Portugal's evolution over the past 6 decades

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		1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2011	2024
Resident population thousands	Resident population thousands	8,889	8,663	9,884	9,950	10,395	10,559	10,750
Registred voters	Registred voters	-	-	-	8,530,026	8,902,001	9,721,406	-
Young people aged under 15	Young people aged under 15	-	2,492,892	2,493,763	1,959,671	1,679,191	1,588,663	1,361,629
Young people (%) aged under 15	Young people (%) aged under 15	-	28.7	25.3	19.7	16.2	15.0	12.7
Working-age population 15 to 64 years	Working-age population 15 to 64 years	-	5,368,566	6,224,924	6,628,021	6,978,257	6,976,693	6,743,093
Working-age population (%) 15 to 64 years	Working-age population (%) 15 to 64 years	-	61.8	63.2	66.5	67.3	66.0	63.1
Elderly people 65 years and older	Elderly people 65 years and older	-	818,972	1,132,638	1,372,543	1,705,274	2,000,480	2,589,960
Elderly people (%) 65 years and older	Elderly people (%) 65 years and older	-	9.4	11.5	13.8	16.5	18.9	24.2
Working-age people per elderly person	Working-age people per elderly person	7.9	6.4	5.5	4.8	4.1	3.4	2.6
Households	Households	-	-	-	-	3,575,544	┴4,008,871	┴4,473,326
Single-person households (%)	Single-person households (%)	-	-	-	-	15.3	┴19.3	┴25.5
Average number of persons per household	Average number of persons per household	-	-	-	3	3	┴3	┴2
Non-Catholic marriages (%) (5)	Non-Catholic marriages (%) (5)	9.2	13.4	26.0	27.9	37.5	60.5	80.1
Births	Births	213,895	180,690	152,071	116,299	112,774	96,856	84,642
Births out of wedlock (%)	Births out of wedlock (%)	9.5	7.2	9.5	15.6	23.8	42.8	59.2
Mean age of the mother at birth of 1st child	Mean age of the mother at birth of 1st child	25.0	24.4	23.6	24.9	26.8	29.2	30.3
Total fertility rate average number of children per woman of childbearing age	Total fertility rate average number of children per woman of childbearing age	3.19	2.99	2.13	1.56	1.45	1.35	1.40
Deaths	Deaths	95,007	93,093	95,728	103,882	105,092	102,848	118,374
Infant mortality rate (‰) deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 live births	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	3.0
Natural increase (thousands) difference between total births and total deaths	Natural increase (thousands) difference between total births and total deaths	118.9	87.6	56.3	12.4	7.7	-6.0	-33.7
New dwellings for family housing	New dwellings for family housing	-	-	-	-	115,154	26,382	Pre25,311
Education 1st cycle establishments (1)	Education 1st cycle establishments (1)	-	17,190	10,575	10,405	9,416	5,221	-
Compulsory education students (1)	Compulsory education students (1)	-	1,316,279	1,574,568	1,484,256	1,223,151	1,206,716	954,792
Upper-secondary education students (1)	Upper-secondary education students (1)	-	27,028	176,084	347,911	413,748	440,895	389,537
Higher education students (1)	Higher education students (1)	-	-	83,754	186,780	387,703	396,268	448,235
Non-higher education teaching staff (1)	Non-higher education teaching staff (1)	-	53,786	113,555	146,149	176,707	174,953	149,124
Higher education teaching staff (3)	Higher education teaching staff (3)	-	-	9,097	-	35,740	37,078	┴42,395
Museums, zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums	Museums, zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums	-	122	121	┴320	┴234	┴397	┴511
Museums, zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums visitors thousands	Museums, zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums visitors thousands	-	2,750	2,980	┴6,578	┴8,556	┴13,495	┴24,590
Live show performances	Live show performances	3,380	4,732	4,578	3,390	┴13,196	┴25,871	┴44,941
Live show spectators thousands	Live show spectators thousands	1,831	2,340	1,390	666	┴3,836	┴8,484	┴18,575
Movie screens	Movie screens	-	-	-	-	455	┴558	563
Movie spectators thousands	Movie spectators thousands	26,588	27,971	30,339	8,234	┴19,471	┴15,702	11,864
Hospitals	Hospitals	-	634	-	┴237	217	┴226	Pro242
Pharmacies	Pharmacies	-	-	-	2,501	2,556	2,900	-
Physicians	Physicians	7,075	8,156	-	28,326	33,233	42,796	63,965
Nurses	Nurses	9,541	13,797	-	30,094	39,529	64,478	85,499
Courts of justice	Courts of justice	205	208	218	308	337	327	38
Judges	Judges	253	422	688	1,028	1,440	1,748	1,715
Lawyers	Lawyers	1,964	2,573	4,550	9,526	18,954	27,869	36,652
Lawsuits initiated at the courts of justice	Lawsuits initiated at the courts of justice	263,173	245,676	489,658	723,263	737,000	802,626	525,980
Lawsuits terminated at the courts of justice	Lawsuits terminated at the courts of justice	270,420	246,593	471,522	709,781	669,874	771,651	519,446
Lawsuits pending at the courts of justice	Lawsuits pending at the courts of justice	172,194	145,613	643,465	641,354	1,284,233	1,690,161	591,592
Congestion rate in courts of justice (%) lawsuits pending per 100 terminated	Congestion rate in courts of justice (%) lawsuits pending per 100 terminated	66.4	59.4	132.6	88.5	181.7	215.0	112.6
Actual prison occupancy (%) (inmates / prison capacity)*100	Actual prison occupancy (%) (inmates / prison capacity)*100	77.4	47.2	75.7	108.4	114.5	105.0	98.0
Convicted persons per 100 indicted persons	Convicted persons per 100 indicted persons	58.6	48.7	29.7	31.9	58.4	64.6	-
enterprises (2)	enterprises (2)	-	-	-	385,565	┴593,574	┴1,136,256	1,593,415
Personnel employed in an enterprise (2)	Personnel employed in an enterprise (2)	-	-	-	2,514,261	┴3,116,351	┴3,741,633	5,043,373
Constituted companies (4)	Constituted companies (4)	2,292	2,988	9,878	17,687	┴45,290	┴31,986	-
Dissolved companies (4)	Dissolved companies (4)	432	639	963	1,003	┴6,858	┴32,473	-
Economically active population (thousands) employed population + unemployed population	Economically active population (thousands) employed population + unemployed population	-	-	4,367.2	┴5,101.6	┴5,342.4	┴5,111.8	5,463.4
Employment rate (%) employed population per each 100 individuals aged 16 to 89	Employment rate (%) employed population per each 100 individuals aged 16 to 89	-	-	-	-	┴59.0	┴50.2	56.4
Employed population in the primary sector (%)	Employed population in the primary sector (%)	-	-	26.7	┴17.5	┴12.9	┴3.9	2.9
Employed population in the secondary sector (%)	Employed population in the secondary sector (%)	-	-	36.5	┴33.5	┴33.8	┴28.7	24.7
Employed population in the tertiary sector (%)	Employed population in the tertiary sector (%)	-	-	36.8	┴49.0	┴53.3	┴67.3	72.4
Employees (%)	Employees (%)	-	-	67.5	┴69.6	┴72.5	┴83.9	85.1
Unemployment rate (%) unemployed population per 100 economically active population	Unemployment rate (%) unemployed population per 100 economically active population	-	-	-	-	┴4.0	┴13.5	6.4
Social Security pensions	Social Security pensions	56,296	187,297	1,719,685	2,207,145	2,528,929	2,943,654	3,049,678
Public Administration Retirement Fund retirees and pensioners	Public Administration Retirement Fund retirees and pensioners	63,290	73,510	140,051	268,110	436,176	591,777	662,667
Social Security and Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions as % of resident population aged 15 and over	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	39.5
Beneficiaries of the unemployment benefit	Beneficiaries of the unemployment benefit	-	-	58,869	┴93,830	┴155,979	320,387	195,245
General Government expenditure millions €	General Government expenditure millions €	-	-	-	-	59,914.8	88,207.5	Pro123,174.3
GDP millions €	GDP millions €	493.9	1,186.6	10,058.2	65,005.2	135,775.0	176,318.0	Pro289,428.0
GDP per capita €	GDP per capita €	56	137	1,021	6,526	13,102	16,674	Pro27,063
Public consumption as % of GDP	Public consumption as % of GDP	9.3	11.5	14.3	16.7	19.2	19.7	Pro16.9
Private consumption as % of GDP	Private consumption as % of GDP	73.4	64.5	63.9	64.6	62.9	65.8	Pro60.9
Investment as % of GDP	Investment as % of GDP	22.2	25.1	33.1	26.7	27.4	18.5	Pro20.4
Inflation rate (%)	Inflation rate (%)	2.6	4.3	19.2	11.8	4.4	3.7	2.4
Gross disposable income millions €	Gross disposable income millions €	516.0	1,272.5	10,651.0	68,545.7	135,941.5	174,500.6	Pro289,107.9
Gross savings of individuals as % of individuals´disposable income	Gross savings of individuals as % of individuals´disposable income	10.3	23.9	24.9	18.2	13.1	8.9	Pro12.5
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh)	Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh)	-	-	-	-	3,912.2	4,652.1	┴Pro4,804.6
Burnt area (6) Hectare	Burnt area (6) Hectare	-	-	89,798	182,486	117,420	77,104	137,651
ATM machines	ATM machines	-	-	-	1,249	8,547	13,911	12,459
Trips within the country as % of residents’ trips domestic tourism	Trips within the country as % of residents’ trips domestic tourism	-	-	-	-	-	┴90.4	85.0
Foreign guests in hotel establishments (%)	Foreign guests in hotel establishments (%)	-	45.3	46.8	57.4	54.3	┴53.0	61.4
Travel and tourism account as % of GDP balance	Travel and tourism account as % of GDP balance	-	-	-	-	2.8	2.9	Pro7.2
Passenger traffic at major airports	Passenger traffic at major airports	-	3,357,563	6,367,372	11,054,871	20,703,095	30,686,190	70,416,494
Goods transported by sea	Goods transported by sea	-	-	39,819,255	50,645,496	┴56,164,262	┴67,506,738	85,669,179
Captured fish tonnes	Captured fish tonnes	-	365,423	264,398	305,431	146,094	164,236	122,039
Wine production hectoliters	Wine production hectoliters	-	-	-	-	7,789,427	┴5,622,363	6,924,132
Olive oil produced (6) hectoliters	Olive oil produced (6) hectoliters	942,005	734,752	251,115	668,711	349,502	831,914	1,959,949

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Sources/Entities: INE, BdP, CGA/MTSSS-MF, DGEEC/MECI, DGEG/MAE, DGRM/MIH-ME-MAE-MAP, DGPJ/MJ, DGS/MS, ICA/MC, ICNF/MAE-MAP, DGT/MCT-MAE, IGFSS/MTSSS, II/MTSSS, ISS/MTSSS, SGMAI, SIBS, S.A., PORDATA

Notes

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

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

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

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

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

(6) - The figures refer to Mainland Portugal.