Portugal - The World Factbook
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Geography
People and Society
Population
comparison rankings: female 86; male 94; total 92
Median age
comparison ranking: total 11
Population growth rate
comparison ranking: 207
Birth rate
comparison ranking: 214
Death rate
comparison ranking: 27
Net migration rate
comparison ranking: 56
Maternal mortality ratio
comparison ranking: 141
Infant mortality rate
comparison ranking: total 216
Life expectancy at birth
comparison ranking: total population 37
Total fertility rate
comparison ranking: 207
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
comparison ranking: 95
Alcohol consumption per capita
comparison ranking: total 20
Tobacco use
comparison ranking: total 47
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
comparison ranking: 124
Education expenditures
comparison ranking: 76
Environment
Revenue from forest resources
comparison ranking: 108
Revenue from coal
comparison ranking: 82
Government
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
comparison ranking: 52
Real GDP growth rate
comparison ranking: 125
Real GDP per capita
comparison ranking: 57
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
comparison ranking: 93
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
comparison rankings: services 51; industry 155; agriculture 154
Industrial production growth rate
comparison ranking: 131
Labor force
comparison ranking: 80
Unemployment rate
comparison ranking: 132
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
comparison ranking: total 63
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
comparison ranking: 82
Public debt
comparison ranking: 11
Taxes and other revenues
comparison ranking: 62
Current account balance
comparison ranking: 38
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
comparison ranking: 58
Energy
Electricity
comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 159; imports 22; exports 46; consumption 53; installed generating capacity 43
Carbon dioxide emissions
comparison ranking: total emissions 64
Energy consumption per capita
comparison ranking: 64
Communications
Telephones - fixed lines
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 27
Telephones - mobile cellular
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 82
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
comparison ranking: total 36
Transportation
Merchant marine
comparison ranking: total 27
Military and Security
Military expenditures
comparison ranking: 85