Attribute | Value |
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Geography | |
Area | 92,090 km² |
Continent | Europe |
Land area | 91,470 km² |
Water area | 620 km² |
Land boundaries | 1,224 km |
Border countries |
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Coastline | 1,793 km |
Mean elevation | 372 m |
Lowest point | 0 m |
Highest point | 2,351 m |
People | |
Population | 10,302,674 |
Official languages |
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Religion | Roman Catholic |
Government | |
Long country name | Portuguese Republic |
Short country name | Portugal |
Long local name | Republica Portuguesa |
Short local name | Portugal |
Former name | Add |
Government type | Semi-presidential republic |
Capital | Lisbon |
Economy | |
GDP (PPP) | 314,100,000,000 USD |
GDP (OER) | 218,000,000,000 USD |
GDP (real growth rate) | 2.7 % |
GDP - per capita (PPP) | 30,500 USD |
Gross national saving | 16.8 % of GDP |
Labor force | 5,233,000 |
Unemployment rate | 8.9 % |
Population below poverty line | 19 % |
Budget revenues | 93,550,000,000 USD |
Budget expenditures | 100,000,000,000 USD |
Military expenditures | 1.52 % of GDP |
Taxes and other revenues | 42.9 % of GDP |
Budget surplus or deficit | -3 % of GDP |
Public debt | 125.7 % of GDP |
Inflation rate | 1.6 % |
Central bank discount rate | 0 % |
Commercial bank prime lending rate | 3.21 % |
Stock of narrow money | 106,800,000,000 USD |
Stock of broad money | 106,800,000,000 USD |
Stock of domestic credit | 356,800,000,000 USD |
Market value of publicly traded shares | 59,840,000,000 USD |
Current account balance | 993,000,000 USD |
Exports | 61,000,000,000 USD |
Imports | 74,730,000,000 USD |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | 26,110,000,000 USD |
External debt | 449,000,000,000 USD |
National currency | euros |
National currency (code) | EUR |
National currency (symbol) | € |
National currency rate to USD | 0.885 |
Following its heyday as a global maritime power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence of Brazil, its wealthiest colony, in 1822. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy, and for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.