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Portugal statistics: country profile & rankings

Updated on by Georank team

Portugal is a high-income country with a population of 10.7M people. The capital and largest city is Lisbon, with 546K residents. Portugal shares land borders with Spain.

Portugal ranks 47/197 by GDP ($309B) and 44/197 by GDP per capita ($28,844). The top category for both exports and imports is machinery & equipment.

Main facts and rankings

Portugal Rank
Population
10687819
92/197
GDP
$309B
2024
47/197
GDP per capita
$28,844
2024
44/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$50,617
2024
42/197
Government debt
$293B
2024
33/185
Debt-to-GDP ratio
91.8%
2025
32/185
Government debt per person
$27,381
2024
26/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$15,657
2025
53/197
Land area 35,369 sq mi 108/197
Population density 303 ppl/mi² 81/197
Fertility rate 1.44 157/196
Median age 47.5 years 5/196
Life expectancy 82.7 years 22/197

Portugal trends dashboard: time-series charts

Portugal's economy ranked

Year GDP
1960 $3,339,150,158
1961 $3,573,719,085
1962 $3,835,883,663
1963 $4,084,251,593
1964 $4,429,202,657
1965 $4,901,711,248
1966 $5,370,108,031
1967 $6,002,607,030
1968 $6,644,693,214
1969 $7,287,555,035
1970 $8,108,235,704
1971 $9,201,604,240
1972 $11,239,117,865
1973 $15,090,564,186
1974 $17,512,391,476
1975 $19,347,607,843
1976 $20,332,831,565
1977 $21,439,523,311
1978 $23,487,614,051
1979 $26,622,819,672
1980 $32,896,519,824
1981 $31,977,276,873
1982 $30,527,754,793
1983 $27,239,650,742
1984 $25,217,969,050
1985 $27,115,807,742
1986 $38,745,901,354
1987 $48,182,925,857
1988 $56,347,250,696
1989 $60,594,092,182
1990 $78,713,860,217
1991 $89,233,599,278
1992 $107,592,098,307
1993 $95,009,751,901
1994 $99,688,641,304
1995 $118,122,007,430
1996 $122,630,089,680
1997 $117,016,535,163
1998 $123,946,327,916
1999 $127,470,385,557
2000 $118,605,192,877
2001 $121,604,107,165
2002 $134,795,565,549
2003 $165,226,175,537
2004 $189,382,122,532
2005 $197,253,876,705
2006 $208,756,449,276
2007 $240,496,147,317
2008 $263,416,394,624
2009 $244,667,762,836
2010 $238,443,864,993
2011 $245,426,767,676
2012 $216,536,676,772
2013 $226,677,408,292
2014 $230,078,616,300
2015 $199,038,523,120
2016 $206,305,431,242
2017 $220,862,990,767
2018 $242,092,894,543
2019 $240,115,970,063
2020 $229,618,773,423
2021 $256,055,879,091
2022 $256,898,675,069
2023 $289,696,962,620
2024 $308,683,317,393

Portugal's economy ranked

Year GDP per capita
1960 $377
1961 $400
1962 $426
1963 $452
1964 $490
1965 $545
1966 $601
1967 $676
1968 $752
1969 $832
1970 $934
1971 $1,065
1972 $1,302
1973 $1,748
1974 $2,000
1975 $2,128
1976 $2,173
1977 $2,267
1978 $2,457
1979 $2,756
1980 $3,368
1981 $3,246
1982 $3,080
1983 $2,735
1984 $2,523
1985 $2,705
1986 $3,862
1987 $4,804
1988 $5,624
1989 $6,056
1990 $7,885
1991 $8,959
1992 $10,811
1993 $9,535
1994 $9,977
1995 $11,781
1996 $12,185
1997 $11,576
1998 $12,199
1999 $12,475
2000 $11,526
2001 $11,735
2002 $12,937
2003 $15,798
2004 $18,064
2005 $18,780
2006 $19,839
2007 $22,811
2008 $24,949
2009 $23,151
2010 $22,552
2011 $23,247
2012 $20,593
2013 $21,676
2014 $22,121
2015 $19,216
2016 $19,980
2017 $21,442
2018 $23,541
2019 $23,343
2020 $22,299
2021 $24,711
2022 $24,621
2023 $27,386
2024 $28,844

Portugal's life expectancy calculator

Year Life expectancy, years
1950 58.5
1951 58.7
1952 59.8
1953 61.1
1954 62.2
1955 61.4
1956 61.2
1957 61.4
1958 63.7
1959 62.9
1960 64.1
1961 62.8
1962 64.3
1963 64.9
1964 65.1
1965 66.1
1966 65.6
1967 66.5
1968 66.8
1969 66.4
1970 67.1
1971 66.8
1972 69.2
1973 68.6
1974 69.1
1975 68.8
1976 69.1
1977 70.3
1978 70.8
1979 71.6
1980 71.7
1981 71.9
1982 72.7
1983 72.7
1984 72.9
1985 73.2
1986 73.6
1987 74.1
1988 74.1
1989 74.7
1990 74.3
1991 74.2
1992 74.9
1993 74.8
1994 75.7
1995 75.5
1996 75.5
1997 75.9
1998 76.1
1999 76.3
2000 76.8
2001 77.2
2002 77.4
2003 77.6
2004 78.4
2005 78.3
2006 79.1
2007 79.3
2008 79.6
2009 79.8
2010 80.1
2011 80.6
2012 80.6
2013 80.9
2014 81.3
2015 81.3
2016 81.4
2017 81.7
2018 81.6
2019 82
2020 81.4
2021 81.4
2022 81.2
2023 82.4
2024 82.6
2025 82.7

Portugal's population clock and projection

Year Population
1960 8,857,716
1961 8,929,316
1962 8,993,985
1963 9,030,355
1964 9,035,365
1965 8,998,595
1966 8,930,990
1967 8,874,520
1968 8,836,650
1969 8,757,705
1970 8,680,431
1971 8,643,756
1972 8,630,430
1973 8,633,100
1974 8,754,365
1975 9,093,470
1976 9,355,810
1977 9,455,675
1978 9,558,250
1979 9,661,265
1980 9,766,312
1981 9,851,362
1982 9,911,771
1983 9,957,865
1984 9,996,232
1985 10,023,613
1986 10,032,734
1987 10,030,031
1988 10,019,610
1989 10,005,000
1990 9,983,218
1991 9,960,235
1992 9,952,494
1993 9,964,675
1994 9,991,525
1995 10,026,176
1996 10,063,945
1997 10,108,977
1998 10,160,196
1999 10,217,828
2000 10,289,898
2001 10,362,722
2002 10,419,631
2003 10,458,821
2004 10,483,861
2005 10,503,330
2006 10,522,288
2007 10,542,964
2008 10,558,177
2009 10,568,247
2010 10,573,100
2011 10,557,560
2012 10,514,844
2013 10,457,295
2014 10,401,062
2015 10,358,076
2016 10,325,452
2017 10,300,300
2018 10,283,822
2019 10,286,263
2020 10,297,081
2021 10,361,831
2022 10,434,332
2023 10,578,174
2024 10,701,636

Portugal's birth and fertility rates

Year Fertility rate
1960 3.16
1961 3.21
1962 3.23
1963 3.12
1964 3.21
1965 3.15
1966 3.16
1967 3.16
1968 3.12
1969 3.12
1970 3.01
1971 3
1972 2.86
1973 2.77
1974 2.7
1975 2.75
1976 2.82
1977 2.69
1978 2.45
1979 2.31
1980 2.25
1981 2.13
1982 2.07
1983 1.95
1984 1.9
1985 1.72
1986 1.66
1987 1.62
1988 1.61
1989 1.57
1990 1.56
1991 1.56
1992 1.54
1993 1.52
1994 1.45
1995 1.41
1996 1.44
1997 1.47
1998 1.47
1999 1.5
2000 1.55
2001 1.45
2002 1.46
2003 1.44
2004 1.4
2005 1.41
2006 1.37
2007 1.35
2008 1.39
2009 1.34
2010 1.39
2011 1.35
2012 1.28
2013 1.21
2014 1.24
2015 1.31
2016 1.37
2017 1.38
2018 1.42
2019 1.44
2020 1.42
2021 1.35
2022 1.43
2023 1.44

Portugal's demographics

Year Median age, years
1960 27.9
1961 28.1
1962 28.3
1963 28.5
1964 28.7
1965 28.8
1966 29
1967 29.1
1968 29.2
1969 29.4
1970 29.6
1971 29.7
1972 29.6
1973 29.6
1974 29.7
1975 29.7
1976 29.8
1977 29.9
1978 30
1979 30.3
1980 30.6
1981 30.8
1982 31.1
1983 31.4
1984 31.7
1985 32.1
1986 32.5
1987 32.9
1988 33.3
1989 33.7
1990 34.2
1991 34.6
1992 35
1993 35.4
1994 35.7
1995 36.1
1996 36.4
1997 36.8
1998 37.1
1999 37.4
2000 37.7
2001 38
2002 38.3
2003 38.6
2004 39
2005 39.4
2006 39.8
2007 40.2
2008 40.6
2009 41
2010 41.5
2011 41.9
2012 42.4
2013 42.9
2014 43.4
2015 43.8
2016 44.3
2017 44.7
2018 45.2
2019 45.6
2020 46.1
2021 46.5
2022 46.8
2023 47.2
2024 47.5

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Portugal: National Statistics

Finance

Portugal Rank
GNI, Atlas method
$285B
2024
49/194
Government expenditure, % of GDP
43.7%
2025
41/195
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.55%
2022
77/193
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.52%
2023
93/163
Armed forces personnel
52,000
2020
68/174
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.52%
2025
18/188
Unemployment rate
6.43%
2024
73/196
Services, % of GDP
66.4%
2024
34/191
Industry, % of GDP
18.4%
2024
140/194
Economic freedom index
70.5
2025
31/197
Income share by richest 10%
26.9%
2023
93/169
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2023
96/169
Number of millionaires
171,797
2024
27/34
Percentage of millionaires
1.95%
2024
20/34
Number of billionaires
1
2025
71/78
Percentage of billionaires
0.00001%
2025
66/78
Listed domestic companies
40
2018
75/103
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$61.9B
2018
46/100
Total reserves including gold
$42.4B
2024
48/177
Personal remittances received
$1.8B
2024
69/190
International tourist arrivals
4,208,000
2020
39/188
International tourism as share of exports
12.2%
2020
53/184
Banked people share
91.4%
2024
34/158

Energy

Portugal Rank
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,853 kg
2023
62/177
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$25.6
2023
19/173
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
36.2 megatons
2023
64/187
CO2 emissions per capita
3.42 tons
2023
79/187
Fossil fuel energy use share
63.1%
2023
89/176
Renewable energy use share
32.3%
2021
77/193
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
14.9%
2023
37/147
Net energy imports use share
77.2%
2023
21/144
Electric power consumption per capita
5,146 kWh
2023
36/147
Renewable electricity output share
64.9%
2021
46/192
Hydroelectric share
30.3%
2023
68/192
Nuclear share
0%
2021
153/192
Electricity access
100%
2023
76/195

Society

Portugal Rank
% of world population
0.13%
2024
90/197
Annual migration change
+20,648
2024
38/196
Urban population
68.4%
2024
85/195
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
N/A
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
77/190
Average female height
5.29 ft
2025
87/190
Quality of life index
77.3
2025
38/197
Corruption Perceptions Index
57
2024
55/197
Higher education index
87
2025
26/183
Homicides per 100K people
0.8
2021
163/197
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.2
2019
138/197
Visa free countries
175
2025
15/195
Adult literacy rate
96.8%
2021
90/196
English speaking
27.3%
2023
91/197
People using the Internet
88.5%
2024
61/195

Health

Portugal Rank
Government health expenditure per capita
$2,744
2023
31/191
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$817
2023
14/191
Life expectancy
82.7 years
2025
22/197
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.08%
2022
135/178
Physicians per 1,000 people
5.77
2021
5/193
Age at first childbirth
30.2 years
2023
15/137
Maternal mortality per 100K births
15
2023
134/193
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.2
2023
172/192
Obesity rate
22.5%
2022
96/189
Diabetes prevalence
10.5%
2024
68/195
Air quality index
82
2025
37/197
Tobacco use prevalence
25.6%
2022
45/164
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.88 liters
2020
41/186

Territory

Portugal Rank
% of world land
0.06%
2025
108/197
Land area per capita
3,305 sq mi
2024
117/197
Agricultural land area
15,328 sq mi
2025
95/194
Forest area
12,788 sq mi
2025
86/196

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