Latest news and stories about demographics in Lisboa, Portugal for expats and residents.
A Pordata report reveals that secondary education completion rates are lower in Lisbon, Setúbal, and the Algarve, despite an overall increase in student enrollment and higher education participation across Portugal.
Portugal has fallen three positions in the European Union's GDP per capita rankings.
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) is in early talks to develop a study mapping the living conditions of Brazilians in Portugal. Fiocruz president Mário Moreira stated the project aims to create an accurate demographic profile of the Brazilian population in the country by leveraging administrative data from Portuguese immigration, health, and tax systems, in partnership with the National School of Public Health at the University NOVA of Lisbon. The initiative seeks to support public policy development and complements similar efforts by the Consulate-General of Brazil in Lisbon.
Containers may be the solution. Class sizes in Lisbon have been increased to accommodate around 600 students without a placement. The Minister of Education stated that this increase does not compromise the quality of education and cited significant demographic pressure due to the number of immigrants in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.
An analysis of the changing landscape of childbirth and the impact of cultural diversity on birth rates within Portugal.
The country continues to be marked by a sharp decline in the birth rate and by thousands leaving for abroad. The Greater Lisbon region saw the most significant drop (-2.4%) among those aged 0 to 24.
In partnership with the IDE Social Hub, the festival is surveying the audience attending the shows in the Portuguese capital. The goal is to understand how diverse the event is in order to define the direction of future editions.
The Verlingue Expertise Conference highlights the demographic challenge in Portugal, noting a ratio of just 2.63 active workers per retiree.
Half of Europe's private spending will be in the hands of those over 50 today. Have companies thought about them?
Figures released by the Itamaraty are still preliminary, but Lisbon is consolidating its position as the largest electoral district outside of Brazil. When looking at countries, Portugal is only behind the United States.
The idea that a society can forgo its own generational and cultural renewal without consequences reveals a profound misunderstanding of what a political community is.
The number of births in Portugal has increased, with foreign mothers accounting for one-third of these new arrivals.
The number of children born in Portugal rose by 3.7% last year to 87,764, with about one-third of babies born to foreign mothers, the National Statistics Institute (INE) announced on Thursday, May 30. While releasing vital population statistics for 2025, the INE highlighted that the natural balance worsened, although the Greater Lisbon region maintained a positive balance for the third consecutive year. The number of deaths increased by 2.9% compared to 2024, reaching 121,817. Of these, 246 were infant deaths under one year old. The decrease in infant mortality and the rise in live births led to a drop in the infant mortality rate to 2.8 deaths per thousand live births. In 2025, 37,714 marriages were celebrated in Portugal, an increase of 1,081 compared to 2024.
The natural balance for 2025, however, worsened, with the Greater Lisbon region maintaining a positive balance for the third consecutive year.
INE highlighted that the natural balance worsened, although the Greater Lisbon region maintained a positive balance for the third consecutive year.
