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Largest cities in Portugal

Lisbon, Portugal has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 575,000 people (INE Portugal — Censos 2021 official census publication, 2024-12-31).

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Portugal cities ranked by their own published resident population.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-09-01

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Lisbon, Portugal575,000 people2026-06-06
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
2Sintra, Portugal385,606 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
3Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal303,824 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
4Porto, Portugal273,476 people2026-09-01
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
5Cascais, Portugal214,124 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
6Braga, Portugal212,635 people2026-09-01
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
7Loures, Portugal201,590 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
8Almada, Portugal177,238 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
9Matosinhos, Portugal172,557 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
10Oeiras, Portugal171,658 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
11Amadora, Portugal171,454 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
12Seixal, Portugal166,507 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
13Gondomar, Portugal164,257 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
14Guimarães, Portugal156,830 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
15Odivelas, Portugal148,034 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
16Setúbal, Portugal141,266 people2026-09-01
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
17Coimbra, Portugal140,816 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
18Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal137,529 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
19Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal136,674 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
20Maia, Portugal134,977 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
21Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal133,534 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
22Leiria, Portugal126,897 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
23Barcelos, Portugal116,752 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
24Valongo, Portugal101,464 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
25Viseu, Portugal99,274 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
26Aveiro, Portugal91,397 people2026-09-01
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
27Viana do Castelo, Portugal88,725 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
28Paredes, Portugal86,854 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021
29Faro, Portugal80,256 people2026-09-01
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
30Vila do Conde, Portugal79,533 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021

What the numbers say

  • Lisbon, Portugal leads at 575,000 people.
  • Vila do Conde, Portugal sits at the other end with 79,533 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 148,034 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 495,467 people.

Quick answer

What does Largest cities in Portugal show?

Lisbon, Portugal has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 575,000 people (INE Portugal — Censos 2021 official census publication, 2024-12-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published population observation measured in people, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2021 and 2025. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2021 to 2025-12-31
Last checked
2026-09-01
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Largest cities in Portugal [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 25dc77c751d5dfa49101b823d84c1fcc]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/portugal-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX citation
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-portugal_0a1e20d81e45,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in Portugal},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {25dc77c751d5dfa49101b823d84c1fcc},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/portugal-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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[Largest cities in Portugal](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/portugal-largest-cities/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 25dc77c751d5dfa49101b823d84c1fcc; retrieved 2026-10-25; built 2026-10-25.

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Sources

  1. INE Portugal — Censos 2021 official census publicationwww.ine.pt · Checked 2026-06-06
  2. INE — Portal municipal (quadro)www.ine.pt · Checked 2026-06-07
  3. INE — Portal municipal (quadro)www.ine.pt · Checked 2026-06-07
  4. INE Portugal indicator 0012917 — annual resident population estimatesInstituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal · Checked 2026-09-01
  5. INE — Portal municipal (quadro)www.ine.pt · Checked 2026-06-07
  6. INE — Portal municipal (quadro)www.ine.pt · Checked 2026-06-07
  7. INE — Portal municipal (quadro)www.ine.pt · Checked 2026-06-07
  8. INE — Portal municipal (quadro)www.ine.pt · Checked 2026-06-07
  9. INE — Portal municipal (quadro)www.ine.pt · Checked 2026-06-07
  10. INE — Portal municipal (quadro)www.ine.pt · Checked 2026-06-07
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  1. INE — Portal municipal (quadro)www.ine.pt · Checked 2026-06-07
  2. INE — Portal municipal (quadro)www.ine.pt · Checked 2026-06-07