Emigration in Portugal
Portugal recorded 33,916 emigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2016.
Portugal, 2024
33,916
Change from 2023
+0.7%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
19th of 33
Emigration in Portugal over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33,916 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 33,666 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 30,954 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 25,079 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 25,886 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 28,219 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 31,600 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 31,753 emigrantse (estimated) | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 38,273 emigrantse (estimated) | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 40,377 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 49,572 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 53,786 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 51,958 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 43,998 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 23,760 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 16,899 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 20,357 emigrants | – |
| 2007 | 7,890 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 5,600 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 6,360 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 6,757 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 6,687 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 8,813 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 5,396 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 10,667 emigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.7% from 33,666 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 49,572 emigrants, the figure has changed by −31.6%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Portugal has the 19th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Portugal
All statistics for Portugal
Immigration
189,367 immigrants
2023 · Eurostat
Net migration
16,472 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
20,624 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
1,755 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
6.2 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
2.8 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division