Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in Portugal
Portugal: Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population was 12.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in Portugal, 2004–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 12.0% for overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in 2025.
That represents a change of up 8.1% on the previous year and up 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in Portugal peaked at 12.5% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 2017.
Portugal ranks 17th of 38 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.5% | 10.5% | 12.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 8.9% | 7.3% | 12.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.2% | 8.7% | 12.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More population data for Portugal
- Population growth rate -0.049 (2100)
- Population density 95.56 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5 396,215 (2100)
- Population growth rate by level of development -0.049 (2100)
- Fertility vs contraception 1.41 (2024)
- Fertility vs unmet contraception 1.41 (2024)
- Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 68,603 (2024)
- Fertility and wanted fertility 1.41 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs share that are religious 1.51 (2023)
- Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to surviv 1.5 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in Portugal?
- Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population in Portugal was 12.0% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 12.5% in 2005.
- What is the lowest overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 2017.
- How does Portugal rank for overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population?
- Portugal ranks 17th out of 38 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.8%. 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 tenure status - total population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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