Vilela has a population of 5,540, making it the 475th largest place we list in Portugal. It is in Vila Real.
Vilela holds under a tenth of one per cent of Portugal's 10,395,362 people. Lisbon, the largest place we list there, is 93 times its size. The World Gazetteer published 5,540 for Vilela in 2005 and GeoNames still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. Why figures differ.
Vilela is in Vila Real, which has 17 recorded places.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Carregal do Sal | Viseu | 5,600 |
| São Roque | Aveiro | 5,575 |
| Barrosas | Porto | 5,573 |
| Poiares | Coimbra | 5,514 |
| Santa Maria de Avioso | Porto | 5,513 |
| Pataias | Leiria | 5,510 |
All places in Portugal → · Vila Real →
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 UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.