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  • Population......................................................................10,566,212 (July 2005 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................0.39% (2005 est.)
  • Birth rate.....................................................10.82 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Death rate................................................10.43 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................3.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Ethnic groups.......homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal
Member of what is now the European Union since 1986.

Portugal Seeks Balance of Emigration, Immigration
Portugal, long a land of seafarers and emigrants, is now witnessing increasingly diverse immigration flows, country-wide settlement, and rising immigrant skill levels. Jorge Malhieros of the University of Lisbon takes an in-depth look at the changes.

The Changing Mosaic of Mediterranean Migrations

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Portugal National Institute of Statistics
http://www.ine.pt/index_eng.htm

Regional Statistics Service of the Azores
http://srea.ine.pt

Regional Statistics Service of Madeira
http://www.dre.srpc.pt/

US Census Bureau International Data Base
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