Migration boosting Portuguese population

• 21 November, 23

An additional 46,249 people took up residence in Portugal in 2022, in a year in which, for the sixth consecutive time, the migration balance remained positive and the number of births increased by 5.1% compared to 2021.

According to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the resident population increased last year to 10,467,366 people.

“The effective population growth rate was positive (0.44%) for the fourth consecutive year. The population increase seen in 2022 resulted from the increase in the migration growth rate to 0.83%, the highest value observed since 2017, as the natural growth rate remained negative, at -0.39%”, reveals INE.

INE estimates point to 117,843 permanent immigrants entering Portugal in 2022, 21.3% more than in 2021, at the same time that 30,954 people emigrated, 23.4% more than in the same period last year, which resulted in that, for the sixth consecutive year, the migration balance was positive (86,889 people).

“Of the total number of permanent immigrants: 62.2% were men; 51.2% had foreign nationality; 59.3% were born in a country outside the European Union; 70.2% previously resided in a non-European Union country; and 77.9% were people of working age (15 to 64 years old)”, says INE.

Nationality

It adds that in 2022 there were 46,229 foreign citizens who acquired Portuguese nationality, a figure 15.2% below that recorded in 2021, and among the total number, 20,844 acquisitions were from residents in Portugal and 25,385 from people residing abroad.

Life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth remains very close to previous values, with an average estimate for 2020-2022 of 80.96 years. The average life expectancy for women is 83.52 years, while for men it is 78.05 years.

Cre: Portugalnews