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 Resident population (Série 2021 - No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Resident population (Série 2021 - No.) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2024), Sex and Age group; Quarterly
Regularity Quarterly
Source Statistics Portugal, Labour force survey (Series 2021)
First available period 1st Quarter 2011
Last available period 2nd Quarter 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Quarter)
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2024)
  • Sex
  • Age group
Concepts
  • 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.
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
  • 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.
Formule Estimated value
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  3
Observations Estimates of the resident population calculated specifically, from the final results of 2011 Census, for the purpose of calibrating the Labour Force Survey estimates.
Last update date 06/08/2025


information presented in 18/9/2025