How did Portugal reach ten million inhabitants? The population moves in rhythm with births, deaths, emigrations and the arrival of migrants.
The last 50 years have witnessed significant demographic changes, which reflect a drastically different society from the one in which the 1974 revolution took place.
The Portuguese are older, living longer, having fewer children and becoming parents later. As well as being a country of emigrants during the 1960s, we have also received many immigrants following decolonisation. Furthermore, the country has more inhabitants today, despite losing 200,000 residents in the last decade.
All these factors have changed the makeup of the population fabric and the number of residents in the country. What does the future have in store?
In this mini-documentary, experts in demography, sociology and geography give us some answers.
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Portugal has changed drastically over the last 50 years. Almost five decades on, what profound changes have taken place in the country? And what lessons should we learn to improve the future?
The Foundation has an extensive program to reflect on what has changed and what measures still need to be implemented to improve national democracy.
The programme begins at the Carmo Barracks where the regime fell – with the event "Five decades of democracy, what has changed?" – and extends to more debates, a series of eight mini-documentaries, documentaries, publications and studies, which will allow us to think about and build the collective future.
O país está a perder «muitos dos seus melhores» estudantes para a emigração e não apenas após a licenciatura. Já há muitos jovens a sair de Portugal...