Portugal Facts & Figures: Statistics For Portugal
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Adulthood: 18
Agriculture:
39.7% (2018 estimate)
arable land: 11.9% (2018 estimate)
permanent crops: 7.8% (2018 estimate)
permanent pasture: 20% (2018 estimate)
forest: 37.8% (2018 estimate);
2.2% of GDP (2017 estimate)
Main agricultural products - apples, grapes, maize, milk, olives, oranges, pork, potatoes, poultry, tomatoes:
8.6% of the labor force work in agriculture
Annual per capita income: $US21,700 (2007 estimate); $US23,000 (2010 estimate); $28,900 (2016 estimate)
Area: 92,391 km²
Biggest City: Lisbon
Capital: Lisbon
Cars: 321 per 1000 inhabitants (1998 estimate); 492 per 1000 inhabitants (2017 estimate); Total number of cars 5,059,472 (2017)
Coastline: 1,793 km
Cork: One third of the world's total cork oak area is in Portugal which produces roughly half the world's cork (310,00 tons from 2,150,000 hectares).
Currency: euro EUR (prev. Portuguese escudo)
Driving: On the right
Drugs: All illicit drugs decriminalized in 2001; fines for possession
Economic growth: 1.9% (2007); 1.4% (2010); 1.4% (2016); 2.24% (2019)
Electricity: 220 AC, 50 cycles
Ethnic groups: 97.9% Portuguese (2010); 95% Portuguese (2022)
Football Association: FPF, Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Football League: I Divisao/ II Divisao de Honra
GDP per capita: $28,900 (2016 estimate); $32,200 (2020 estimate)
Government: parliamentary democracy
Highest Mountain: Pico, Azores 2351m
International access code: +351
Internet country code: .pt
Internet users: 5,168,000 (2009); 7,629,560 (2016); 8,031,723 (2020)
Life expectancy: male: 76.2 years; female 82.9 years (2017)
Main export partners:
EU 74% Spain 26.5%, Germany 12.9%, France 12%, UK 6.7%; 2007; Spain 27.3%, Germany 12.9%, France 12.4%, Angola 7%, UK 5.7%; 2009; Spain 26.2%, France 12.6%, Germany 11.7%, UK 7%, US 4.9%; 2016; Spain 23%, France 13%, Germany 12%, United Kingdom 6%, United States 5%; 2019
Main imports partners:
EU 79% (Spain 29%, Germany 13.1%, France 8.1%, Italy 5.6%, Netherlands 4.4%; 2007); (Spain 32.6%, Germany 13.2%, France 8.3%, Italy 5.8%, Netherlands 5.5%; 2009); Spain 32.8%, Germany 13.5%, France 7.8%, Italy 5.5%, Netherlands 5.1%; 2016; Spain 29%, Germany 13%, France 9%, Italy 5%, Netherlands 5%; 2019
Meat production: 882,576 tonnes (2010)
Military: conscription ended in 2004; now voluntary
Milk production: 2,002,576kl (2010)
Mobile phones: 11,859,548 (2020)
National soccer team uniform: red and green
Population density: 109.1 per km2
Population: 10,676,910 (July 2008 estimate); 10,760,305 (July 2011 estimate); 10,839,514 (July 2017 estimate); 10,242,081 (2022 estimate)
Principal cities & populations:
Lisbon 559,400
Porto 264,200
Amadora 175,600
Braga 114,500
Setubal 114,000
Coimbra 103,200
Funchal 103,000
Pro soccer teams: 36 in 2 divisions
Public telephones per 1000 inhabitants: 2.95 (2010)
Railways: 3,319 km of track (2006); 3,075.1 km (2016)
Religion: Roman Catholic 81%, other Christian 3.3%, other (includes Jewish, Muslim) 0.6%, none 6.8%, unspecified 8.3% (2011 estimate)
Ruling party: Social Democrat Party (Partido Social Democrata)
Stock market: Euronext
Teaching staff in higher education: 37,281 (2005)
Telephones (Landlines): 5,212,507 (2020 estimate)
Mobile: 11,854,999 (2020 estimate)
Time: GMT (Daylight saving time (DST) March 30-October 26 2003)
Tourism: 12.8 million (2016); 9.2 million (2006)
Unemployment: 7.7% (2007 estimate); 10.8% (2010 estimate); 11.1% (2016 estimate); 7.05% (2018 estimate)
Urban population: 38% (2000 estimate); 61% of total population (2010 estimate); 64.6% of total population (2017); 67.4% of total population (2022)
Video system: PAL
Wettest month: January (in Lisbon)
Wine consumption: the average Portuguese person drank 67 liters of wine in 2022. The Portuguese consume the most wine in the world per head.
Wine production: 6,946,118hl (2010); 6,100,000hl (2018); The EU predicts a 34% drop in demand in 2023 as wine consumption drops across Europe.
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