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 Population's density (No./ km²)
Characteristic Description
Name Population's density (No./ km²) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2002); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Annual estimates of resident population
First available period 2000
Last available period 2014
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2002)
Concepts
  • POPULATION DENSITY:  The intensity of settlement expressed as the ratio between (total) population and surface (land) area (usually expressed as the number of inhabitants per square kilometre).
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Formule Total of persons/ Area (square kilometer)
Measure unit (symbol) Number/ Square kilometre (No./ km²)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 08/01/2016


information presented in 24/11/2024