Capital of Portugal:
LisbonArea of Portugal: 92,090 km² (35,556 mi²) (
110th)
Population of Portugal: 10,425,292 (
93th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Southwestern Europe
Languages of Portugal: Portuguese (official),
Mirandese (official, but locally used)
Religions of Portugal: Catholic 80.2%,
Protestant 2.13%,
Jehovah's Witnesses 0.72%,
Orthodox 0.69%, Other
Christian 1.04%,
Muslim 0.42%,
Hinduism 0.22%,
Buddhism 0.19%, Other religion 0.31%, No religion 14.09% (2021 est.)
Ethnic groups in Portugal: Portuguese 95%; citizens from Portugal’s former colonies in Africa, Asia (
Han Chinese), and South America (
Brazilian) and other foreign born 5%
Currency:
Euro (
€) (
EUR)
Time zones:
UTC (
WET), UTC−1 (
Atlantic/Azores), Summer (
DST),
UTC+1 (
WEST), UTC (Atlantic/Azores)
–
note: Continental Portugal and Madeira use WET/WEST; the Azores are 1 hour behind.
Calling code: (
+351)
Organizations: United Nations, European Union, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development
Border countries (1):
Spain 1,224 km.
Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 1,793 km
Maritime boundaries: Atlantic Ocean
Administrative divisions of Portugal
18 districts (distritos, singular - distrito)
and 2 autonomous regions* (regioes autonomas, singular - regiao autonoma):
Aveiro, Acores (Azores)*, Beja, Braga, Braganca, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Evora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa (Lisbon), Madeira*, Portalegre, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu.
Natural resources: fish, forests (
cork),
tungsten,
iron ore,
uranium ore,
marble, arable land,
hydroelectric power zinc, tin, silver, gold, clay, gypsum, salt.