Portugal
Demographics
In 1998, there were under 180.000 immigrants in Portugal [Sic]. In 2023, the numbers of immigrants was estimated to be 1.040.000, and increase of 392.000 compared to previous year [Sic]. Immigrants represent about 10% of the country population. T
Immigrants
At the end of the 1980s, there were about 100.000 immigrants in Portugal [Sic2]. Immigrants per year;
- 180.000 in 1998 [SIC2]
- 383.759 in 2015 [CMJ]
- less than 480.000 in 2018 [SIC2]
- 781.247 in 2022 [VP]
- 1.040.000 in 2023 [VP]
Out of the 1 million immigrants, 182.000 are from the UE and 800.000 from outside the EU [Sic2]. Over 400.000 of legal immigrants are from Brazil [BR]. On top of that there, there are about 200.000 Brazilian with double nationality [BR].
During the academic year 2022-2023, Brazilian with over 19.000 students are also the largest group among foreign students at Universities in Portugal [Terra]. That academic year, there were 446.028 students at Universities [Terra]. The total number of foreign students reached 74.600 (17% of the total) [Terra].
Emmigrants
The number of Portuguese emigrants is estimated at 2,3 million [Id]. The immigration peak was between 2010 and 2019 [Sapo].
In 2024, the Observatório da Emigração (OE) (Emigration observatory), a research center from the ISECT (University of [Lisbon]) estimated that 850.000 people born in Portugal aged between 15-39 have emigrated from Portugal [Id]. This represents about this age cohort [Id].This had the consequence that about 20% of born Portuguese are born from Portuguese emigrants abroad [Id].
Total emigrants according the Emigration observatory [Id]:
- 2001: 75,000
- 2013: 120,000. The estimate composition is: 9.2% under 15 years, 69% between 15 and 39 years, 19.2% between 40 and 64 years, 2.5% 65+ years
- 2022: approx 60,000-65,000
In 2023, the largest number of Portuguese (4.533) went to the Netherlands.
Portuguese represented 29% (92,000) of the population of Luxembourg (Country) (661,000) in 2023 [CL]. This figure does not include those from Portugal who have acquired the nationality of Luxembourg. In 2023, 3.600 (11.6%)of immigrants to Luxembourg were Portuguese, this is less than Ukrainian 4.268 (13.6%) but more than French with 3.107 immigrants (9.9%) [CL]
See also
References
- [CB], Correo Braziliense Portugal: Novo primeiro-ministro coloca o foco no tema da imigração, April 2024
- [CL] Contacto.Lu, Portugueses já não são quem mais imigra para o Luxemburgo, https://www.contacto.lu/sociedade/portugueses-ja-nao-sao-quem-mais-imigra-para-o-luxemburgo/3540248.html, September 2023
- [CMJ] CMJournal, Imigrantes em Portugal aumentaram 33% em 2023 e já são mais de um milhão, June 2024
- [Id] Idealista, Jovens portugueses emigram cada vez mais: 30% já vivem fora do país, January 2024%
- [Sic] Sic Noticias, Número de imigrantes em Portugal disparou: Em 2023 mais de um milhão residiam no país, https://sicnoticias.pt/pais/2024-05-27-video-numero-de-imigrantes-em-portugal-disparou-em-2023-mais-de-um-milhao-residiam-no-pais-93dabccf, 27 May 2024
- [Sic 2] Sic Noticias, Número de imigrantes em Portugal disparou: Em 2023 mais de um milhão residiam no país, May 2024
- [Terra] Terra, Brasileiros são maioria entre estrangeiros nas universidades de Portugal, segundo levantamento, August 2023
- [VP], Voz Da Planicie, Imigrantes em Portugal aumentaram 33% em 2023 e já superam um milhão, June 2024