City Profile

Lisbon has a specific demographic profile, defined by a steadily ageing population and a lower immigration rates. Demographic figures from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing collected by the National Institute of Statistics are shown below:

• Population aged 0 - 14: 14.9%
• Population aged 65 and older: 15.4%
• Population aged 16 - 64 in the labour market: 73.3%
• Unemployment: 7.6%
• Immigrant population: 5.7%