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Portugal's evolution over the past 6 decades

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	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2011	2023
Resident population thousands	8,889	8,663	9,884	9,950	10,395	10,559	10,640
Registred voters	-	-	-	8,530,026	8,902,001	9,721,406	10,883,512
Young people aged under 15	-	2,492,892	2,493,763	1,959,671	1,679,191	1,588,663	1,362,620
Young people (%) aged under 15	-	28.7	25.3	19.7	16.2	15.0	12.9
Working-age population 15 to 64 years	-	5,368,566	6,224,924	6,628,021	6,978,257	6,976,693	6,677,814
Working-age population (%) 15 to 64 years	-	61.8	63.2	66.5	67.3	66.0	63.1
Elderly people 65 years and older	-	818,972	1,132,638	1,372,543	1,705,274	2,000,480	2,537,740
Elderly people (%) 65 years and older	-	9.4	11.5	13.8	16.5	18.9	24.0
Working-age people per elderly person	-	6.6	5.5	4.8	4.1	3.5	2.6
Households (1)	2,356,982	2,345,225	2,924,443	3,147,286	3,650,757	4,043,726	-
Single-person households (%) (1)	10.8	10.0	13.0	13.8	17.3	21.4	-
Average number of persons per household (1)	3.7	3.7	3.3	3.1	2.8	2.6	-
Non-Catholic marriages (%) (6)	9.2	13.4	26.0	27.9	37.5	60.5	78.1
Births	213,895	180,690	152,071	116,299	112,774	96,856	85,699
Births out of wedlock (%)	9.5	7.2	9.5	15.6	23.8	42.8	59.5
Mean age of the mother at birth of 1st child	25.0	24.4	23.6	24.9	26.8	29.2	30.2
Total fertility rate average number of children per woman of childbearing age	3.19	2.99	2.13	1.56	1.45	1.35	1.44
Deaths	95,007	93,093	95,728	103,882	105,092	102,848	118,295
Infant mortality rate (‰) deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 live births	77.5	55.5	21.8	10.8	5.0	3.1	2.5
Natural increase (thousands) difference between total births and total deaths	118.9	87.6	56.3	12.4	7.7	-6.0	-32.6
Conventional household dwellings	-	-	-	4,216,541	5,357,900	5,879,333	-
Main family dwellings (%) (1)	91.3	83.4	81.9	73.5	70.7	68.1	-
Second family dwellings (%) (1)	-	2.8	12.5	15.9	18.4	19.3	-
Family dwellings with running water (%) (1)	-	47.4	71.5	86.8	97.9	99.4	-
Conventional residential buildings	-	-	-	2,880,388	3,185,972	3,556,128	-
Illiteracy rate (%) (1) resident population aged 10 and over who cannot read or write	33.1	25.7	18.6	11.0	9.0	┴5.2	-
Education 1st cycle establishments (2)	-	17,190	10,575	10,405	9,416	5,221	4,015
Compulsory education students (2)	-	1,316,279	1,574,568	1,484,256	1,223,151	1,206,716	945,449
Upper-secondary education students (2)	-	27,028	176,084	347,911	413,748	440,895	394,964
Higher education students (2)	-	-	83,754	186,780	387,703	396,268	446,028
Non-higher education teaching staff (2)	-	53,786	113,555	146,149	176,707	174,953	149,816
Higher education teaching staff (4)	-	-	9,097	-	35,740	37,078	-
Museums, zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums	-	122	121	┴320	┴234	┴397	-
Museums, zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums visitors thousands	-	2,750	2,980	┴6,578	┴8,556	┴13,495	-
Live show performances	3,380	4,732	4,578	3,390	┴13,196	┴25,871	-
Live show spectators thousands	1,831	2,340	1,390	666	┴3,836	┴8,484	-
Movie screens	-	-	-	-	455	┴558	566
Movie spectators thousands	26,588	27,971	30,339	8,234	┴19,471	┴15,702	12,306
Hospitals	-	634	-	┴237	217	┴226	-
Pharmacies	-	-	-	2,501	2,556	2,900	2,920
Physicians	7,075	8,156	-	28,326	33,233	42,796	Pro62,132
Nurses	9,541	13,797	-	30,094	39,529	64,478	Pro83,538
Courts of justice	205	208	218	308	337	327	38
Judges	253	422	688	1,028	1,440	1,748	Pro1,734
Lawyers	1,964	2,573	4,550	9,526	18,954	27,869	Pro36,634
Lawsuits initiated at the courts of justice	263,173	245,676	489,658	723,263	737,000	802,624	Pro505,683
Lawsuits terminated at the courts of justice	270,420	246,593	471,522	709,781	669,874	771,649	Pro504,430
Lawsuits pending at the courts of justice	172,194	145,613	643,465	641,354	1,284,233	1,690,157	Pro591,433
Congestion rate in courts of justice (%) lawsuits pending per 100 terminated	66.4	59.4	132.6	88.5	181.7	215.0	Pro117.0
Actual prison occupancy (%) (inmates / prison capacity)*100	77.4	47.2	75.7	108.4	114.5	105.0	Pro96.3
Convicted persons per 100 indicted persons	58.6	48.7	29.7	31.9	58.4	64.6	-
enterprises (3)	-	-	-	385,565	┴593,574	┴1,136,256	-
Personnel employed in an enterprise (3)	-	-	-	2,514,261	┴3,116,351	┴3,741,633	-
Constituted companies (5)	2,292	2,988	9,878	17,687	┴45,290	┴31,986	47,989
Dissolved companies (5)	432	639	963	1,003	┴6,858	┴32,473	13,935
Economically active population (thousands) employed population + unemployed population	-	-	4,367.2	┴5,101.6	┴5,342.4	┴5,111.8	5,402.3
Activity rate (%) economically active population per each 100 individuals aged 16 to 89	-	-	-	63.8	┴61.5	┴58.0	60.2
Employment rate (%) employed population per each 100 individuals aged 16 to 89	-	-	-	60.7	┴59.1	┴50.2	56.3
Employed population in the primary sector (%)	-	-	26.7	┴17.5	┴12.9	┴3.9	3.0
Employed population in the secondary sector (%)	-	-	36.5	┴33.5	┴33.8	┴28.7	25.0
Employed population in the tertiary sector (%)	-	-	36.8	┴49.0	┴53.3	┴67.3	72.0
Employees (%)	-	-	67.5	┴69.6	┴72.5	┴83.9	85.3
Unemployment rate (%) unemployed population per 100 economically active population	-	-	-	4.1	┴4.0	┴13.5	6.5
Social Security pensions	56,296	187,297	1,719,685	2,207,145	2,528,929	2,943,654	3,020,960
Public Administration Retirement Fund retirees and pensioners	63,290	73,510	140,051	268,110	436,176	591,777	654,332
Social Security and Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions as % of resident population aged 15 and over	1.9	4.2	25.1	30.8	34.0	39.4	39.6
Beneficiaries of the unemployment benefit	-	-	58,869	┴93,830	┴155,979	320,387	181,324
General Government expenditure millions €, constant prices (2016)	-	-	-	-	79,764.8	93,759.0	Pre91,370.7
Gross disposable income millions €, constant prices (2016)	43,194.9	72,232.9	106,192.0	146,804.9	180,969.9	185,796.7	Pre216,786.3
GDP millions €, constant prices (2016)	41,348.6	67,359.6	100,281.8	139,222.3	180,748.3	187,432.5	Pre215,775.5
Public consumption as % of GDP	9.3	11.5	14.3	16.7	19.2	19.7	Pre17.0
Private consumption as % of GDP	73.4	64.5	63.9	64.6	62.8	65.9	Pre62.6
GDP per capita €, constant prices (2016)	4,664.2	7,759.9	10,179.5	13,977.8	17,442.2	17,739.5	Pre20,412.7
Investment as % of GDP	22.2	25.1	33.1	26.7	27.4	18.4	Pre19.4
Inflation rate (%)	2.6	4.3	19.2	11.8	4.4	3.7	4.3
Gross savings of individuals as % of individuals´disposable income	10.3	23.9	24.9	18.2	13.1	8.7	-
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh)	-	-	-	-	3,912.2	4,652.1	-
Burnt area (7) Hectare	-	-	89,798	182,486	117,420	77,104	34,509
ATM machines	-	-	-	1,249	8,547	13,911	12,501
Trips within the country as % of residents’ trips domestic tourism	-	-	-	-	-	90.4	86.4
Foreign guests in hotel establishments (%)	-	45.3	46.8	57.4	54.3	┴53.0	60.7
Travel and tourism account as % of GDP balance	-	-	-	-	2.8	2.9	Pre7.1
Passenger traffic at major airports	-	3,357,563	6,367,372	11,054,871	20,703,095	30,686,190	Pro67,504,521
Goods transported by sea	-	-	39,819,255	50,645,496	┴56,164,262	┴67,506,738	82,109,706
Captured fish tonnes	-	365,423	264,398	305,431	146,094	164,236	131,295
Wine production hectoliters	-	-	-	-	7,789,427	┴5,622,363	Pro7,542,060
Olive oil produced (7) hectoliters	942,005	734,752	251,115	668,711	349,502	831,914	1,755,289

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Sources/Entities: INE, BdP, CGA/MTSSS-MF, DGEEC/MECI, DGEG/MAE, DGRM/MIH-ME-MAE-MAP, DGPJ/MJ, DGS/MS, ICA/MC, ICNF/MAE-MAP, DGT/MCT-MAE, IGFSS/MTSSS, II/MTSSS, ISS/MTSSS, SGMAI, SIBS, S.A., PORDATA

Notes

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(1) - Census data.

(2) - The year presented corresponds to the last year of the pair of academic years.

(3) - From 2011 onwards, the values include enterprises, individual self-employed workers and independent workers.

(4) - The year presented corresponds to the first year of the pair of academic years.

(5) - The values exclude Agriculture, Fishing and Public Administration.

(6) - The values refer to marriages between people of the opposite sex.

(7) - The figures refer to Mainland Portugal.

Portugal's evolution over the past 6 decades

Summary table

Resident population

Registred voters

Young people

Young people (%)

Working-age population

Working-age population (%)

Elderly people

Elderly people (%)

Working-age people per elderly person

Households

Single-person households (%)

Average number of persons per household

Non-Catholic marriages (%)

Births

Births out of wedlock (%)

Mean age of the mother at birth of 1st child

Total fertility rate

Deaths

Infant mortality rate (‰)

Natural increase (thousands)

Conventional household dwellings

Main family dwellings (%)

Second family dwellings (%)

Family dwellings with running water (%)

Conventional residential buildings

Illiteracy rate (%)

Education 1st cycle establishments

Compulsory education students

Upper-secondary education students

Higher education students

Non-higher education teaching staff

Higher education teaching staff

Museums, zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums

Museums, zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums visitors

Live show performances

Live show spectators

Movie screens

Movie spectators

Hospitals

Pharmacies

Physicians

Nurses

Courts of justice

Judges

Lawyers

Lawsuits initiated at the courts of justice

Lawsuits terminated at the courts of justice

Lawsuits pending at the courts of justice

Congestion rate in courts of justice (%)

Actual prison occupancy (%)

Convicted persons per 100 indicted persons

enterprises

Personnel employed in an enterprise

Constituted companies

Dissolved companies

Economically active population (thousands)

Activity rate (%)

Employment rate (%)

Employed population in the primary sector (%)

Employed population in the secondary sector (%)

Employed population in the tertiary sector (%)

Employees (%)

Unemployment rate (%)

Social Security pensions

Public Administration Retirement Fund retirees and pensioners

Social Security and Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions as % of resident population

Beneficiaries of the unemployment benefit

General Government expenditure

Gross disposable income

GDP

Public consumption as % of GDP

Private consumption as % of GDP

GDP per capita

Investment as % of GDP

Inflation rate (%)

Gross savings of individuals as % of individuals´disposable income

Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh)

Burnt area