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In 2024, Portugal had Ìý³¾¾±±ô±ô¾±´Ç²Ô foreign residents. Men numbered **, while women numbered **. The nationality most represented among the Portuguese foreign population is Brazilian, with ** residents currently living in the country.

The rise in foreign residents in Portugal

In 2023, there was an increase of **** percent in registered foreign residents in Portugal compared to the previous year. The annual growth in foreign residents was interrupted in 2020, when it went from **** percent, registered in 2019, to **** percent. Despite this temporary decline in registered foreigners, the foreign-born population in Portugal has not declined since 2014. In 2023, there were **** million foreigners residing in the country.

Refugees and asylum-seekers in Portugal

Since 2013, the number of refugees in Portugal has continuously increased, going from *** to over in 2021. However, the amount of asylum-seekers dropped in 2017, when it went from *** to just **, due to multiple socio-political circumstances in the countries of origin, but also in other nations of destination. By 2021, there were more than persons seeking asylum in Portugal. Afghanistan was the main country of nationality of these individuals, which amounted to *** in 2022, followed by India and, at a large distance, Ukraine.