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 Population's density (No./ km²)
Characteristic Description
Name Population's density (No./ km²) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2001); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Annual estimates of resident population
First available period 2000
Last available period 2013
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2001)
Concepts
  • POPULATION DENSITY:  The intensity of settlement expressed as the ratio between (total) population and surface (land) area (usually expressed as the number of inhabitants per square kilometre).
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
Formule Total of persons/ Area (square kilometer)
Measure unit (symbol) Number/ Square kilometre (No./ km²)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 18/06/2014


information presented in 30/10/2025