┴3,741,633	4,331,044
Constituted companies (6)	2,292	2,988	9,878	17,687	┴45,290	┴31,986	38,764
Dissolved companies (6)	432	639	963	1,003	┴6,858	┴32,473	21,437
Economically active population (thousands) employed population + unemployed population	-	-	4,367.2	┴5,101.6	┴5,342.4	┴5,117.8	5,151.1
Activity rate (%) economically active population per each 100 individuals aged 15 and over	-	-	-	63.8	┴61.5	┴58.1	59.2
Employment rate (%) employed population per each 100 individuals aged 15 and over	-	-	-	60.7	┴59.1	┴50.3	55.3
Employed population in the primary sector (%)	-	-	26.7	┴17.5	┴12.9	┴4.0	2.7
Employed population in the secondary sector (%)	-	-	36.5	┴33.5	┴33.8	┴28.7	24.6
Employed population in the tertiary sector (%)	-	-	36.8	┴49.0	┴53.3	┴67.3	72.7
Employees (%)	-	-	67.5	┴69.6	┴72.5	┴83.9	84.5
Unemployment rate (%) unemployed population per 100 economically active population	-	-	-	4.1	┴4.0	┴13.4	6.6
Social Security pensions	56,296	187,297	1,719,685	2,207,145	2,528,929	2,943,654	2,977,307
Public Administration Retirement Fund retirees and pensioners	63,290	73,510	140,051	268,110	436,176	591,777	647,483
Social Security and Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions as % of resident population aged 15 and over	1.9	4.2	25.1	30.8	34.0	39.4	40.0
Beneficiaries of the unemployment benefit	-	-	58,869	┴93,830	┴155,979	320,387	212,968
Social Security average annual pension €, constant prices (2016)	1,636.6	2,219.5	2,164.4	2,860.6	4,015.2	5,099.7	6,099.7
General Government expenditure millions €, constant prices (2016)	-	-	-	-	79,764.8	93,759.0	94,168.2
Gross disposable income millions €, constant prices (2016)	43,194.9	72,232.9	106,192.0	146,804.9	180,969.9	185,796.7	Pro201,215.9
GDP millions €, constant prices (2016)	41,348.6	67,359.6	100,281.8	139,222.3	180,748.3	187,432.5	197,659.1
Public consumption as % of GDP	9.3	11.5	14.3	16.7	19.2	19.7	18.7
Private consumption as % of GDP	73.4	64.5	63.9	64.6	62.8	65.9	63.5
GDP per capita €, constant prices (2016)	4,664.2	7,759.9	10,179.5	13,977.8	17,442.2	17,739.5	Pro18,949.5
Investment as % of GDP	22.2	25.1	33.1	26.7	27.4	18.4	20.2
Inflation rate (%)	2.6	4.3	19.2	11.8	4.4	3.7	1.3
Gross savings of individuals as % of individuals´disposable income	10.3	23.9	24.9	18.2	13.1	8.7	10.6
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh)	-	-	-	-	3,912.2	4,652.1	┴Pro4,630.2
Burnt area (8) Hectare	-	-	89,798	182,486	117,420	77,104	28,360
ATM machines	-	-	-	1,249	8,547	13,911	12,486
Trips within the country as % of residents’ trips domestic tourism	-	-	-	-	-	90.4	94.2
Foreign guests in hotel establishments (%)	-	45.3	46.8	57.4	54.3	┴53.0	┴40.9
Travel and tourism account as % of GDP balance	-	-	-	-	2.8	2.9	3.0
Passenger traffic at major airports	-	3,357,563	6,367,372	11,054,871	20,703,095	30,686,190	25,598,844
Goods transported by sea	-	-	39,819,255	50,645,496	┴56,164,262	┴67,506,738	83,079,890
Captured fish tonnes	-	365,423	264,398	305,431	146,094	164,236	140,562
Wine production hectoliters	-	-	-	-	7,789,427	┴5,622,363	7,358,539
Olive oil produced (8) hectoliters	942,005	734,752	251,115	668,711	349,502	831,914	2,289,549

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Sources/Entities: INE, BdP, CGA/MTSSS-MF, DGEEC/ME-MCTES, DGEG/MAAC, DGRM/MAA-MEM-MIH, DGPJ/MJ, DGS/MS, ICA/MC, ICNF/MAAC, IGFSS/MTSSS, II/MTSSS, ISS/MTSSS, SEF/MAI, SGMAI, SIBS, PORDATA

Notes

When a methodological change occurs, a break in series is displayed.
More information about these figures is available by clicking on each indicator.

(1) - Census data.

(2) - The year presented corresponds to the last year of the pair of academic years.

(3) - From 2011 onwards, the values include enterprises, individual self-employed workers and independent workers.

(4) - The year presented corresponds to the first year of the pair of academic years.

(5) - From 2001 onwards, the figures refer to periods of three consecutive years: 2000-2002 (year 2001); 2010-2012 (year 2011) and 2020-2022 (year 2021).

(6) - The values exclude Agriculture, Fishing and Public Administration.

(7) - The values refer to marriages between people of the opposite sex.

(8) - The figures refer to Mainland Portugal.

Portugal's evolution over the past 6 decades

Summary table

Resident population

Registred voters

Young people

Young people (%)

Working-age population

Working-age population (%)

Elderly people

Elderly people (%)

Ageing index

Working-age people per elderly person

Foreigners as % of the resident population

Households

Single-person households (%)

Average number of persons per household

Divorces per 100 marriages

Non-Catholic marriages (%)

Births

Births out of wedlock (%)

Mean age of the mother at birth of 1st child

Total fertility rate

Deaths

Infant mortality rate (‰)

Male life expectancy at birth

Female life expectancy at birth

Natural increase (thousands)

Net migration (thousands)

Conventional household dwellings

Main family dwellings (%)

Second family dwellings (%)

Family dwellings with running water (%)

Conventional residential buildings

Illiteracy rate (%)

Resident population aged 15 and over, with higher education (%)

Early leavers from education and training (%)

Education 1st cycle establishments

Compulsory education students

Upper-secondary education students

Higher education students

Graduates in higher education

Non-higher education teaching staff

Higher education teaching staff

Museums, zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums

Museums, zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums visitors

Live show performances

Live show spectators

Movie screens

Movie spectators

Hospitals

Pharmacies

Physicians

Nurses

Courts of justice

Judges

Lawyers

Lawsuits initiated at the courts of justice

Lawsuits terminated at the courts of justice

Lawsuits pending at the courts of justice

Congestion rate in courts of justice (%)

Actual prison occupancy (%)

Convicted persons per 100 indicted persons

enterprises

Personnel employed in an enterprise

Constituted companies

Dissolved companies

Economically active population (thousands)

Activity rate (%)

Employment rate (%)

Employed population in the primary sector (%)

Employed population in the secondary sector (%)

Employed population in the tertiary sector (%)

Employees (%)

Unemployment rate (%)

Social Security pensions

Public Administration Retirement Fund retirees and pensioners

Social Security and Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions as % of resident population

Beneficiaries of the unemployment benefit

Social Security average annual pension

General Government expenditure