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Portugal

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Capital:	Lisbon
Area size:	91500 sq. km Slightly smaller than Hungary
Time zone:	Standard Time GMT, Summer Time GMT +1
Currency:	Euro
Area code:	(+) 351
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	Maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Portuguese
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2007	10.7 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	10.6 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	10.5 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	10.5 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	10.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	10.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	10.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	10.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
11.8 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Portuguese make up 99.5 percent of the population.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Mainly Catholic (95 percent). There are also other smaller Christian denominations, including Protestants and Jehovah Witnesses, as well as some Muslims and Jews.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	58.9 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	58.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	57.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	57.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	56.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	55.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	55.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	54.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1931 1976
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2006)

Percentage of population under 15

2005	15.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	15.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	16.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	16.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	16.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	16.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	77.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	77.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	77.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	76.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	75.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	75.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	74.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	74.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	73.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	72.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	72.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	72.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	80.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	80.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	80.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	79.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	79.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	79.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2006	3 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	6 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2006	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	6 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	6 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	No data available percent
1995-2003	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality

2005	11 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	5 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	29	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	28	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	27	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	26	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	23	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	28	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2002-2004 average	<2.5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	<2.5 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water
No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation
No data available percent

Literacy - average

2004	92.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	92.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	92.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	95.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	95.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	94.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	90.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	90.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	89.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2006	401 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2007
2005	403 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	403 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	409 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	414 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	424 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	431 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Cellular telephone subscribers

2006	1160 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	1091 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	984 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	958 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	833 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	772 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	665 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Internet users

2006	305 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	272 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	245 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	255 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	218 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	180 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	168 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)

2007	28 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	26	Transparency International
2005	26	Transparency International
2004	27	Transparency International
2003	25	Transparency International
2002	25 (joint)	Transparency International
2001	25	Transparency International
2000	23 (joint)	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day

1990-2005	No data available percent
1990-2004	No data available percent
1990-2002	No data available percent
1990-2001	<2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2006	17850� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	17180 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	15140 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	12560 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	11100 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	11200 current US$	WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
2000	11600 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country�s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2006	194.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	185.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	179.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	156.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	127.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	115.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	112.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual GDP growth

2005	0.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004	1.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	-1.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	0.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	3.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual inflation

2005	2.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004	2.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	2.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	3.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	3.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
2.0 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
29.8 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	342 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	342 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	318 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	312 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2005	0.4 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2006
2003	0.4 percent	UNAIDS 2006

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2006	32 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2005	34 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2004	37 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2003	41 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2002	43 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2001	45 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2000	46 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2006	25	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	74	UNHCR
2004	47	UNHCR
2003	55	UNHCR
2002	62	UNHCR
2001	17	UNHCR
2000	23	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2006	333	UNHCR
2005	363	UNHCR
2004	377	UNHCR
2003	418	UNHCR
2002	462	UNHCR
2001	449	UNHCR
2000	433	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997 )
Source: Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	2.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	2.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	2.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	5.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	5.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	5.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	5.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	5.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	7.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	6.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	6.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	6.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	5.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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