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GeographyLocation: Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,214 km, Spain 1,214 km Coastline: 1,793 km
PeoplePopulation: 10,562,388 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.36% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 11.72 births/1,000 population Death rate: 9.65 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 9.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.47 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: homogeneous Mediterranean stock in mainland, Azores, Madeira Islands; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonizationnumber less than 100,000 Religions: Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant denominations 1%, other 2% Languages: Portuguese
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Lisbon Independence: 1140 (independent republic proclaimed 5 October 1910) Constitution: 25 April 1976, revised 30 October 1982 and 1 June 1989
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $107.3 billion National product real growth rate: 1.4% National product per capita: $10,190 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.1% Unemployment rate: 6.7%
Electricity:
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