Demographic features of the population of Portugal include population density , ethnicity , education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. As of , Portugal had an estimated population of 10,, inhabitants. High fertility and birth rates persisted until the s, after which they started to dramatically decline, leading to rapid population aging.
At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, almost one in five Portuguese was over 65 years old. The total fertility rate has climbed from an all-time low of 1.
Due to decrease in emigration and increase in immigration in the late s and early s the total population reached its peak in December , standing at 10,, Since then, due to the financial crisis, immigration that was- in some years - surpassed by emigration could not offset a shrinking population size, mainly due to the low birthrate but, also due to aging, the rising mortality.
After having decreased by 2. Portugal is a fairly linguistically and religiously homogeneous country. Ethnically, the Portuguese people form a big majority of the total population in Portugal. The Portuguese people are mainly a combination of ancient paleolithic populations, and the proto-Celtic , Celtic , and the para-Celtic Lusitanians. Portuguese is spoken throughout the country, with only some villages near the northern municipality of Miranda do Douro speaking Mirandese , locally recognised as a co-official language.
The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Together they host When considering the number of inhabitants in consistent single urban areas, de facto cities in mainland Portugal, per the new with increased density of human-created structures, and excluding suburban and rural areas, Portugal has two cities with about one million inhabitants each Lisbon and Porto , ten others with more than 50, inhabitants and 14 cities with populations between 20, and 40, inhabitants.
