Portugal

GE in Portugal

GE National Ambassador in Portugal

Ana Catarina Silva

ana.generation.europe@gmail.com

Ana Catarina

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Portugal in brief:

Portugal

Area 92,391 km²
Capital Lisbon
Language Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)
Population 10,566,212 (July 2005 est.)
Population growth rate 0.39% (2005 est.)
Life expectancy 74.25(men), 81.03 (women)
Literacy rate 93.3%
Religion Roman Catholic 94%
Net migration rate 3.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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
Independence 1143 (Kingdom of Portugal recognized); 5 October 1910 (independent republic proclaimed)
GDP real growth rate: 1.1% (2004 est.)