2012 Edition

Background

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 its wealthiest colony of Brazil in 1822. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; 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. In January 2011, Portugal assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2011-12 term.

Area

92,090 sq km 91,470 sq km 620 sq km includes Azores and Madeira Islands

total

92,090 sq km

water

620 sq km

Area - comparative

slightly smaller than Indiana

Climate

maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south

Coastline

1,793 km

Elevation extremes

Atlantic Ocean 0 m Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m

highest point

Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m

lowest point

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

Environment - current issues

soil erosion; air pollution caused by industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution, especially in coastal areas

Environment - international agreements

Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Environmental Modification

party to

Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling

signed, but not ratified

Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Environmental Modification

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)

11.09 cu km/yr (10%/12%/78%) 1,056 cu m/yr (1998)

per capita

1,056 cu m/yr (1998)

total

11.09 cu km/yr (10%/12%/78%)

Geographic coordinates

39 30 N, 8 00 W

Geography - note

Azores and Madeira Islands occupy strategic locations along western sea approaches to Strait of Gibraltar

Irrigated land

5,840 sq km (2003)

Land boundaries

1,214 km Spain 1,214 km

border countries

Spain 1,214 km

total

1,214 km

Land use

17.29% 7.84% 74.87% (2005)

arable land

17.29%

other

74.87% (2005)

permanent crops

7.84%

Location

Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain

Map references

Europe

Maritime claims

12 nm 24 nm 200 nm 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation

contiguous zone

24 nm

continental shelf

200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation

exclusive economic zone

200 nm

territorial sea

12 nm

Natural hazards

Azores subject to severe earthquakes limited volcanic activity in the Azores Islands; Fayal or Faial (elev. 1,043 m) last erupted in 1958; most volcanoes have not erupted in centuries; historically active volcanoes include Agua de Pau, Furnas, Pico, Picos Volcanic System, San Jorge, Sete Cidades, and Terceira

volcanism

limited volcanic activity in the Azores Islands; Fayal or Faial (elev. 1,043 m) last erupted in 1958; most volcanoes have not erupted in centuries; historically active volcanoes include Agua de Pau, Furnas, Pico, Picos Volcanic System, San Jorge, Sete Cidades, and Terceira

Natural resources

fish, forests (cork), iron ore, copper, zinc, tin, tungsten, silver, gold, uranium, marble, clay, gypsum, salt, arable land, hydropower

Terrain

mountainous north of the Tagus River, rolling plains in south

Total renewable water resources

73.6 cu km (2005)

Age structure

16.1% (male 906,062/ female 831,992) 65.7% (male 3,548,140/ female 3,538,562) 18.1% (male 800,339/ female 1,156,364) (2012 est.)

0-14 years

16.1% (male 906,062/ female 831,992)

15-64 years

65.7% (male 3,548,140/ female 3,538,562)

65 years and over

18.1% (male 800,339/ female 1,156,364) (2012 est.)

Birth rate

9.76 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

10.86 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Education expenditures

4.4% of GDP (2008)

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

Health expenditures

11.3% of GDP (2009)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.6% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 500 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

42,000 (2009 est.)

Hospital bed density

3.37 beds/1,000 population (2008)

Infant mortality rate

4.6 deaths/1,000 live births 5.04 deaths/1,000 live births 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

female

4.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

total

4.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Languages

Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used)

Life expectancy at birth

78.7 years 75.45 years 82.16 years (2012 est.)

female

82.16 years (2012 est.)

total population

78.7 years

Literacy

age 15 and over can read and write 95.2% 96.9% 93.6% (2010 est.)

definition

age 15 and over can read and write

female

93.6% (2010 est.)

male

96.9%

total population

95.2%

Major cities - population

LISBON (capital) 2.808 million; Porto 1.344 million (2009)

Maternal mortality rate

8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Median age

40.4 years 38.3 years 42.6 years (2012 est.)

female

42.6 years (2012 est.)

male

38.3 years

total

40.4 years

Nationality

Portuguese (singular and plural) Portuguese

adjective

Portuguese

noun

Portuguese (singular and plural)

Net migration rate

2.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

14.2% (2005)

Physicians density

3.755 physicians/1,000 population (2009)

Population

10,781,459 (July 2012 est.)

Population growth rate

0.181% (2012 est.)

Religions

Roman Catholic 84.5%, other Christian 2.2%, other 0.3%, unknown 9%, none 3.9% (2001 census)

Sanitation facility access

urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population

rural

100% of population

total

100% of population

urban

100% of population

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

16 years 16 years 16 years (2008)

female

16 years (2008)

male

16 years

total

16 years

Sex ratio

1.07 male(s)/female 1.09 male(s)/female 1 male(s)/female 0.69 male(s)/female 0.95 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

15-64 years

1 male(s)/female

65 years and over

0.69 male(s)/female

at birth

1.07 male(s)/female

total population

0.95 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

under 15 years

1.09 male(s)/female

Total fertility rate

1.51 children born/woman (2012 est.)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

20% 18.6% 21.6% (2009)

female

21.6% (2009)

total

20%

Urbanization

61% of total population (2010) 1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

rate of urbanization

1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

urban population

61% of total population (2010)

Administrative divisions

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

Capital

Lisbon 38 43 N, 9 08 W UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

daylight saving time

+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

geographic coordinates

38 43 N, 9 08 W

name

Lisbon

time difference

UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Constitution

adopted 2 April 1976; subsequently revised the revisions placed the military under strict civilian control, trimmed the powers of the president, and laid the groundwork for a stable, pluralistic liberal democracy; they allowed for the privatization of nationalized firms and government-owned communications media

Country name

Portuguese Republic Portugal Republica Portuguesa Portugal

conventional long form

Portuguese Republic

conventional short form

Portugal

local long form

Republica Portuguesa

local short form

Portugal

Diplomatic representation from the US

Ambassador Allan J. KATZ Avenida das Forcas Armadas, 1600-081 Lisbon Apartado 43033, 1601-301 Lisboa; PSC 83, APO AE 09726 [351] (21) 727-3300 [351] (21) 726-9109 Ponta Delgada (Azores)

chief of mission

Ambassador Allan J. KATZ

consulate(s)

Ponta Delgada (Azores)

embassy

Avenida das Forcas Armadas, 1600-081 Lisbon

FAX

[351] (21) 726-9109

mailing address

Apartado 43033, 1601-301 Lisboa; PSC 83, APO AE 09726

telephone

[351] (21) 727-3300

Diplomatic representation in the US

Ambassador Nuno Filipe Alves Salvador e BRITO 2012 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036 [1] (202) 332-3007 [1] (202) 462-3726 Boston, New York, Newark (New Jersey), San Francisco New Bedford (Massachusetts), Providence (Rhode Island)

chancery

2012 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

chief of mission

Ambassador Nuno Filipe Alves Salvador e BRITO

consulate(s)

New Bedford (Massachusetts), Providence (Rhode Island)

consulate(s) general

Boston, New York, Newark (New Jersey), San Francisco

FAX

[1] (202) 462-3726

telephone

[1] (202) 332-3007

Executive branch

President Anibal CAVACO SILVA (since 9 March 2006) Prime Minister Pedro Manuel Mamede PASSOS COELHO (since 21 June 2011) Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister there is also a Council of State that acts as a consultative body to the president president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 23 January 2011 (next to be held in January 2016); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the president Anibal CAVACO SILVA reelected president; percent of vote - Anibal CAVACO SILVA 53%, Manuel ALEGRE 19.8%, Fernando NOBRE 14.1%, Francisco LOPES 7.1%, Manuel COELHO 4.5%, Defensor MOURA 1.6%

cabinet

Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister

chief of state

President Anibal CAVACO SILVA (since 9 March 2006)

election results

Anibal CAVACO SILVA reelected president; percent of vote - Anibal CAVACO SILVA 53%, Manuel ALEGRE 19.8%, Fernando NOBRE 14.1%, Francisco LOPES 7.1%, Manuel COELHO 4.5%, Defensor MOURA 1.6%

elections

president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 23 January 2011 (next to be held in January 2016); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the president

head of government

Prime Minister Pedro Manuel Mamede PASSOS COELHO (since 21 June 2011)

Flag description

two vertical bands of green (hoist side, two-fifths) and red (three-fifths) with the national coat of arms (armillary sphere and Portuguese shield) centered on the dividing line; explanations for the color meanings are ambiguous, but a popular interpretation has green symbolizing hope and red the blood of those defending the nation

Government type

republic; parliamentary democracy

Independence

1143 (Kingdom of Portugal recognized); 5 October 1910 (republic proclaimed)

International law organization participation

accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

International organization participation

ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BIS, CD, CE, CERN, CPLP, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club (associate), PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIT, UNSC (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Judicial branch

Constitutional Court (Tribunal Constitucional) consists of 13 judges (10 appointed by the Assembly and 3 are coopted by the 10 judges) for six-year terms; Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal de Justica); Audit Court (auditoria do Tribunal); Supreme Administrative Court (Supremo Tribunal Administrativo); all judges are appointed for life by the Conselho Superior da Magistratura

Legal system

civil law system; Constitutional Tribunal review of legislative acts

Legislative branch

unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (230 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) last held on 5 June 2011 (next to be held in 2015) percent of vote by party - PPD/PSD 38%, PS 28%, CDS/PP 11%, PCP/PEV 7%, BE 5%; seats by party - PPD/PSD 108, PS 74, CDS/PP 24, PCP/PEV 16, BE 8

election results

percent of vote by party - PPD/PSD 38%, PS 28%, CDS/PP 11%, PCP/PEV 7%, BE 5%; seats by party - PPD/PSD 108, PS 74, CDS/PP 24, PCP/PEV 16, BE 8

elections

last held on 5 June 2011 (next to be held in 2015)

National anthem

"A Portugesa" (The Song of the Portuguese) Henrique LOPES DE MENDOCA/Alfredo KEIL adopted 1910; "A Portuguesa" was originally written to protest the Portuguese monarchy's acquiescence to the 1890 British ultimatum forcing Portugal to give up areas of Africa; the lyrics refer to the "insult" that resulted from the event

lyrics/music

Henrique LOPES DE MENDOCA/Alfredo KEIL

name

"A Portugesa" (The Song of the Portuguese)

National holiday

Portugal Day (Dia de Portugal), 10 June (1580); note - also called Camoes Day, the day that revered national poet Luis de Camoes (1524-80) died

National symbol(s)

armillary sphere (a spherical astrolabe modeling objects in the sky)

Political parties and leaders

Democratic and Social Center/Popular Party or CDS/PP [Paulo PORTAS]; Social Democratic Party or PSD [Pedro PASSOS COELHO]; Socialist Party or PS [Jose SEGURO]; The Left Bloc or BE [Pedro Filipe SOARES]; Unitarian Democratic Coalition or CDU [Jeronimo DE SOUSA] (includes Portuguese Communist Party or PCP and Ecologist Party ("The Greens") or PEV)

Political pressure groups and leaders

Armed Forces Officers' Association (AOFA) [Colonel Pereira CRACEL]; the Desperate Generation (youth movement protesting against low wages, precarious labor conditions, and unemployment); the General Workers Union or General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (UGT) [Joao PROENCA]; Portuguese National Workers' Conference (CGTP) [Armenio CARLOS]; TugaLeaks (a website that has become a mouthpiece for publicizing diverse protest action) the media; labor unions

other

the media; labor unions

Suffrage

18 years of age; universal

Agriculture - products

grain, potatoes, tomatoes, olives, grapes; sheep, cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, dairy products; fish

Budget

$94.67 billion $107.4 billion (2012 est.)

expenditures

$107.4 billion (2012 est.)

revenues

$94.67 billion

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)

-6.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

Central bank discount rate

1.5% (31 December 2012) 1.75% (31 December 2010) this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area

Commercial bank prime lending rate

6.6% (31 December 2012 est.) 5.71% (31 December 2011 est.)

Current account balance

-$6 billion (2012 est.) -$15.44 billion (2011 est.)

Debt - external

$548.3 billion (30 June 2011) $497.8 billion (30 June 2010)

Distribution of family income - Gini index

38.5 (2007) 35.6 (1995)

Economy - overview

Portugal has become a diversified and increasingly service-based economy since joining the European Community - the EU's predecessor - in 1986. Over the following two decades, successive governments privatized many state-controlled firms and liberalized key areas of the economy, including the financial and telecommunications sectors. The country qualified for the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in 1998 and began circulating the euro on 1 January 2002 along with 11 other EU members. The economy grew by more than the EU average for much of the 1990s, but the rate of growth slowed in 2001-08. The economy contracted 2.5% in 2009, before growing 1.4% in 2010, but GDP fell again in 2011 and 2012, as the government began implementing spending cuts and tax increases to comply with conditions of an EU-IMF financial rescue package, agreed to in May 2011. GDP per capita stands at roughly two-thirds of the EU-27 average. Portugal also has been increasingly overshadowed by lower-cost producers in Central Europe and Asia as a destination for foreign direct investment, in part because its rigid labor market hindered greater productivity and growth. However, the government of Pedro PASSOS COELHO has enacted several measures to introduce more flexibility into the labor market, and, this, along with steps to reduce high levels of public debt, could make Portugal more attractive to foreign investors. The government reduced the budget deficit from 10.1% of GDP in 2009 to 4.5% in 2011, an achievement made possible only by the extraordinary revenues obtained from the one-time transfer of bank pension funds to the social security system. The budget deficit worsened in 2012 as a sharp reduction in domestic consumption took a bigger bite out of value-added tax revenues while rising unemployment benefits increased expenditures more than anticipated. Poor growth prospects over the next year have reinforced investors' concerns about the government's ability to achieve its budget deficit targets and regain full access to bond market financing when the EU-IMF financing program expires in 2013.

Exchange rates

euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.7838 (2012 est.) 0.7185 (2011 est.) 755 (2010 est.) 0.7198 (2009 est.) 0.6827 (2008 est.)

Exports

$57.8 billion (2012 est.) $59.22 billion (2011 est.)

Exports - commodities

agricultural products, food products, wine, oil products, chemical products, plastics and rubber, hides, leather, wood and cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear, machinery and tools, base metals

Exports - partners

Spain 25.1%, Germany 13.6%, France 12.1%, Angola 5.5%, UK 5.1% (2011)

Fiscal year

calendar year

GDP - composition by sector

2.6% 22.6% 74.8% (2012 est.)

agriculture

2.6%

industry

22.6%

services

74.8% (2012 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP)

$23,000 (2012 est.) $23,700 (2011 est.) $24,100 (2010 est.) data are in 2012 US dollars

GDP - real growth rate

-3% (2012 est.) -1.7% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate)

$210.6 billion (2012 est.)

GDP (purchasing power parity)

$245 billion (2012 est.) $252.5 billion (2011 est.) $256.8 billion (2010 est.) data are in 2012 US dollars

Household income or consumption by percentage share

3.1% 28.4% (1995 est.)

highest 10%

28.4% (1995 est.)

lowest 10%

3.1%

Imports

$67.03 billion (2012 est.) $77.62 billion (2011 est.)

Imports - commodities

agricultural products, chemical products, vehicles and other transport material, and optical and precision instruments, computer accessories and parts, semi-conductors and related devices, oil products, base metals, food products, textile materials

Imports - partners

Spain 31.8%, Germany 12.4%, France 6.9%, Italy 5.4%, Netherlands 4.8% (2011)

Industrial production growth rate

-2% (2011 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

2.9% (2012 est.) 3.7% (2011 est.)

Investment (gross fixed)

16.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

Labor force

5.48 million (2012 est.)

Labor force - by occupation

11.7% 28.5% 59.8% (2009 est.)

agriculture

11.7%

industry

28.5%

services

59.8% (2009 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares

$61.69 billion (31 December 2011) $82 billion (31 December 2010) $98.65 billion (31 December 2009)

Population below poverty line

18% (2006)

Public debt

119.7% of GDP (2012 est.) 107.8% of GDP (2011 est.) data cover general government debt, and includes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intra-governmental debt; intra-governmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

$21.34 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $21 billion (2010 est.)

Stock of broad money

$298.3 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $322.7 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad

$64.25 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $64.25 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home

$128.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $120.4 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Stock of domestic credit

$390.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $451.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Stock of narrow money

$86.55 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $89.42 billion (31 December 2011 est.) see entry for the European Union for money supply in the euro area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for the 17 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money circulating within their own borders

Taxes and other revenues

44.9% of GDP (2012 est.)

Unemployment rate

15.3% (2012 est.) 12.7% (2011 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy

51.43 million Mt (2010 est.)

Crude oil - exports

0 bbl/day (2009 est.)

Crude oil - imports

205,400 bbl/day (2009 est.)

Crude oil - production

1,926 bbl/day (2011 est.)

Crude oil - proved reserves

NA bbl

Electricity - consumption

47.81 billion kWh (2009 est.)

Electricity - exports

3.191 billion kWh (2010 est.)

Electricity - from fossil fuels

48.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)

Electricity - from hydroelectric plants

23.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)

Electricity - from nuclear fuels

0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)

Electricity - from other renewable sources

22.5% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)

Electricity - imports

5.814 billion kWh (2010 est.)

Electricity - installed generating capacity

17.39 million kW (2009 est.)

Electricity - production

50.3 billion kWh (2010 est.)

Natural gas - consumption

5.212 billion cu m (2011 est.)

Natural gas - exports

0 cu m (2011 est.)

Natural gas - imports

5.181 billion cu m (2011 est.)

Natural gas - production

0 cu m (2010 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves

0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)

Refined petroleum products - consumption

259,700 bbl/day (2011 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

49,650 bbl/day (2009 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

83,520 bbl/day (2009 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production

237,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)

Broadcast media

Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP),the publicly-owned TV broadcaster, operates 2 domestic channels and external service channels to Africa; overall, roughly 40 domestic TV stations; viewers have widespread access to international broadcasters with more than half of all households connected to multi-channel cable or satellite TV systems; publicly-owned radio operates 3 national networks and provides regional and external services; several privately-owned national radio stations and some 300 regional and local commercial radio stations (2008)

Internet country code

.pt

Internet hosts

3.748 million (2012)

Internet users

5.168 million (2009)

Telephone system

Portugal's telephone system has a state-of-the-art network with broadband, high-speed capabilities integrated network of coaxial cables, open-wire, microwave radio relay, and domestic satellite earth stations country code - 351; a combination of submarine cables provide connectivity to Europe, North and East Africa, South Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the US; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to Azores

domestic

integrated network of coaxial cables, open-wire, microwave radio relay, and domestic satellite earth stations

general assessment

Portugal's telephone system has a state-of-the-art network with broadband, high-speed capabilities

international

country code - 351; a combination of submarine cables provide connectivity to Europe, North and East Africa, South Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the US; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to Azores

Telephones - main lines in use

4.53 million (2011)

Telephones - mobile cellular

12.335 million (2011)

Airports

65 (2012)

Airports - with paved runways

10 (2012)

1,524 to 2,437 m

8

2,438 to 3,047 m

7

914 to 1,523 m

13

over 3,047 m

5

total

43

under 914 m

10 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways

21 (2012)

914 to 1,523 m

1

total

22

under 914 m

21 (2012)

Merchant marine

bulk carrier 8, cargo 35, carrier 1, chemical tanker 21, container 7, liquefied gas 6, passenger 13, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 1, vehicle carrier 9 81 (Belgium 8, Colombia 1, Denmark 4, Germany 14, Greece 2, Italy 12, Japan 9, Mexico 1, Norway 2, Spain 18, Sweden 3, Switzerland 3, US 4) 15 (Cyprus 2, Malta 3, Panama 10) (2010)

foreign-owned

81 (Belgium 8, Colombia 1, Denmark 4, Germany 14, Greece 2, Italy 12, Japan 9, Mexico 1, Norway 2, Spain 18, Sweden 3, Switzerland 3, US 4)

registered in other countries

15 (Cyprus 2, Malta 3, Panama 10) (2010)

total

109

Pipelines

gas 1,307 km; oil 11 km; refined products 188 km (2010)

Ports and terminals

Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines

Railways

3,319 km 2,700 km 1.668-m gauge (1,436 km electrified) 192 km 1.000-m gauge; 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2008)

narrow gauge

192 km 1.000-m gauge; 427 km 0.760-m gauge (2008)

total

3,319 km

Roadways

82,900 km 71,294 km (includes 2,613 km of expressways) 11,606 km (2008)

total

82,900 km

unpaved

11,606 km (2008)

Waterways

210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2011)

Manpower available for military service

2,566,264 2,458,297 (2010 est.)

females age 16-49

2,458,297 (2010 est.)

males age 16-49

2,566,264

Manpower fit for military service

2,103,080 2,018,004 (2010 est.)

females age 16-49

2,018,004 (2010 est.)

males age 16-49

2,103,080

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually

62,208 54,786 (2010 est.)

female

54,786 (2010 est.)

male

62,208

Military branches

Portuguese Army (Exercito Portuguesa), Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps), Portuguese Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP) (2010)

Military expenditures

2.3% of GDP (2005 est.)

Military service age and obligation

18 years of age for voluntary military service; no compulsory military service; women serve in the armed forces, on naval ships since 1993, but are prohibited from serving in some combatant specialties; reserve obligation to age 35 (2010)

Disputes - international

Portugal does not recognize Spanish sovereignty over the territory of Olivenza based on a difference of interpretation of the 1815 Congress of Vienna and the 1801 Treaty of Badajoz

Illicit drugs

seizing record amounts of Latin American cocaine destined for Europe; a European gateway for Southwest Asian heroin; transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Europe; consumer of Southwest Asian heroin