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 Population's density (No. inhab./ km2)
Characteristic Description
Name Population's density (No. inhab./ km2) by Place of residence at the Census moment (Series 1864 - 2021); Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - historical series
First available period 1864
Last available period 2021
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence at the Census moment (Series 1864 - 2021)
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.
  • PLACE OF USUAL RESIDENCE:  Living quarter that is the residence of at least one household for most of the year or to which the household has transferred all or most of its belongings.
  • PLACE OF USUAL RESIDENCE:  Place in which a person normally spends the daily period of rest (regardless of temporary absences for purposes of leisure, holiday, visits to friends and relatives, business, medical treatment, or others) and where the person lives or intends to live for the most part of the year, taking the last 12 months as reference.
Formule

Number of inhabitants/ Area (square kilometer)

Measure unit (symbol) Number of inhabitants/ square kilometre (No. inhab./ km2)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 27/02/2025


information presented in 15/7/2025