Portugal

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PROFILE
  • Area: 92,090 sq. km (35,556 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 10,833,816 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.07% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 79.3 years (2016)
  • Languages: Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used)
  • Religions: Roman Catholic 81%, other Christian 3.3%, other (includes Jewish, Muslim, other) 0.6%, none 6.8%, unspecified 8.3%
  • Formal name: Portuguese Republic
  • Alternate names: Lusitania, Portuguese Republic, Republic of Portugal, República Portuguesa
  • Government type: semi-presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA; head of government: Prime Minister Antonio Luis Santos da COSTA
  • Capital: Lisbon
  • Administrative divisions: 18 districts and 2 autonomous regions
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $27,800 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: agricultural products, foodstuffs, wine, oil products, chemical products, plastics and rubber, hides, leather, wood and cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear, machinery and tools, base metals
  • Imports: agricultural products, chemical products, vehicles and other transport material, optical and precision instruments, computer accessories and parts, semiconductors and related devices, oil products, base metals, food products, textile materials
  • Currency: euro (EUR)
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