Observatório da Emigração

Estimates and global data

E.1 Estimates of the total number of Portuguese emigrants, 1960-2024

Year	Source
	World Bank [A]	United Nations [B]
	World Bank [A]	Total	Europe	America	Others
2024	..	1,799,179	1,287,911	468,141	43,127
2020		1,729,500	1,276,983	406,458	46,059
2019	..	2,631,559	1,493,128	1,051,484	86,947
2017	2,289,642	2,266,735	1,502,151	592,642	171,942
2015	..	1,801,647	1,286,279	465,248	50,120
2013	2,028,597	..	..	..	..
2010	2,229,620	1,727,839	1,158,331	516,188	53,320
2005	..	1,622,764	1,006,769	561,680	54,315
2000	1,337,442	1,554,095	901,763	598,720	53,612
1995	..	1,540,545	859,455	628,243	52,847
1990	1,780,764	1,589,830	828,170	701,266	60,394
1980	1,872,021	..	..	..	..
1970	1,284,269	..	..	..	..
1960	935,521	..	..	..	..
! Nota 1. Born in Portugal living abroad or, when information on naturalness is not available, people with Portuguese nationality living abroad. 2. Reliability problems with World Bank data on the number of Portuguese emigrants living in France and the UK in 2000, which affects the total value (likely corrected value of around 1,800,000). 3. 2024 United Nations estimates revise data from 1990 to 2020. We have chosen to keep the data for 2017 and 2019 that are in the previous estimates (The 2017 Revision e The 2019 Revision).
Source Table by the Emigration Observatory, data from: [A] Banco Mundial, Bilateral Migration Matrix 2017, Bilateral Migration Matrix 2013, Bilateral Migration Matrix 2010, Bilateral Migration Database 1960-2000; [B] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, International Migration, International Migrant Stock (The 2017 Revision for 2017 data, The 2019 Revision for 2019 data and The 2024 revision for the remaining data), International Migrant Stock by Destination and Origin: Table 1 Total stock of mid-year migrants by origin and by major area, region, country or area of destination, 1990-2024.

E.2 Estimates of total outflows of Portuguese emigrants

Year	Source
	Statistics Portugal [A]			Emigration Observatory [B]
	Total	Permanent	Temporary	Emigration Observatory [B]
2023	81,426	33,666	47,760	70,000
2022	71,717	30,954	40,763	70,000
2021	65,983	25,079	40,904	65,000
2020	68,209	25,886	42,323	45,000
2019	77,040	28,219	48,821	80,000
2018	81,754	31,600	50,154	75,000
2017	81,051	31,753	49,298	80,000
2016	97,151	38,273	58,878	95,000
2015	101,203	40,377	60,826	105,000
2014	134,624	49,572	85,052	110,000
2013	128,108	53,786	74,322	120,000
2012	121,418	51,958	69,460	105,000
2011	100,978	43,998	56,980	85,000
2010	..	23,760	..	65,000
2009	..	16,899	..	70,000
2008	..	20,357	..	85,000
2007	..	7,890	..	85,000
2006	..	5,600	..	75,000
2005	..	6,360	..	65,000
2004	..	6,757	..	70,000
2003	27,008	6,687	20,321	60,000
2002	27,358	8,813	18,545	50,000
2001	20,223	5,396	14,827	40,000
2000	21,333	4,692	16,641	..
Source Table by the Emigration Observatory, data from: [A] Statistics Portugal (INE), Survey on Outward Migration Movements (1992 to 2007) and Annual Estimates of Emigration (since 2008), based on data from the Permanent Employment Survey; [B] Emigration Observatory based on data on Portuguese arrivals in destination countries.

E.3 Estimate of the migratory balances of permanent movements, 2000-2023

Year	Permanent outflows			Permanent inflows			Migration Balance [B-A]
	Total [A]	Nationals		Total [B]	Foreigners
	Total [A]	N	%	Total [B]	N	%
2023	33,666	29,600	88	189,367	56,111	30	155,701
2022	30,954	29,523	95	167,098	57,454	34	136,144
2021	25,079	23,796	95	97,119	48,108	50	72,040
2020	25,886	23,863	92	83,654	37,770	45	57,768
2019	28,219	27,469	97	95,382	43,740	46	67,163
2018	31,600	29,340	93	55,357	28,982	52	23,757
2017	31,753	31,172	98	46,649	26,888	58	14,896
2016	38,273	37,188	97	37,644	20,386	54	-629
2015	40,377	39,847	99	36,849	20,112	55	-3,528
2014	49,572	47,665	96	23,077	13,004	56	-26,495
2013	53,786	50,835	95	17,757	12,198	69	-36,029
2012	51,958	49,453	95	14,668	9,491	65	-37,290
2011	43,998	41,443	94	18,820	11,437	61	-25,178
2010	23,760	21,796	92	27,575	8,353	30	3,815
2009	16,899	14,138	84	32,307	14,424	45	15,408
2008	20,357	18,372	90	29,718	20,132	68	9,361
2007	7,890	..	..	29,661	..	..	21,771
2006	5,600	..	..	22,741	..	..	17,141
2005	6,360	..	..	21,741	..	..	15,381
2004	6,757	..	..	21,093	..	..	14,336
2003	6,687	..	..	31,425	..	..	24,738
2002	8,813	..	..	50,611	..	..	41,798
2001	5,396	..	..	61,609	..	..	56,213
2000	10,667	..	..	77,775	..	..	67,108
1999	14,040	..	..	68,297	..	..	54,257
1998	11,098	..	..	56,788	..	..	45,690
Source Table by the Emigration Observatory, data from Eurostat, Database on Population and Social Conditions, Demography and Migration (pop).

E.4 Remittances, 2000-2024 (millions of euros)

Year	To Portugal		From Portugal		Balance
Year	N	Annual var. (%)	N	Annual var. (%)	N	Annual var. (%)
2024	4,301	4	846	6	3,455	4
2023	4,120	6	800	51	3,320	-1
2022	3,892	6	531	2	3,361	6
2021	3,678	2	518	7	3,160	1
2020	3,613	-1	486	2	3,217	-2
2019	3,662	2	478	-10	3,184	4
2018	3,604	1	533	3	3,071	1
2017	3,555	6	518	-3	3,037	8
2016	3,343	1	533	2	2,810	1
2015	3,316	8	523	-2	2,793	11
2014	3,061	1	535	-4	2,526	3
2013	3,016	10	556	6	2,460	11
2012	2,749	13	526	-10	2,224	21
2011	2,430	0	586	3	1,845	-1
2010	2,426	6	567	1	1,859	8
2009	2,282	-8	559	-4	1,723	-10
2008	2,485	-4	580	2	1,905	-6
2007	2,588	7	570	-7	2,018	11
2006	2,420	6	610	9	1,811	5
2005	2,277	-7	560	15	1,717	-12
2004	2,442	0	486	4	1,957	-1
2003	2,434	-14	467	7	1,967	-17
2002	2,818	-25	436	6	2,382	-28
2001	3,737	8	410	117	3,327	2
2000	3,458	..	189	..	3,269	..
Source Chart by Emigration Observatory, data from World Bank.

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