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| Population of
Portugal (INE, Lisbon) |
| Year |
Total |
Change |
Year |
Total |
Change |
| 1864 |
4,188,419 |
- |
1950 |
8,510,240 |
10.2% |
| 1890 |
5,049,729 |
20.5% |
1960 |
8,851,240 |
4.0% |
| 1911 |
5,969,056 |
18,2% |
1970 |
8,648,369 |
-2.3% |
| 1920 |
6,032,991 |
1,1% |
1981 |
9,833,041 |
13.7% |
| 1930 |
6,825,883 |
13.1% |
1991 |
9,862,540 |
0.3% |
| 1940 |
7,722,152 |
13.1% |
2001 |
10,356,117 |
5.0% |
As of 2007 Portugal had
10,617,575 inhabitants of whom 332,137, or 3.13%, were legal
immigrants (51,7% female, 48,3% male).[1]
Today, many Brazilians, Eastern Europeans (especially Ukrainians, Moldovans, Romanians and Russians), as well as Africans, are making
Portugal their home.
Immigration
Portugal, long a country of emigration, has now become a country
of net immigration, and not just from the last Indian
(Portuguese until 1961), African
(Portuguese until 1975), and Far
East Asian (Portuguese until 1999) overseas
territories. Since the 1990s, along with a boom in construction, several
new waves of Ukrainian, Brazilian, people from the
former Portuguese colonies in Africa and other Africans have
settled in the country. Those communities currently make up the
largest groups of immigrants in Portugal. Romanians, Moldovans and Chinese also have chosen Portugal as
destination. A number of EU citizens from the United Kingdom,
Spain and other EU member states, also have chosen Portugal
as destination, with a major part of the British, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian communities being mostly
composed of persons looking for quality of life, including an
increasing number of pensioners, and the Spaniards composed of
professionals (medical doctors, business managers, businesspersons,
nurses, etc.).[2]
Foreign-born naturalised citizens in
Portugal by 2001.
| Legal foreign
residents in Portugal |
| country of origin |
2002 [3] |
2004 [4] |
2006 [5] |
| Brazil |
58,370 |
66,907 |
73,384 |
| Cape Verde |
59,678 |
64,164 |
68,145 |
| Angola |
31,332 |
35,264 |
|
| Guinea Bissau |
22,855 |
25,148 |
|
| São Tomé |
8,951 |
10,483 |
|
| Mozambique |
5,312 |
5,471 |
|
| Ukraine |
60,571 |
66,227 |
41,872 |
| Romania |
10,673 |
12,155 |
|
| Moldova |
11,817 |
13,689 |
|
| Russia |
|
8,211 |
|
| China |
|
9,518 |
|
| India |
|
5,088 |
|
| Pakistan |
|
4,212 |
|
| Total non-EU |
340,187 |
374,652 |
|
| European Union |
65,393 |
74,542 |
|
| Total |
405,580 |
449,194 |
434,887 |
Immigration to Portugal has grown since the 1990s, with an
increase of the number of foreign citizens from diverse origins.
Some immigrant communities, like those arrived from Africa and South America, grew
as a result of economic emigration - foreigners looking for better
economic conditions abroad. Other immigrant communities, like most
of those arrived from other EU member states,
are a result of the attractiveness of the country for high income
foreign citizens looking for a better quality of life, a warmer sunny
weather, security and exquisite cuisine.
The 20 largest legal immigrant communities
in 2007 compared with their numbers in 1999
* : European
Union citizenship |
| Legal foreign residents |
Number in 1999 |
Number in 2007 |
Growth in percentage |
| Brazilians |
20,851 |
66,354 |
+ 218% |
| Capeverdeans |
43,951 |
63,925 |
+ 45% |
| Ukrainians |
123 |
39,480 |
+ 31998% |
| Angolans |
17,721 |
32,728 |
+ 85% |
| Guineans |
14,217 |
23,733 |
+ 67% |
| British* |
13,335 |
23,608 |
+ 77% |
| Romanians* |
224 |
19,155 |
+ 8451% |
| Spanish* |
11,122 |
18,030 |
+ 62% |
| Germans* |
9,605 |
15,498 |
+ 61% |
| Moldovans |
3 |
14,053 |
+ 468333% |
| Santomeans |
4,809 |
10,627 |
+ 121% |
| French* |
6,499 |
10,556 |
+ 62% |
| Chinese |
2,762 |
10,448 |
+ 278% |
| US-Americans |
7,975 |
8,264 |
+ 4% |
| Dutch* |
3,675 |
6,589 |
+ 79% |
| Italians* |
2,700 |
5,985 |
+ 122% |
| Mozambicans |
4,502 |
5,681 |
+ 26% |
| Russians |
448 |
5,114 |
+ 1042% |
| Bulgarians* |
347 |
5,028 |
+ 1349% |
| Indians |
1,211 |
4,104 |
+ 239% |
See also
References
- ^
INE, Statistics Portugal
- ^
EMBAIXADA DE PORTUGAL NO
BRASIL: Brasileiros são a maior colónia estrangeira em
Portugal
- ^
(in Portuguese) (pdf) Estatísticas da
Imigração, Alto Comissariado para a Imigração e Minorias
Étnicas, 2003, http://www.oi.acime.gov.pt/docs/rm/estatisticas%20imigracao%20portugal.pdf, retrieved
2007-12-14
- ^ (in Portuguese) (pdf) Estatísticas da
Imigração, Alto Comissariado para a Imigração e Minorias
Étnicas, 2005, http://www.acime.gov.pt/docs/GEE/Estatisticas_GEE_2005.pdf, retrieved
2007-12-14
- ^
(in Portuguese) (pdf) População Estrangeira em
Portugal - 2006, Instituto Nacional de Estatística,
December 13, 2007, http://www.ine.pt/ngt_server/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=10363731&att_display=n&att_download=y, retrieved
2007-12-14
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