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 Permanent immigrants (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Permanent immigrants (No.) by Sex, Age group and Birthplace (Group of countries); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Imigration annual estimates
First available period 2008
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Sex
  • Age group
  • Birthplace (Group of countries)
Concepts
  • 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).
  • AGE GROUP:  The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference.
  • PERMANENT IMMIGRANT:  A person (national or foreign) who, in a certain period of reference, entered the country with the intention of remaining here for one year or more, having previously resided abroad continuously for one year or more.
  • PLACE OF BIRTH:  The place where a person was born or the mother's usual place of residence on the date of birth. For certain statistical purposes, the mother's usual place of residence on the date of birth is preferred.
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 18/06/2025


information presented in 1/7/2025