Overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Portugal
Portugal: Overcrowding rate by household type - total population was 3.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Portugal, 2004–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Portugal is 3.3%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 65.0% on the previous year and up 175.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Portugal peaked at 3.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2022.
Portugal ranks 33rd of 38 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.2% | 1.4% | 3.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 0.9% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 0.6% | 3.3% | 6 |
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More population data for Portugal
- World population growth -0.0% (2100)
- Population density 95.56 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 396,215 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.0% (2100)
- Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 1.41 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 1.41 births per woman (2024)
- Refugees by country of asylum 68,603 people (2024)
- Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 1.41 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Share of people who are religious 1.51 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age 1.5 children per women (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Portugal?
- Overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Portugal was 3.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest overcrowding rate by household type - total population recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest overcrowding rate by household type - total population recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2022.
- How does Portugal rank for overcrowding rate by household type - total population?
- Portugal ranks 33rd out of 38 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overcrowding rate by household type - total population rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 175.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Overcrowding rate by household type - total population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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