The Portuguese population has finally GROWN for the first time in 10 years. National statistics institute INE registered the 0.19% growth in 2019 stressing the increase was all down to the numbers of people moving here and becoming resident.
If it wasn’t for these immigrants, the country as a whole would still be ‘losing’ citizens, by 0.25%.
As it is, the resident population continues to ‘age’, with half the population now over the age of 45.5 – that’s 4.3 years older than it was in 2009.
