Permanent Immigration to Portugal by Nationality, 2023

Portuguese and foreign nationals among 189,367 permanent immigrants; share of total, 2023.

What the Data Shows

Permanent immigrants to Portugal are divided by Portuguese and foreign nationality for 2023. The two categories reconcile exactly to the published total of 189,367 permanent immigrants. Foreign nationals accounted for 133,256, or 70.4% of the total. Portuguese nationals accounted for 56,111, or 29.6%.

Data table

Unit: percent of total · Period: 2023

RankEntryValuePeriod
1Foreign nationals70.4%2023
2Portuguese nationals29.6%2023

Sources

Source 1: Permanent immigrants: total and by nationality

Publisher: PORDATA

Dataset/table: PORDATA Statistics

Units: persons

Date checked: 2026-07-17

Evidence: Supports the 2023 permanent-immigrant total and Portuguese/foreign nationality components.

Data notes & caveats

The categories describe nationality rather than birthplace, previous residence or individual origin country.

Methodology

The two nationality-group counts are divided by the published total of 189,367 to calculate their shares.

Source consistency notes

Both groups and the total use the same 2023 permanent-immigrant definition and person unit.

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