Ranked list of Portuguese districts explained

Portugal has 18 districts and 2 autonomous regions (Azores and Madeira). Population figures are from the 2021 census.[1]

By population

RankDistrictPopulation%Population
Density
align=right 1Lisbon (1)align=right 2,275,385align=right 22.0%align=right 824.1
align=right 2Porto (16)align=right 1,785,405align=right 17.3%align=right 745.5
align=right 3Setúbal (4)align=right 874,806align=right 8.5%align=right 172.8
align=right 4Braga (17)align=right 846,293align=right 8.2%align=right 316.6
align=right 5Aveiro (12)align=right 700,787align=right 6.8%align=right 249.6
align=right 6Faro (6)align=right 467,343align=right 4.5%align=right 94.2
align=right 7Leiria (2)align=right 458,605align=right 4.4%align=right 130.5
align=right 8Santarém (3)align=right 424,973align=right 4.1%align=right 63.0
align=right 9Coimbra (11)align=right 408,551align=right 3.9%align=right 103.5
align=right 10Viseu (13)align=right 351,292align=right 3.4%align=right 70.2
align=right 11Madeiraalign=right 250,744align=right 2.4%align=right 314.6
align=right 12Azoresalign=right 236,413align=right 2.3%align=right 101.3
align=right 13Viana do Castelo (18)align=right 231,266align=right 2.2%align=right 102.6
align=right 14Vila Real (15)align=right 185,695align=right 1.8%align=right 42.9
align=right 15Castelo Branco (9)align=right 177,962align=right 1.7%align=right 26.7
align=right 16Évora (7)align=right 152,444align=right 1.5%align=right 20.6
align=right 17Beja (5)align=right 144,401align=right 1.4%align=right 14.1
align=right 18Guarda (10)align=right 142,974align=right 1.4%align=right 25.9
align=right 19Bragança (14)align=right 122,804align=right 1.2%align=right 18.6
align=right 20Portalegre (8)align=right 104,923align=right 1.0%align=right 17.3
Portugalalign=right 10,343,066align=right 100%align=right 112.3

By area

RankDistrictArea (km²)%Population
Density
align=right 1Beja (5)align=right 10,255align=right 11.1%align=right 14.1
align=right 2Évora (7)align=right 7,393align=right 8.0%align=right 20.6
align=right 3Santarém (3)align=right 6,747align=right 7.3%align=right 63.0
align=right 4Castelo Branco (9)align=right 6,675align=right 7.2%align=right 26.7
align=right 5Bragança (14)align=right 6,608align=right 7.2%align=right 18.6
align=right 6Portalegre (8)align=right 6,065align=right 6.6%align=right 17.3
align=right 7Guarda (10)align=right 5,518align=right 6.0%align=right 25.9
align=right 8Setúbal (4)align=right 5,064align=right 5.5%align=right 172.8
align=right 9Viseu (13)align=right 5,007align=right 5.4%align=right 70.2
align=right 10Faro (6)align=right 4,960align=right 5.4%align=right 94.2
align=right 11Vila Real (15)align=right 4,328align=right 4.7%align=right 42.9
align=right 12Coimbra (11)align=right 3,947align=right 4.3%align=right 103.5
align=right 13Leiria (2)align=right 3,515align=right 3.8%align=right 130.5
align=right 14Aveiro (12)align=right 2,808align=right 3.0%align=right 249.6
align=right 15Lisbon (1)align=right 2,761align=right 3.0%align=right 824.1
align=right 16Braga (17)align=right 2,673align=right 2.9%align=right 316.6
align=right 17Porto (16)align=right 2,395align=right 2.6%align=right 745.5
align=right 18Azoresalign=right 2,333align=right 2.5%align=right 101.3
align=right 19Viana do Castelo (18)align=right 2,255align=right 2.4%align=right 102.6
align=right 20Madeiraalign=right 797align=right 0.9%align=right 314.6
Portugalalign=right 92,104align=right 100%align=right 112.3

By population density

RankDistrictPopulationArea (km²)Population
Density
align=right 1Lisbon (1)align=right 2,275,385align=right 2,761align=right 824.1
align=right 2Porto (16)align=right 1,785,405align=right 2,395align=right 745.5
align=right 3Braga (17)align=right 846,293align=right 2,673align=right 316.6
align=right 4Madeiraalign=right 250,744align=right 797align=right 314.6
align=right 5Aveiro (12)align=right 700,787align=right 2,808align=right 249.6
align=right 6Setúbal (4)align=right 874,806align=right 5,064align=right 172.8
align=right 7Leiria (2)align=right 458,605align=right 3,515align=right 130.5
align=right 8Coimbra (11)align=right 408,551align=right 3,947align=right 103.5
align=right 9Viana do Castelo (18)align=right 231,266align=right 2,255align=right 102.6
align=right 10Azoresalign=right 236,413align=right 2,333align=right 101.3
align=right 11Faro (6)align=right 467,343align=right 4,960align=right 94.2
align=right 12Viseu (13)align=right 351,292align=right 5,007align=right 70.2
align=right 13Santarém (3)align=right 424,973align=right 6,747align=right 63.0
align=right 14Vila Real (15)align=right 185,695align=right 4,328align=right 42.9
align=right 15Castelo Branco (9)align=right 177,962align=right 6,675align=right 26.7
align=right 16Guarda (10)align=right 142,974align=right 5,518align=right 25.9
align=right 17Évora (7)align=right 152,444align=right 7,393align=right 20.6
align=right 18Bragança (14)align=right 122,804align=right 6,608align=right 18.6
align=right 19Portalegre (8)align=right 104,923align=right 6,065align=right 17.3
align=right 20Beja (5)align=right 144,401align=right 10,255align=right 14.1
Portugalalign=right 10,343,066align=right 92,104align=right 112.3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Definitive Results of the 2021 Census . . ine.pt . 26 November 2022.

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