Portugal 
Facts
Population: 10,642,836 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 16.5% (male 914,480/female 837,525)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male 3,501,206/female 3,551,706)
65 years and over: 17.3% (male 757,220/female 1,080,699) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 0.334% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 10.59 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 10.56 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 3.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.092 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.986 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.701 male(s)/female
total population: 0.946 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.38 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.87 years
male: 74.6 years
female: 81.36 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 1.48 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.4% (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 22,000 (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 1,000 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Portuguese (singular and plural)
adjective: Portuguese.
Ethnic groups: homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal.
Religions: Roman Catholic 84.5%, other Christian 2.2%, other 0.3%, unknown 9%, none 3.9% (2001 census).
Languages: Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used).
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.3%
male: 95.5%
female: 91.3% (2003 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $210.1 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 1.3% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $19,800 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 6.6%
industry: 28.6%
services: 64.9% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 5.58 million (2006).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 10%
industry: 30%
services: 60% (2001 est.).
Population below poverty line: NA%.
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.1%
highest 10%: 28.4% (1995 est.).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 7.6% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $83.89 billion
expenditures: $93.09 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: grain, potatoes, tomatoes, olives, grapes; sheep, cattle, goats, swine, poultry, dairy products; fish.
Industries: textiles and footwear; wood pulp, paper, and cork; metals and metalworking; oil refining; chemicals; fish canning; rubber and plastic products; ceramics; electronics and communications equipment; rail transportation equipment; aerospace equipment; ship construction and refurbishment; wine; tourism.
Industrial production growth rate: 0.9% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 42.52 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 46.05 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 2.1 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 8.6 billion kWh (2004).
Exports: $46.77 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: clothing and footwear, machinery, chemicals, cork and paper products, hides.
Exports - partners: Spain 25.9%, France 13.1%, Germany 11.9%, UK 8%, US 5.4%, Italy 4.3% (2005).
Imports: $67.74 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum, textiles, agricultural products.
Imports - partners: Spain 29%, Germany 13.4%, France 8.5%, Italy 5.2%, Netherlands 4.3%, UK 4.2% (2005).
Debt - external: $272.2 billion (30 September 2006 est.).
Economic aid - donor: ODA, $271 million (1995).
Currency (code): euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions within the member countries.
Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
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(Independent National Economic and Financial Newspa), Barcarena
http://www.agenciafinanceira.iol.pt
Lisbon
http://www.correiomanha.pt/
(Independent), Lisbon
http://www.dn.pt/
(Online news portal), Lisbon
http://diariodigital.sapo.pt/
(Independent weekly), Lisbon
http://www.expresso.pt/
(Business daily), Lisbon
http://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/
(Independent daily), Oporto
http://jn.sapo.pt/
Portugal in the News
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The I.G.S. will connect activists, advocates, organizations, policy makers, practitioners, innovators, businesses and green leaders from around the globe.
Having the advantage of a large coastline open to the Atlantic and a government willing to commit to the enterprise, the Portuguese are well placed to lead the world in wave-generated energy.
Today, Portugal’s more than 150 forts and castles are enduring monuments to the nation’s will to be independent.
Try a three-day weekend visit to the islands of the Azores, which has breathtaking views of volcanic crater lakes, lush hillsides that sweep down to deep blue-green water.
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