Portugal Fast Facts

• Name: Portugal
  (long form) Republic of Portugal
• Capital City: Lisbon (545,245 pop.)
  (2,815,851 metro)
• Portugal Population: 10,291,027 (2017 est.)
• World Populations (all countries)
• Currency: Euro (conversion rates)
• Ethnicity: 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
• GDP total: $248 billion (2018 est.)
• GDP per capita: $24,237 (2018 est.)
• Land Sizes
• Language: Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)
• Largest Cities: (by population) Lisbon, Porto, Amadora, Braga, Setubal, Coimbra, Funchal
• Name: Portugal's name is medieval in origin, and comes from the Latin portus (port) and Cale, or Port of Cale
• National Day: June 10
• Religion: Roman Catholic 81.0%, other Christian 3.3%, other 0.6%, unknown 8.3%, none 6.8% (2011 census)
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