Immigration in Portugal
Portugal recorded 189,367 immigrants in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1998.
Portugal, 2023
189,367
Change from 2022
+13.3%
European Union, 2023
6,011,360 immigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Immigration in Portugal over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 189,367 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 167,098 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 97,119 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 83,654 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 95,382 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 55,357 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 46,649 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 37,644 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 36,849 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 23,077 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 17,757 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 14,668 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 18,820 immigrants | – |
| 2010 | 27,575 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 32,307 immigrants | – |
| 2008 | 29,718 immigrants | – |
| 2007 | 29,661 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 22,741 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 21,741 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 21,093 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 31,425 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 50,611 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 61,609 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 77,775 immigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +13.3% from 167,098 immigrants in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 17,757 immigrants, the figure has changed by +966.4%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 6,011,360 immigrants.
More for Portugal
All statistics for Portugal
Emigration
33,916 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
20,624 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
16,472 people
2025 · World Bank
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