Portugal
Urban population in Portugal
Urban population in Portugal: 28.5% in 1950 and 61.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 61.5%
- Since 1950
- +33 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 129 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 77.2%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 77.2% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Portugal |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.5 |
| 2024 | 61.3 |
| 2023 | 61.2 |
| 2022 | 61.1 |
| 2021 | 61.1 |
| 2020 | 61.1 |
| 2019 | 61.1 |
| 2018 | 61.1 |
| 2017 | 61.1 |
| 2016 | 61.1 |
| 2015 | 61.1 |
| 2014 | 61.1 |
| 2013 | 61.1 |
| 2012 | 61.1 |
| 2011 | 61.1 |
| 2010 | 61.1 |
| 2009 | 60.8 |
| 2008 | 60.4 |
| 2007 | 59.8 |
| 2006 | 59 |
| 2005 | 58.3 |
| 2004 | 57.4 |
| 2003 | 56.6 |
| 2002 | 55.8 |
| 2001 | 55.1 |
| 2000 | 54.4 |
| 1999 | 53.7 |
| 1998 | 53.1 |
| 1997 | 52.4 |
| 1996 | 51.7 |
| 1995 | 51 |
| 1994 | 50.3 |
| 1993 | 49.7 |
| 1992 | 49 |
| 1991 | 48.4 |
| 1990 | 47.7 |
| 1989 | 47.1 |
| 1988 | 46.5 |
| 1987 | 45.8 |
| 1986 | 45.2 |
| 1985 | 44.5 |
| 1984 | 43.9 |
| 1983 | 43.2 |
| 1982 | 42.6 |
| 1981 | 41.9 |
| 1980 | 41.3 |
| 1979 | 40.6 |
| 1978 | 40 |
| 1977 | 39.3 |
| 1976 | 38.7 |
| 1975 | 38.1 |
| 1974 | 37.5 |
| 1973 | 36.9 |
| 1972 | 36.3 |
| 1971 | 35.8 |
| 1970 | 35.2 |
| 1969 | 34.7 |
| 1968 | 34.2 |
| 1967 | 33.7 |
| 1966 | 33.2 |
| 1965 | 32.8 |
| 1964 | 32.3 |
| 1963 | 31.9 |
| 1962 | 31.5 |
| 1961 | 31.2 |
| 1960 | 30.8 |
| 1959 | 30.5 |
| 1958 | 30.2 |
| 1957 | 29.9 |
| 1956 | 29.5 |
| 1955 | 29.3 |
| 1954 | 29 |
| 1953 | 28.8 |
| 1952 | 28.6 |
| 1951 | 28.5 |
| 1950 | 28.5 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Portugal |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 61.7 |
| 2027 | 62 |
| 2028 | 62.3 |
| 2029 | 62.6 |
| 2030 | 63 |
| 2031 | 63.4 |
| 2032 | 63.8 |
| 2033 | 64.3 |
| 2034 | 64.8 |
| 2035 | 65.4 |
| 2036 | 66 |
| 2037 | 66.6 |
| 2038 | 67.2 |
| 2039 | 67.9 |
| 2040 | 68.6 |
| 2041 | 69.4 |
| 2042 | 70.1 |
| 2043 | 70.9 |
| 2044 | 71.8 |
| 2045 | 72.6 |
| 2046 | 73.5 |
| 2047 | 74.4 |
| 2048 | 75.3 |
| 2049 | 76.2 |
| 2050 | 77.2 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.71% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$5.51B in 2025
- Military spending per person$563 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel52,000 people in 2020
- National power0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports90 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2025