NUTS 3 areas of Portugal by natural population change, 2024

Grande Lisboa had the highest natural population change of 26 areas in 2024, at 929. Área Metropolitana do Porto had the lowest, at -4,721. The median was -1,220 and the figure for Portugal was -33,754. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest929Grande Lisboa
Median-1,22026 areas
Portugal-33,754History

All areas, 2024

Grande Lisboa: 929 personsGrande Lisboa929Cávado: -232 personsCávado-232Alentejo Litoral: -491 personsAlentejo Litoral-491Região Autónoma dos Açores: -583 personsRegião Autónoma dos Açores-583Região Autónoma da Madeira: -781 personsRegião Autónoma da Madeira-781Ave: -850 personsAve-850Península de Setúbal: -926 personsPenínsula de Setúbal-926Alto Tâmega e Barroso: -1,013 personsAlto Tâmega e Barroso-1,013Baixo Alentejo: -1,093 personsBaixo Alentejo-1,093Beira Baixa: -1,118 personsBeira Baixa-1,118Tâmega e Sousa: -1,128 personsTâmega e Sousa-1,128Terras de Trás-os-Montes: -1,181 personsTerras de Trás-os-Montes-1,181Alentejo Central: -1,204 personsAlentejo Central-1,204Região de Leiria: -1,236 personsRegião de Leiria-1,236Alto Alentejo: -1,266 personsAlto Alentejo-1,266Algarve: -1,276 personsAlgarve-1,276Região de Aveiro: -1,281 personsRegião de Aveiro-1,281Oeste: -1,292 personsOeste-1,292Lezíria do Tejo: -1,390 personsLezíria do Tejo-1,390Médio Tejo: -1,559 personsMédio Tejo-1,559Douro: -1,672 personsDouro-1,672Alto Minho: -1,674 personsAlto Minho-1,674Viseu Dão Lafões: -1,744 personsViseu Dão Lafões-1,744Beiras e Serra da Estrela: -2,251 personsBeiras e Serra da Estrela-2,251Região de Coimbra: -2,699 personsRegião de Coimbra-2,699Área Metropolitana do Porto: -4,721 personsÁrea Metropolitana do Porto-4,721
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankAreas2024
persons
Change on 2023
1Grande Lisboa929+103.3%
2Cávado-232-118.9%
3Alentejo Litoral-491+8.2%
4Região Autónoma dos Açores-583-78.3%
5Região Autónoma da Madeira-781+24.9%
6Ave-850-4.7%
7Península de Setúbal-926+8.4%
8Alto Tâmega e Barroso-1,013-0.7%
9Baixo Alentejo-1,093+2.6%
10Beira Baixa-1,118+4.7%
11Tâmega e Sousa-1,128-15%
12Terras de Trás-os-Montes-1,181-10.4%
13Alentejo Central-1,204-8.4%
14Região de Leiria-1,236-36.1%
15Alto Alentejo-1,266-12.4%
16Algarve-1,276+2.3%
17Região de Aveiro-1,281-3.4%
18Oeste-1,292+7.4%
19Lezíria do Tejo-1,390-7.9%
20Médio Tejo-1,559+15.3%
21Douro-1,672-12.1%
22Alto Minho-1,674-11.5%
23Viseu Dão Lafões-1,744-2.8%
24Beiras e Serra da Estrela-2,251-2.2%
25Região de Coimbra-2,6990%
26Área Metropolitana do Porto-4,721-16.1%

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About this ranking

Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Which area has the highest natural population change?

Grande Lisboa, with 929 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural population change?

Área Metropolitana do Porto, with -4,721 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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