Portugal

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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.