Superfície (91 831 km2)
 - 88 790 km2 Portugal Continental
 - 2 247 km2 arquipélago dos Açores
 - 794 km2 arquipélago da Madeira
População
9 862 540  Hab. (censo de 1991)
 - 239 190 (Açores)
 - 233 330 (Madeira)
       
Arquipélago da Madeira
Madeira – 1 862 m - (Funchal / Machico)
Porto Santo (Porto Santo)
Desertas e Selvagens (Ilhéus)
Arquipélago dos Açores
Santa Maria
São Miguel (Ponta Delgada)
Terceira (Angra do Heroísmo)
Graciosa
São Jorge
Pico – 2 351 m
Faial (Horta)
Flores
Corvo
       
Principais Rios
rio Mondego (220 km)
rio Sado (165 km)
rio Vouga (136 km)
rio Mira (130 km)
nascente em Espanha
rio Minho (75 km)
rio Douro (322 km)
rio Tejo (275 km)
rio Guadiana (260 km)
       
Principais Serras
Estrela – 1 993 m
       
Fuso Horário
GMT
       
Latitude (37°, 42° N)
Longitude (6º, 9º WG)
       
Organizações Internacionais
União Europeia
Conselho da Europa
Organização das Nações Unidas
União da Europa Ocidental
Comunidade de Países de Língua Portuguesa
Organização para a Segurança e Cooperação na Europa
Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte
       
Partidos Políticos
CDS/PP
MPT
PCP/PEV
PCTP/MRPP
PH
POUS
PPD/PSD
PPM
PS
PSN
       
Distritos
Mun. Freg.
Aveiro 19 208
Beja 14 98
Braga 14 514
Bragança 12 298
Castelo Branco 11 160
Coimbra 17 208
Évora 14 91
Faro 16 84
Guarda 14 336
Leiria 16 148
Lisboa 16 222
Portalegre 15 86
Porto 18 383
Santarém 21 191
Setúbal 13 82
Viana do Castelo 10 290
Vila Real 14 266
Viseu 24 372
ACORES 19 150
MADEIRA 11 54
308 4.241
       
       
Dados retirados do World Fact Book da CIA
Geography
Area:
total: 92,391 sq km
land: 91,951 sq km
water: 440 sq km
note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands
Land boundaries:
total: 1,214 km
border countries: Spain 1,214 km
Coastline: 1,793 km
Maritime claims:
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m
Land use:
arable land: 26%
permanent crops: 9%
permanent pastures: 9%
forests and woodland: 36%
other: 20% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 6,300 sq km (1993 est.)
People
Population: 9,918,040 (July 1999 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 17% (male 866,115; female 820,438)
15-64 years: 68% (male 3,283,345; female 3,428,427)
65 years and over: 15% (male 619,086; female 900,629) (1999 est.)
Population growth rate: -0.13% (1999 est.)
Birth rate: 10.49 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Death rate: 10.25 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Net migration rate: -1.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (1999 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 6.73 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.88 years
male: 72.51 years
female: 79.46 years (1999 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.34 children born/woman (1999 est.)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85%
male: 89%
female: 82% (1990 est.)
Economy
GDP: purchasing power parity—$144.8 billion (1998 est.)
GDP—real growth rate: 4.2% (1998 est.)
GDP—per capita: purchasing power parity—$14,600 (1998 est.)
GDP—composition by sector:
agriculture: 4%
industry: 36%
services: 60% (1998 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.8% (1998 est.)
Labor force: 4.75 million (1998 est.)
Labor force—by occupation: services 56%, manufacturing 22%, agriculture, forestry, fisheries 12%, construction 9%, mining 1% (1998 est.)
Unemployment rate: 5% (August 1998)
Budget:
revenues: $48 billion
expenditures: $52 billion, including capital expenditures of $7.4 billion (1996 est.)
Industries: textiles and footwear; wood pulp, paper, and cork; metalworking; oil refining; chemicals; fish canning; wine; tourism
Industrial production growth rate: 4.1% (1998 est.)
Electricity—production: 32.839 billion kWh (1996)
Electricity—production by source:
fossil fuel: 55%
hydro: 45%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1998 est.)
Electricity—consumption: 31.92 billion kWh (1997)
Electricity—exports: 3 billion kWh (1996)
Electricity—imports: 4.2 billion kWh (1996)
Agriculture—products: grain, potatoes, olives, grapes; sheep, cattle, goats, poultry, beef, dairy products
Exports: $25 billion (f.o.b., 1998)
Exports—commodities: clothing and footwear, machinery, chemicals, cork and paper products, hides
Exports—partners: EU 81% (Germany 20%, Spain 15%, France 14%, UK 12% Netherlands 5%, Benelux 5%, Italy 4%), US 5% (1997)
Imports: $34.9 billion (f.o.b., 1998)
Imports—commodities: machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum, textiles, agricultural products
Imports—partners: EU 76% (Spain 24%, Germany 15%, France 11%, Italy 8%, UK 7%, Netherlands 5%), US 3%, Japan 2% (1997)
Debt—external: $13.1 billion (1997 est.)
Economic aid—donor: ODA, $271 million (1995)
Transportation
Railways:
total: 3,072 km
broad gauge: 2,769 km 1.668-m gauge (528 km electrified; 426 km double track)
narrow gauge: 303 km 1.000-m gauge (1996)
Highways:
total: 68,732 km
paved: 59,110 km (including 687 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,622 km (1995 est.)
Ports and harbors: Aveiro, Funchal (Madeira Islands), Horta (Azores), Leixoes, Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada (Azores), Praia da Vitoria (Azores), Setubal, Viana do Castelo