Observatório da Emigração

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27/03/2024

A. Annual series

A.1 Foreign-born population, 2000-2022

(Individuals)

Years	Total Population		Foreign-born
	Total Population		All foreign-born			Born in Portugal
	N	Change in	N	% of total	Change in	N	% of total	As a % of all foreign-born	Change in
2022	39 308	0.6	26 971	68.6	1.6	402	1.0	1.5	-2.2
2021	39 055	0.8	26 560	68.0	1.8	411	1.1	1.6	-0.5
2020	38 747	1.0	26 081	67.3	2.0	413	1.1	1.6	-1.7
2019	38 378	0.7	25 561	66.6	1.8	420	1.1	1.6	-0.9
2018	38 114	0.8	25 098	65.8	1.9	424	1.1	1.7	-0.7
2017	37 810	0.5	24 634	65.2	1.6	427	1.1	1.7	-1.2
2016	37 622	0.7	24 241	64.4	1.9	432	1.2	1.8	1.9
2015	37 366	0.6	23 799	63.7	1.6	424	1.1	1.8	1.4
2014	37 129	0.8	23 424	63.1	1.4	418	1.1	1.8	3.5
2013	36 838	1.0	23 109	62.7	1.4	404	1.1	1.8	3.1
2012	36 475	0.9	22 794	62.5	1.3	392	1.1	1.7	1.0
2011	36 149	0.7	22 500	62.2	0.7	388	1.1	1.7	0.3
2010	35 894	0.9	22 342	62.2	0.8	387	1.1	1.7	0.0
2009	35 589	0.7	22 167	62.3	--	387	1.1	1.8	--
2007	35 356	0.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2006	35 168	0.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2005	34 905	0.9	18 898	54.2	--	513	1.5	2.7	--
2004	34 600	0.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2003	34 294	3.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2000	33 184	--	15 483	46.7	--	640	1.9	4.1	--

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Instituto de Estatística do Liechtenstein (data until 2007); Eurostat (from 2009 onwards); United Nations Statistics Division (estimates).

A.1.1 Residents born in Portugal by sex, 2000-2022

(indivíduos)

Years	All foreign-born	Female		Male
Years	N	N	% of total	N	% of total
2022	402	190	47.3	212	52.7
2021	411	192	46.7	219	53.3
2020	413	195	47.2	218	52.8
2019	420	200	47.6	220	52.4
2018	424	202	47.6	222	52.4
2017	427	200	46.8	227	53.2
2016	432	201	46.5	231	53.5
2015	424	201	47.4	223	52.6
2014	418	199	47.6	219	52.4
2013	404	194	48.0	210	52.0
2012	392	190	48.5	202	51.5
2011	388	189	48.7	199	51.3
2010	387	188	48.6	199	51.4
2009	387	193	49.9	194	50.1
2005	513	255	49.7	258	50.3
2000	640	325	50.8	315	49.2

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Eurostat, Population on 1 January by age group, sex and country of birth; United Nations Statistics Division (estimates).

A.1.2 Residents born in Portugal by age group, 2009-2022

(Individuals)

Years	All foreign-born	< 15		15-39		40-64		> 65
Years	N	N	% of total	N	% of total	N	% of total	N	% of total
2022	402	5	1.2	115	28.6	272	67.7	10	2.5
2021	411	7	1.7	124	30.2	272	66.2	8	2.0
2020	413	7	1.7	133	32.2	268	64.9	5	1.2
2019	420	9	2.2	136	32.4	272	64.8	3	0.7
2018	424	10	2.4	141	33.3	270	63.7	3	0.7
2017	427	11	2.6	149	34.9	264	61.8	3	0.7
2016	432	12	2.8	155	35.9	263	60.9	2	0.5
2015	424	12	2.8	158	37.3	253	59.7	1	0.2
2014	418	10	2.4	170	40.7	237	56.7	1	0.2
2013	404	10	2.5	180	44.6	214	53.0	0	0.0
2012	392	12	3.1	182	46.4	198	50.5	0	0.0
2011	388	12	3.1	192	49.5	184	47.4	0	0.0
2010	387	10	2.6	194	50.1	183	47.3	0	0.0
2009	387	14	3.6	205	53.0	168	43.4	0	0.0

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Eurostat, Population on 1 January by age group, sex and country of birth.

A.2 Foreign population, 2000-2022

(Individuals)

Years	Total Population		All foreign-born
	Total Population		All foreign-born			Foreigners with Portuguese citizenship
	N	Change in	N	% of total	Change in	N	% of total	As a % of all foreigners	Change in
2022	39 308	0.6	13 527	34.4	0.4	692	1.8	2.6	-1.1
2021	39 055	0.8	13 467	34.5	1.6	700	1.8	2.6	0.7
2020	38 747	1.0	13 262	34.2	1.6	695	1.8	2.7	-1.3
2019	38 378	0.7	13 057	34.0	0.9	704	1.8	2.8	-0.4
2018	38 114	0.8	12 941	34.0	1.1	707	1.9	2.8	-0.8
2017	37 810	0.5	12 795	33.8	0.2	713	1.9	2.9	-0.3
2016	37 622	0.7	12 775	34.0	1.6	715	1.9	3.0	2.1
2015	37 366	0.6	12 579	33.7	0.5	700	1.9	3.0	2.9
2014	37 129	0.8	12 517	33.7	1.5	680	1.8	2.9	2.7
2013	36 838	1.0	12 337	33.5	1.6	662	1.8	2.9	3.1
2012	36 475	0.9	12 144	33.3	1.2	642	1.8	2.8	3.6
2011	36 149	0.7	12 004	33.2	1.0	620	1.7	2.8	2.5
2010	35 894	0.9	11 886	33.1	1.0	605	1.7	2.7	1.5
2009	35 589	0.7	11 770	33.1	-0.8	596	1.7	2.7	2.9
2007	35 356	0.5	11 862	33.6	-0.4	579	1.6	--	1.8
2006	35 168	0.8	11 907	33.9	-0.1	569	1.6	--	1.4
2005	34 905	0.9	11 917	34.2	0.6	561	1.6	3.0	2.6
2004	34 600	0.9	11 852	34.3	0.6	547	1.6	--	3.6
2003	34 294	3.3	11 782	34.4	--	528	1.5	--	--
2000	33 184	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

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A.2.1 Resident population with Portuguese citizenship by sex, 2009-2022

(Individuals)

Years	All foreign-born	Female		Male
Years	N	N	% of total	N	% of total
2022	692	307	44.4	385	55.6
2021	700	314	44.9	386	55.2
2020	695	315	45.3	380	54.7
2019	704	322	45.7	382	54.3
2018	707	326	46.1	381	53.9
2017	713	323	45.3	390	54.7
2016	715	321	44.9	394	55.1
2015	700	316	45.2	384	54.9
2014	680	312	45.9	368	54.1
2013	662	305	46.1	357	53.9
2012	642	300	46.7	342	53.3
2011	620	288	46.5	332	53.6
2010	605	277	45.8	328	54.2
2009	596	281	47.2	315	52.9

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Eurostat, Population on 1 January by age group, sex and citizenship; United Nations Statistics Division (estimates).

A.2.2 Resident population with Portuguese citizenship by age group , 2009-2022

(Individuals)

Years	All foreign-born	< 15		15-39		40-64		> 65
Years	N	N	% of total	N	% of total	N	% of total	N	% of total
2022	692	120	17.4	257	37.1	306	44.2	9	1.3
2021	700	128	18.3	258	36.9	307	43.9	7	1.0
2020	695	133	19.1	256	36.8	302	43.5	4	0.6
2019	704	140	19.9	256	36.4	306	43.5	2	0.3
2018	707	153	21.6	248	35.1	304	43.0	2	0.3
2017	713	161	22.6	252	35.4	298	41.8	2	0.3
2016	715	167	23.4	253	35.4	294	41.1	1	0.1
2015	700	176	25.2	241	34.4	282	40.3	1	0.2
2014	680	172	25.3	242	35.6	264	38.8	2	0.3
2013	662	180	27.2	242	36.6	239	36.1	1	0.2
2012	642	181	28.2	238	37.1	222	34.6	1	0.2
2011	620	175	28.2	240	38.7	204	32.9	1	0.2
2010	605	164	27.1	237	39.2	202	33.4	2	0.3
2009	596	163	27.4	243	40.8	188	31.6	2	0.3

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Eurostat, Population on 1 January by age group, sex and citizenship.

A.4 Foreign inflows , 2008-2022

(Individuals)

Years	Total inflows		Portuguese inflows
Years	N	Change in	N	% of total	Change in
2022	770	15.1	--	--	--
2021	669	-6.2	18	2.7	38.5
2020	713	-1.9	13	1.8	8.3
2019	727	12.0	12	1.7	100.0
2018	649	0.6	6	0.9	-14.3
2017	645	6.3	7	1.1	0.0
2016	607	-7.6	7	1.2	-53.3
2015	657	6.8	15	2.3	-11.8
2014	615	-11.6	17	2.8	-10.5
2013	696	39.2	19	2.7	26.7
2012	500	2.5	15	3.0	25.0
2011	488	13.2	12	2.5	-33.3
2010	431	3.6	18	4.2	100.0
2009	416	-0.2	9	2.2	-35.7
2008	417	--	14	3.4	--

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Eurostat.

A.4.1 Portuguese inflows by sex , 2008-2021

(Individuals)

Years	All foreign-born	Female		Male
Years	N	N	% of total	N	% of total
2021	18	7	38.9	11	61.1
2020	13	4	30.8	9	69.2
2019	12	4	33.3	8	66.7
2018	6	1	16.7	5	83.3
2017	7	5	71.4	2	28.6
2016	7	3	42.9	4	57.2
2015	15	6	40.0	9	60.0
2014	17	5	29.4	12	70.6
2013	19	9	47.4	10	52.6
2012	15	4	26.7	11	73.3
2011	12	6	50.0	6	50.0
2010	18	10	55.6	8	44.4
2009	9	0	0.0	9	100.0
2008	14	4	28.6	10	71.4

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Eurostat, Immigration by age group, sex and citizenship.

A.4.2 Portuguese inflows by age group , 2008-2021

(Individuals)

Years	All foreign-born	< 15		15-39		40-64		> 65
Years	N	N	% of total	N	% of total	N	% of total	N	% of total
2021	18	3	16.7	11	61.1	3	16.7	1	5.6
2020	13	4	30.8	4	30.8	5	38.5	0	0.0
2019	12	1	8.3	8	66.7	3	25.0	0	0.0
2018	6	0	0.0	5	83.3	1	16.7	0	0.0
2017	7	0	0.0	4	57.2	3	42.9	0	0.0
2016	7	1	14.3	5	71.4	1	14.3	0	0.0
2015	15	3	20.0	8	53.3	4	26.7	0	0.0
2014	17	4	23.5	8	47.1	5	29.4	0	0.0
2013	19	2	10.5	14	73.7	3	15.8	0	0.0
2012	15	1	6.7	13	86.7	1	6.7	0	0.0
2011	12	4	33.3	6	50.0	2	16.7	0	0.0
2010	18	6	33.3	12	66.7	0	0.0	0	0.0
2009	9	1	11.1	6	66.7	2	22.2	0	0.0
2008	14	1	7.2	9	64.3	4	28.6	0	0.0

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Eurostat, Immigration by age group, sex and citizenship.

A.5 Acquisition of citizenship of the destination country , 2008-2022

(Individuals)

Years	Acquisition of citizenship by all foreigners		Acquisition of citizenship by Portuguese
Years	N	Change in	N	% of total	Change in
2022	186	14.8	3	1.6	50.0
2021	162	42.1	2	1.2	--
2020	114	1.8	0	0.0	--
2019	112	-19.4	3	2.7	-25.0
2018	139	-5.4	4	2.9	100.0
2017	147	-12.0	2	1.4	100.0
2016	167	51.8	1	0.6	--
2015	110	-3.5	0	0.0	--
2014	114	0.0	0	0.0	--
2013	114	-4.2	0	0.0	--
2012	119	2.6	1	0.8	--
2011	116	22.1	0	0.0	--
2010	95	-7.8	0	0.0	--
2009	103	-58.8	0	0.0	--
2008	250	--	0	0.0	--

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Eurostat, Acquisition of citizenship by age group, sex and former citizenship.

B. Census

B.1 Resident population by census and nationality, according to country of birth , 2011-2012

(indivíduos)

Nationality	Total Population		Foreign-born		Born in Portugal
Nationality	N	%	N	%	N	%
2011/2012
Total Population	36 145	100.0	14 645	100.0	--	100.0
Nationality of the destination country	24 145	66.8	4 788	32.7	--	--
Foreign nationality	12 000	33.2	9 857	67.3	--	--

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Note ! Other situations or missing values: 4

Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from União Europeia, Eurostat, 2011 census hub

B.2 Resident population by census and sex, according to country of birth , 2001-2012

(indivíduos)

By sex	Total Population		Foreign-born		Born in Portugal
By sex	N	%	N	%	N	%
2011/2012
Total Population	36 149	100.0	14 649	100	--	100
Female	18 263	50.5	7 747	52.9	--	--
Male	17 886	49.5	6 902	47.1	--	--
2001/2002
Total Population	33 307	100.0	14 490	100	331	100
Female	16 887	50.7	7 635	52.7	166	50.2
Male	16 420	49.3	6 855	47.3	165	49.8

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from European Union, Eurostat, 2011 census hub

B.3 Resident population by census and age group, according to country of birth , 2001-2012

(indivíduos)

By age group	Total Population		Foreign-born		Born in Portugal
By age group	N	%	N	%	N	%
2011/2012
Total Population	10 797	100.0	3 048	22.3	--	0.0
-15 Years	5 775	53.5	640	21.0	--	--
15-39 Years	--	0.0	--	0.0	--	--
40-64 Years	--	0.0	--	0.0	--	--
65+ Years	5 022	46.5	2 408	79.0	--	--
2001/2002
Total Population	33 307	100.0	14 490	40.3	331	0.9
-15 Years	6 116	18.4	1 070	7.4	24	7.3
15-39 Years	12 605	37.8	5 627	38.8	257	77.6
40-64 Years	11 132	33.4	6 130	42.3	50	15.1
65+ Years	3 454	10.4	1 663	11.5	0	0.0

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Note Other situations or missing values: 25,352 in 2011

Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from European Union, Eurostat, 2011 census hub

B.5 Residents born in Portugal by labour force status , 2011-2012

(indivíduos)

By labour force status	Total Population		Foreign-born		Born in Portugal
By labour force status	N	%	N	%	N	%
2011/2012
Total Population	36 149	100.0	9 172	100.0	5 477	100.0
Employed	19 176	53.0	8 776	95.7	--	0.0
Unemployed	659	1.8	396	4.3	--	0.0
Inactive	16 314	45.1	--	0.0	5 477	100.0

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from União Europeia, Eurostat, 2011 census hub

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