Population — EU-foreign citizens

In 2024, Portugal's population increased by 5.1% compared to 2023, reaching 179,276.

Portugal accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 13,974,500.

Portugal ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 35.9% (from 131,911 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.