headcount.earth -6,544,849

Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · PRT

Portugal

Europe · Southern Europe

Portugal is recorded at 10.43m people in 2024, with total annual change of -10,717 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 620 · PRT

Portugal

PRT · PT
SHRINKING
population 10.43m
annual change -10,717
natural change -31,366
fertility 1.51
migrant share 10.8%

Shrinkage · peak 2010 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 1.13m

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Portugal in 2024
Births 86,151
Deaths -117,517
Natural change -31,366
Net migration +20,648
Total change -10,717
time anchors

-1,671,305

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Portugal
This year -10,717
Since peak -153,368 since 2010
Projected 2100 8.75m
Vanishing Point

2997

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

10.8%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 10.43m

Portugal 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.34m, ages 15-64 6.57m, ages 65+ 2.52m.

0-14
1.34m
15-64
6.57m
65+
2.52m
2050 2050 9.77m

Portugal 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.32m, ages 15-64 5.22m, ages 65+ 3.23m.

0-14
1.32m
15-64
5.22m
65+
3.23m
2100 2100 8.75m

Portugal 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.21m, ages 15-64 4.82m, ages 65+ 2.72m.

0-14
1.21m
15-64
4.82m
65+
2.72m
stage

Shrinkage

Stage since 1963.

crossover

2009

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

2.56

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2008.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 10.43m -10,717 86.2k 117.5k 1.51
2030 10.32m -18,754 84.8k 121.9k 1.53
2050 9.77m -35,525 82.6k 134.7k 1.57
2080 8.87m -10,757 81.1k 106.9k 1.60
2100 8.75m -4,302 78.4k 97.6k 1.61