Editing Demographics of Portugal (section)

==Urban organization==

===Metropolitan areas and agglomerations===
[[File:MunicipiosMaisPopul.svg|right|thumb|The 25 most and the 25 least populated municipalities of Portugal. The metropolitan areas of Lisbon, Porto and [[Minho Province|Minho]] are visible.|366x366px]]
As of 2023, Portugal had two significant agglomerations: the political metropolitan areas of [[Lisbon]] and [[Porto]] – ''[[Grande Área Metropolitana de Lisboa]]'' (3.0 million) and ''[[Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto]]'' (1.8 million). Together they host 44.77% of the total population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistics Portugal - Web Portal |url=https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0008272&contexto=bd&selTab=tab2 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=www.ine.pt}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="border: black 1px fixed" |
!Image!!City!!Metropolitan area!!Core municipality
|-
||[[File:Lisboa e o rio Tejo - Portugal (100442449).jpg|220px]]
||'''[[Lisbon]]'''
||2,961,177
||567,131
|-
||[[File:Porto (36337379133).jpg|220px]]
||'''[[Porto]]'''
||1,802,664
||248,769
|}

===Largest urban areas===

When considering the number of inhabitants in consistent single urban areas, de facto cities in mainland Portugal, per the new with increased density of human-created structures, and excluding suburban and rural areas, Portugal has two cities with about one million inhabitants each (Lisbon and Porto), ten others with more than 50,000 inhabitants and 14 cities with populations between 20,000 and 40,000 inhabitants.<ref name="tgv">Fernando Nunes da Silva (2005), [http://www.moptc.pt/tempfiles/20060227144758moptc.pdf Alta Velocidade em Portugal, Desenvolvimento Regional], CENSUR, IST  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624061135/http://www.moptc.pt/tempfiles/20060227144758moptc.pdf|date=24 June 2009}}</ref>

<gallery widths="140" heights="100">
File:Marquis of Pombal Square (Praça Marquês de Pombal) 4.jpg|1.[[Lisbon]] <small>and surroundings</small><br /> 3 million inh. ca.<small><br />[[Lisbon metropolitan area|Greater Lisbon]]</small>
File:Porto (37008876271).jpg|2.[[Porto]] <small>and surroundings</small><br /> 2 million inh. ca.<small><br />[[Porto metropolitan area|Greater Porto]]</small>
File:Avenida Central 2018 (1).jpg|3.[[Braga]]<br />202,000 inh.<br />
File:DJI 0136.castelo guimarãesJPG.jpg|4.[[Guimarães]]<br /> 157,000 inh.
File:Coimbra 2021 (63).jpg|5.[[Coimbra]]<br /> 145,000 inh.
File:Câmara Municipal de Vila Nova de Famalicão - Portugal (24653100438).jpg|6. [[Vila Nova de Famalicão]]<br />136,000 inh.
File:Leiria - Portugal (40481754050).jpg|7. [[Leiria]]<br />134,000 inh. 
File:Aerial photograph of Barcelos 2023 (3).jpg|8. [[Barcelos, Portugal|Barcelos]]<br />117,000 inh. 
File:Vista de Funchal desde Pico dos Barcelos, Madeira, Portugal, 2019-05-29, DD 45.jpg|9.[[Funchal]]<br /> 108,000 inh.
File:ViseuAereas1.jpg|10.[[Viseu]]<br />102,000 inh.
</gallery>

===Largest cities===
Portugal has 151 localities with national city status (''cidade''). Every city is included into a municipality (''[[Municipalities of Portugal|município]]''). This is a list of population by city, which means that it refers to the number of inhabitants in the city proper, excluding inhabitants from the same municipality but living outside the urban area of the city in other civil parishes (''[[freguesias]]'') of the municipality. In some cases (e.g. Lisbon), the entire municipality and the city proper cover the same territory.<ref>[http://dev.igeo.pt/atlas/Cap2/Cap2d_2.html UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente – Cidades, 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006143612/http://dev.igeo.pt/atlas/Cap2/Cap2d_2.html |date=6 October 2014 }} Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=|first=|title=Portugal: Regions and Cities|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/portugal/cities/|access-date=2023-07-04 |website=CITY POPULATION - statistics, maps & charts |language=en-EN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Censos2021 |url=https://geoc2021.ine.pt/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=geoc2021.ine.pt}}</ref>
[[File:Mapa densidade portugal.png|thumb|230px|right|Population density of Portugal in 2021, per km<sup>2</sup>:
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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|-
! align="right" | Rank
! align="left" | City name
! align="right" | Population
! align="left" | Metropolitan area
! align="left" | Subregion
|- align="right"
|1 || align="left" | [[Lisbon]] || '''548,703'''|| align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]] || align="left" | ''[[Grande Lisboa]]''
|- align="right"
|2 || align="left" | [[Porto]] || '''240,592'''|| align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]] || align="left" | ''[[Grande Porto]]''
|- align="right"
|3 || align="left" | [[Vila Nova de Gaia]] || '''188,443''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]] || align="left" | ''[[Grande Porto]]''
|- align="right"
|4 || align="left" | [[Amadora]] || '''174,511'''|| align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]] || align="left" | ''[[Grande Lisboa]]''
|- align="right"
|5 || align="left" | [[Braga]] || '''148,977''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Minho]] || align="left" | ''[[Cávado Subregion|Cávado]]''
|- align="right"
|6 || align="left" | [[Coimbra]] || '''106,655''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Coimbra]] || align="left" | ''[[Baixo Mondego]]''
|- align="right"
|7 || align="left" | [[Funchal]] || '''106,429'''|| || align="left" | ''[[Madeira]]''
|- align="right"
|8 || align="left" | [[Setúbal]] || '''98,470''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]] || align="left" | ''[[Península de Setúbal]]''
|- align="right"
|9 || align="left" | [[Almada]] || '''88,202''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]] || align="left" | ''[[Península de Setúbal]]''
|- align="right"
|10 || align="left" | [[Agualva-Cacém]] || '''81,006''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]] || align="left" | ''[[Grande Lisboa]]''
|- align="right"
|11 || align="left" | [[Queluz (Sintra)|Queluz]] || '''73,047''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]] || align="left" | ''[[Grande Lisboa]]''
|- align="right"
|12 || align="left" | [[Rio Tinto (Gondomar)|Rio Tinto]] || '''65,469''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]] || align="left" | ''[[Grande Porto]]''
|- align="right"
|13 || align="left" | [[Barreiro (city)|Barreiro]] || '''62,860''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]] || align="left" | ''[[Península de Setúbal]]''
|- align="right"
|14 || align="left" | [[Aveiro, Portugal|Aveiro]] || '''62,130''' || || align="left" | ''[[Baixo Vouga]]''
|- align="right"
|15 || align="left" | [[Viseu]] || '''60,570''' || || align="left" | ''[[Dão-Lafões]]''
|- align="right"
|16 || align="left" | [[Odivelas]] || '''58,170''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]] || align="left" | ''[[Grande Lisboa]]''
|- align="right"
|17 || align="left" | [[Guimarães]] || '''54,750''' || || align="left" | ''[[Ave, Subregion|Ave]]''
|- align="right"
|18 || align="left" | [[Leiria]] || '''54,540''' || || align="left" | ''[[Pinhal Litoral]]''
|- align="right"
|19 || align="left" | [[Faro, Portugal|Faro]] || '''49,360''' || || align="left" | ''[[Algarve]]''
|- align="right"
|20 || align="left" | [[Matosinhos]] || '''49,034''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]] || align="left" | ''[[Grande Porto]]''
|- align="right"
|21 || align="left" | [[Loures]] || '''46,246''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]] || align="left" | ''[[Grande Lisboa]]''
|- align="right"
|22 || align="left" | [[Portimão]] || '''43,810''' || || align="left" | ''[[Algarve]]''
|- align="right"
|23 || align="left" | [[Póvoa de Varzim]] || '''41,206''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]] || align="left" | ''[[Grande Porto]]''
|- align="right"
|24 || align="left" | [[Amora, Portugal|Amora]] || '''41,140''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]] || align="left" | ''[[Península de Setúbal]]''
|- align="right"
|25 || align="left" | [[Maia, Porto, Portugal|Maia]] || '''40,534''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]] || align="left" | ''[[Grande Porto]]''
|- align="right"
|26 || align="left" | [[Évora]] || '''40,373''' || || align="left" | ''[[Alentejo Central]]''
|- align="right"
|27 || align="left" | [[Montijo, Portugal|Montijo]] || '''40,130''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]] || align="left" | ''[[Península de Setúbal]]''
|- align="right"
|28 || align="left" | [[Ponta Delgada]] || '''40,050''' || || align="left" | ''[[Açores]]''
|- align="right"
|29 || align="left" | [[Santa Maria da Feira]] || '''39,576''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]] || align="left" | ''[[Entre Douro e Vouga]]''
|- align="right"
|30 || align="left" | [[Ermesinde]] || '''38,570''' || align="left" | [[Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]] || align="left" | ''[[Grande Porto]]''
|}

===Largest municipalities by population===
The following table lists the largest Portuguese municipalities by population as of 2023. The land area is expressed in km<sup>2</sup> and only municipalities with populations of over 100,000 inhabitants are listed.<ref name=":2" /> The 26 listed municipalities account for 46.10% of the country's population and for only 5.14% of its total land area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=População residente (N.º) por Local de residência (NUTS - 2013), Sexo e Grupo etário (Por ciclos de vida); Anual |url=https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0008272&contexto=bd&selTab=tab2}}</ref>
[[File:Alfragidetorre.jpg|thumb|229x229px|View of residential building in Amadora, one of the most densely populated municipalities in Portugal and more densely populated than [[Hong Kong]]]]
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|-
! align="right" | Rank
! align="left" | Municipality
! align="right" | Population
!Land Area
!Density
! align="left" | Metropolitan area
|- align="right"
|1 || align="left" | [[Lisbon]] || '''567,131''' 
|100.05
|5,668.5|| align="left" | [[Lisbon metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]]
|- align="right"
|2 || align="left" | [[Sintra]] || '''395,528''' 
|319.23
|1,239.0|| align="left" | [[Lisbon metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]]
|- align="right"
|3 || align="left" | [[Vila Nova de Gaia]] || '''311,223''' 
|168.46
|1,847.5|| align="left" | [[Porto metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]]
|- align="right"
|4 || align="left" | [[Porto]] || '''248,769''' 
|41.42
|6,006.0|| align="left" | [[Porto metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]]
|- align="right"
|5 || align="left" | [[Cascais]] || '''219,636''' 
|97.40
|2,255.0|| align="left" | [[Lisbon metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]]
|- align="right"
|6 || align="left" | [[Loures]] || '''207,065''' 
|167.24
|1,238.1|| align="left" | [[Lisbon metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]]
|- align="right"
|7 || align="left" | [[Braga]] || '''201,583''' 
|183.40
|1,099.1||
|- align="right"
|8 || align="left" | [[Almada]] || '''181,232''' 
|70.21
|2,581.3|| align="left" | [[Lisbon metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]]
|- align="right"
|9 || align="left" | [[Matosinhos]] || '''179,558''' 
|62.42
|2,876.6|| align="left" | [[Porto metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]]
|- align="right"
|10 || align="left" | [[Amadora]] || '''178,253''' 
|23.78
|7,495.9|| align="left" | [[Lisbon metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]]
|- align="right"
|11 || align="left" | [[Oeiras, Portugal|Oeiras]] || '''175,677''' 
|45.88
|3,829.1|| align="left" | [[Lisbon metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]]
|- align="right"
|12 || align="left" | [[Seixal]] || '''173,163''' 
|95.50
|1,813.2|| align="left" | [[Lisbon metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]]
|- align="right"
|13 || align="left" | [[Gondomar, Portugal|Gondomar]] || '''168,582''' 
|131.86
|1,278.5|| align="left" | [[Porto metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]]
|- align="right"
|14 || align="left" | [[Guimarães]] || '''156,789''' 
|240.95
|650.7||
|- align="right"
|15 || align="left" | [[Odivelas]] || '''153,708''' 
|26.54
|5,791.6|| align="left" | [[Lisbon metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]]
|- align="right"
|16 || align="left" | [[Coimbra]] || '''144,822''' 
|319.40
|453.4|| align="left" |
|- align="right"
|17 || align="left" | [[Maia, Portugal|Maia]] || '''142,594''' 
|82.99
|1,718.2|| align="left" | [[Porto metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]]
|- align="right"
|18 || align="left" | [[Santa Maria da Feira]] || '''139,837''' 
|215.88
|647.8|| align="left" | [[Porto metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]]
|- align="right"
|19 || align="left" | [[Vila Franca de Xira]] || '''139,452''' 
|318.19
|438.3|| align="left" | [[Lisbon metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]]
|- align="right"
|20 || align="left" | [[Vila Nova de Famalicão]] || '''135,994''' 
|201.59
|674.6|| align="left" |
|- align="right"
|21 || align="left" | [[Leiria]] || '''133,795''' 
|565.09
|236.8|| align="left" |
|- align="right"
|22 || align="left" | [[Setúbal]] || '''123,548''' 
|230.33
|536.4|| align="left" | [[Lisbon metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon]]
|- align="right"
|23 || align="left" | [[Barcelos, Portugal|Barcelos]] || '''117,005''' 
|378.90
|308.8|| align="left" |
|- align="right"
|24 || align="left" | [[Funchal]] || '''107,562''' 
|76.14
|1,412.7|| align="left" |
|- align="right"
|25 || align="left" | [[Viseu]] || '''101,977''' 
|507.10
|201.1|| align="left" |
|- align="right"
|26 || align="left" | [[Valongo]] || '''100,166''' 
|75.12
|1,333.4|| align="left" | [[Porto metropolitan area|Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto]]
|}