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Did you know
Lisbon's Bertrand bookshop, founded in 1732, is the oldest operating bookshop in the world. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 24.9%
- people aged 65 or older
- 2.7M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 33%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 24.6 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 21.2%
- women 27.4%, men 13.3%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 4.2%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2021; UN, 2011 census
Languages
10 languages, 4 of them endangered
- MindericoSeverely endangered
- ExtremaduranDefinitely endangered
- Portuguese Sign LanguageDefinitely endangered
- MirandeseVulnerable
- Asturian
- Fala
- Galician
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Vlax Romani
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Moliceiro boat: naval carpentry art of the Aveiro region2025
- Equestrian art in Portugal2024
- Portuguese-Galician border ICH: a safeguarding model created by Ponte...nas ondas!2022
- Community festivities in Campo Maior2021
- Falconry, a living human heritage2021
- Winter festivities, Carnival of Podence2019
- Craftmanship of Estremoz clay figures2017
- Bisalhães black pottery manufacturing process2016
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List and years: ich.unesco.org
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