Population 10,084,245 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 16.9% (male 875,485; female 827,670)
15-64 years: 67.3% (male 3,324,215; female 3,463,301)
65 years and over: 15.8% (male 644,761; female 948,813) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 0.18% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 11.5 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 10.21 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 5.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 76.14 years
female: 79.87 years (2002 est.)
male: 72.65 years

Total fertility rate 1.48 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.74% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 36,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths 280 (1999 est.)

Nationality
noun: Portuguese (singular and plural)
adjective: Portuguese

Ethnic groups homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal

Religions Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)

Languages Portuguese

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: NA%
female: NA%

NOTE: The information regarding Portugal on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Portugal People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Portugal People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.