A. Annual series
A.1 Foreign-born population, 1985-2024
(Individuals)
| Years
|
Total Population
|
|
Foreign-born
|
|
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
|
| 2024
|
64 007 187
|
3.2
|
|
2 631 100
|
4.1
|
8.8
|
|
5 602
| 0.0
|
0.2
|
-26.4
|
| 2022
|
62 027 503
|
2.4
|
|
2 418 197
|
3.9
|
-8.4
|
|
7 615
| 0.0
|
0.3
|
-10.8
|
| 2020
|
60 562 381
|
3.4
|
|
2 639 076
|
4.4
|
-37.5
|
|
8 532
| 0.0
|
0.3
|
-82.1
|
| 2019
|
58 558 270
|
3.2
|
|
4 224 256
|
7.2
|
4.6
|
|
47 622
| 0.1
|
1.1
|
6.0
|
| 2017
|
56 717 156
|
1.9
|
|
4 036 696
|
7.1
|
155.7
|
|
44 925
| 0.1
|
1.1
|
352.4
|
| 2016
|
55 653 654
|
-1.9
|
|
1 578 541
|
2.8
|
-50.1
|
|
9 931
| 0.0
|
0.6
|
-17.8
|
| 2015
|
56 723 537
|
9.6
|
|
3 162 564
|
5.6
|
44.5
|
|
12 085
| 0.0
|
0.4
|
-22.7
|
| 2011
|
51 770 560
|
-1.1
|
|
2 188 872
|
4.2
|
-3.8
|
|
15 626
| 0.0
|
0.7
|
-3.1
|
| 2010
|
52 344 051
|
5.8
|
|
2 274 466
|
4.4
|
50.2
|
|
16 124
| 0.0
|
0.7
|
-11.1
|
| 2005
|
49 490 033
|
10.4
|
|
1 513 855
|
3.1
|
47.7
|
|
18 138
| 0.0
|
1.2
|
--
|
| 2001
|
44 819 778
|
-5.0
|
|
1 025 076
|
2.3
|
2.7
|
|
--
| --
|
--
|
--
|
| 2000
|
47 159 719
|
16.2
|
|
997 703
|
2.1
|
4.1
|
|
18 296
| 0.0
|
1.8
|
306.4
|
| 1996
|
40 583 573
|
73.5
|
|
958 186
|
2.4
|
-48.3
|
|
4 502
| 0.0
|
0.5
|
-89.3
|
| 1985
|
23 385 645
|
--
|
|
1 854 561
|
7.9
|
--
|
|
41 984
| 0.2
|
2.3
|
--
|
[ .. ]Data not available, residual data, not applicable; [ e ]EstimateLast update: 05/fev./2025
Metadata
Note The values of residents with Portuguese nationality in 2001 exclude those with double nationality.
The data from 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020 were revised by the UN and amended by OEm on 05/02/2025.
Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Statistics South Africa,
Census 2001 (information granted upon request for the years of 1996 and 2001);
United Nations Statistical Division, Foreign-born population by country of birth, age, sex and urban/rural residence: each census, 1985 - 2004 (born abroad and in Portugal, 1985),
United Nations Statistical Division, Population by country of citizenship, sex and urban/rural residence: each census, 1985 - 2004 (foreigners and Portuguese, 1985), Census 2011 (data of Portuguese and foreign nationality granted upon request).
Census 2011 and Community Survey 2016, Census 2022 (data born in Portugal and abroad).
United Nations Statistics Division (2017),
United Nations Statistics Division (2019) and
United Nations Statistics Division (other data) (the UN figures are estimates).
A.1.1 Residents born in Portugal by sex, 2000-2020
(indivíduos)
| Years
| All foreign-born
|
Female
|
Male
|
| N
|
N
|
% of total
|
N
|
% of total
|
| 2020
|
11 861
|
5 880
|
49.6
|
5 981
|
50.4
|
| 2019
|
47 622
|
23 867
|
50.1
|
23 755
|
49.9
|
| 2017
|
44 925
|
22 533
|
50.2
|
22 392
|
49.8
|
| 2015
|
9 931
|
4 917
|
49.5
|
5 014
|
50.5
|
| 2010
|
17 495
|
8 417
|
48.1
|
9 078
|
51.9
|
| 2005
|
25 060
|
11 918
|
47.6
|
13 142
|
52.4
|
| 2000
|
19 048
|
8 678
|
45.6
|
10 370
|
54.4
|
[ .. ]Data not available, residual data, not applicable; [ e ]EstimateLast update: 22/nov./2022
Residents born in Portugal by sex
Metadata
Note The data for 2010 and 2015 were reviewed by the UN and amended by OEm on 22/11/2022.
A.2 Foreign population, 1985-2024
(Individuals)
| Years
|
Total Population
|
|
All foreign-born
|
|
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
|
| 2024
|
64 007 187
|
3.2
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
| --
|
--
|
--
|
| 2022
|
62 027 503
|
2.4
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
| --
|
--
|
--
|
| 2020
|
60 562 381
|
3.4
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
| --
|
--
|
--
|
| 2019
|
58 558 270
|
3.2
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
| --
|
--
|
--
|
| 2017
|
56 717 156
|
1.9
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
| --
|
--
|
--
|
| 2016
|
55 653 654
|
-1.9
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
| --
|
--
|
--
|
| 2015
|
56 723 537
|
9.6
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
| --
|
--
|
--
|
| 2011
|
51 770 560
|
-1.1
|
|
581 815
|
1.1
|
--
|
|
10 454
| 0.0
|
0.5
|
--
|
| 2010
|
52 344 051
|
5.8
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
| --
|
--
|
--
|
| 2005
|
49 490 033
|
10.4
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
| --
|
--
|
--
|
| 2001
|
44 819 778
|
-5.0
|
|
463 002
|
1.0
|
--
|
|
5 779
| 0.0
|
0.6
|
--
|
| 2000
|
47 159 719
|
16.2
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
| --
|
--
|
--
|
| 1996
|
40 583 573
|
73.5
|
|
455 211
|
1.1
|
-82.2
|
|
6 792
| 0.0
|
0.7
|
-84.7
|
| 1985
|
23 385 645
|
--
|
|
2 562 671
|
11.0
|
--
|
|
44 262
| 0.2
|
2.4
|
--
|
[ .. ]Data not available, residual data, not applicable; [ e ]EstimateLast update: 05/fev./2025
Foreigners with Portuguese citizenship
Metadata
Note The values of residents with Portuguese nationality in 2001 exclude those with double nationality.
The data from 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020 were revised by the UN and amended by OEm on 05/02/2025.
Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Statistics South Africa,
Census 2001 (information granted upon request for the years of 1996 and 2001);
United Nations Statistical Division, Foreign-born population by country of birth, age, sex and urban/rural residence: each census, 1985 - 2004 (born abroad and in Portugal, 1985),
United Nations Statistical Division, Population by country of citizenship, sex and urban/rural residence: each census, 1985 - 2004 (foreigners and Portuguese, 1985), Census 2011 (data of Portuguese and foreign nationality granted upon request).
Census 2011 and Community Survey 2016, Census 2022 (data born in Portugal and abroad).
United Nations Statistics Division (2017),
United Nations Statistics Division (2019) and
United Nations Statistics Division (other data) (the UN figures are estimates).
A.3 Consular registrations
, 2008-2022
(Individuals)
| Years
|
All registrations
|
|
Registrations by migrants born in Portugal
|
|
Registrations by migrants with Portuguese citizenship
|
| N
|
Change in
|
|
N
|
% of total
|
Change in
|
|
N
|
% of total
|
Change in
|
| 2022
|
105 001
|
-3.0
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
| 2021
|
108 254
|
-3.4
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
| 2020
|
112 054
|
4.4
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
| 2019
|
107 324
|
41.8
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
| 2018
|
75 681
|
-37.6
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
| 2014
|
121 358
|
69.7
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
| 2012
|
71 513
|
-12.3
|
|
25 780
|
36.0
|
-26.2
|
|
62 006
|
86.7
|
-11.6
|
| 2011
|
81 571
|
1.4
|
|
34 913
|
42.8
|
-0.8
|
|
70 171
|
86.0
|
-12.1
|
| 2010
|
80 476
|
3.8
|
|
35 205
|
43.8
|
3.2
|
|
79 860
|
99.2
|
3.5
|
| 2009
|
77 533
|
8.3
|
|
34 121
|
44.0
|
2.6
|
|
77 139
|
99.5
|
8.2
|
| 2008
|
71 565
|
--
|
|
33 265
|
46.5
|
--
|
|
71 292
|
99.6
|
--
|
[ .. ]Data not available, residual data, not applicable; [ e ]EstimateLast update: 24/out./2023
All consular resgistrations
Metadata
Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Portuguese consulates abroad and Consular Management System (DGACCP), values granted upon request.
A.4 Foreign inflows
, 2001-2003
(Individuals)
| Years
|
Total inflows
|
|
Portuguese inflows
|
| N
|
Change in
|
|
N
|
% of total
|
Change in
|
| 2003
|
10 578
|
61.6
|
|
61
|
0.6
|
22.0
|
| 2002
|
6 545
|
35.4
|
|
50
|
0.8
|
16.3
|
| 2001
|
4 832
|
--
|
|
43
|
0.9
|
--
|
[ .. ]Data not available, residual data, not applicable; [ e ]EstimateLast update: 19/fev./2025
Metadata
Note The values correspond to the number of individuals who were granted permanent residence.
A.6 Remittances
, 2000-2024
(Euros, thousands)
| Years
|
Inward flows (thousand euros) (a)
|
|
Outward flows (thousand euros) (b)
|
Balance (a/b)
|
|
|
Change in
|
|
|
Change in
|
| 2024
|
33 420
|
2.7
|
|
4 830
|
64.8
|
7
|
| 2023
|
32 540
|
-2.8
|
|
2 930
|
42.9
|
11
|
| 2022
|
33 480
|
5.4
|
|
2 050
|
4.6
|
16
|
| 2021
|
31 770
|
-8.3
|
|
1 960
|
69.0
|
16
|
| 2020
|
34 650
|
-30.1
|
|
1 160
|
-10.1
|
30
|
| 2019
|
49 600
|
18.1
|
|
1 290
|
-7.9
|
38
|
| 2018
|
42 000
|
55.4
|
|
1 400
|
-28.6
|
30
|
| 2017
|
27 030
|
170.8
|
|
1 960
|
6.0
|
14
|
| 2016
|
9 980
|
16.4
|
|
1 850
|
23.3
|
5
|
| 2015
|
8 570
|
-2.2
|
|
1 500
|
-29.2
|
6
|
| 2014
|
8 760
|
33.5
|
|
2 120
|
341.7
|
4
|
| 2013
|
6 560
|
-16.5
|
|
480
|
-66.4
|
14
|
| 2012
|
7 860
|
-4.2
|
|
1 430
|
16.3
|
6
|
| 2011
|
8 200
|
22.2
|
|
1 230
|
36.7
|
7
|
| 2010
|
6 710
|
31.3
|
|
900
|
-7.2
|
7
|
| 2009
|
5 110
|
-48.1
|
|
970
|
86.5
|
5
|
| 2008
|
9 850
|
24.4
|
|
520
|
6.1
|
19
|
| 2007
|
7 920
|
15.8
|
|
490
|
-69.2
|
16
|
| 2006
|
6 840
|
23.5
|
|
1 590
|
30.3
|
4
|
| 2005
|
5 540
|
-60.9
|
|
1 220
|
5.2
|
5
|
| 2004
|
14 170
|
57.6
|
|
1 160
|
-47.3
|
12
|
| 2003
|
8 990
|
3.8
|
|
2 200
|
27.9
|
4
|
| 2002
|
8 660
|
-32.5
|
|
1 720
|
-32.3
|
5
|
| 2001
|
12 830
|
-9.6
|
|
2 540
|
-31.5
|
5
|
| 2000
|
14 190
|
--
|
|
3 710
|
--
|
4
|
[ .. ]Data not available, residual data, not applicable; [ e ]EstimateLast update: 19/fev./2025
Metadata
Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Banco de Portugal,
BP stat, Estatísticas de balança de pagamentos, Remessas de emigrantes/imigrantes.
B. Census
