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Portugal: cities by population

Portugal has a population of 10,281,762; Lisbon is both its capital and its largest city. 1,003 places recorded across 20 districts and regions.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

Largest cities

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Lisbon	Lisbon	517,802
2	Porto	Porto	252,687
3	Braga	Braga	193,324
4	Amadora	Lisbon	178,858
5	Coimbra	Coimbra	140,796
6	Leiria	Leiria	128,640
7	Setúbal	Setúbal	118,166
8	Funchal	Madeira	105,795
9	Viseu	Viseu	103,502
10	Queluz	Lisbon	103,399
11	Cacém	Lisbon	93,982
12	Aveiro	Aveiro	80,880
13	Vila Nova de Gaia	Porto	70,811
14	Faro	Faro	70,347
15	Algueirão	Lisbon	66,250
16	Loures	Lisbon	66,231
17	Felgueiras	Porto	58,065
18	Rio de Mouro	Lisbon	54,695
19	Odivelas	Lisbon	54,624
20	Évora	Évora	53,591
21	Amora	Setúbal	52,577
22	Corroios	Setúbal	52,520
23	Barreiro	Setúbal	51,280
24	Monsanto	Santarém	50,000
25	Rio Tinto	Porto	49,966
26	São Domingos de Rana	Lisbon	46,718
27	Figueira da Foz	Coimbra	46,600
28	Lumiar	Lisbon	46,334
29	Paranhos	Porto	45,883
30	Ponte de Lima	Viana do Castelo	44,667
31	Olival	Lisbon	42,961
32	Santo António dos Olivais	Coimbra	41,150
33	Sesimbra	Setúbal	41,134
34	Guimarães	Braga	40,604
35	Guarda	Guarda	40,126
36	Ermesinde	Porto	39,420
37	Santo Ovídio	Porto	38,544
38	Portimão	Faro	38,487
39	Damaia	Lisbon	37,607
40	Benfica	Lisbon	36,985
41	Cascais	Lisbon	36,436
42	Maia	Porto	36,426
43	Viana do Castelo	Viana do Castelo	36,148
44	Marvila	Lisbon	35,463
45	Bragança	Bragança	35,341
46	Oeiras	Lisbon	35,000
47	Beja	Beja	34,760
48	Esposende	Braga	34,625
49	Afurada de Baixo	Porto	34,332
50	Almada	Setúbal	34,008

Every region

Twenty years earlier: Portugal in the 2005 World Gazetteer.