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 Population's density (No./ km²)
Characteristic Description
Name Population's density (No./ km²) by Place of residence (City, NUTS - 2002); Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - 2011
First available period 2011
Last available period 2011
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (City, NUTS - 2002)
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:  Set of persons who, regardless of being present or absent in a given housing unit at the moment of observation, have lived in the place of their usual residence for a continuous period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, or have arrived to the place of their usual residence during the period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, with the purpose of living there for a year, at least.
Formule Total of persons/ Area (square kilometer)
Measure unit (symbol) Number/ Square kilometre (No./ km²)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 05/08/2015


information presented in 4/11/2025