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Lisboa

Municipality of the district of Lisboa (District of Lisboa), region Grande Lisboa (NUTS III: Grande Lisboa).

Lisboa had 545.796 residents in the 2021 Census, of whom 23,4% were aged 65 or over; 41,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education.

Arriving here

545.796inhabitants (2021 Census)
21district-seat telephone code
1town hall24parish councils259schools2NHS hospitals in the name

Mayor: Carlos Manuel Félix Moedas · Tel. 213236200 · Email: geral@cm-lisboa.pt · www.cm-lisboa.pt more contacts

NHS: Instituto Português Oncologia F. Gentil - Lisboa, E.P.E.; Unidade Local de Saúde de Lisboa Ocidental, E.P.E.

Summary for arrivals. The telephone code is that of the district/region seat (ANACOM numbering plan), not exclusive to this municipality. School, parish-council and town-hall counts come from the official lists already on this site. Hospitals are NHS institutions whose official name includes the municipality.

Population (inh.)
  • 9.658 – 13.850
  • 13.956 – 18.028
  • 20.267 – 23.261
  • 23.645 – 33.309
  • 34.076 – 46.334
Density (inh./km²)
  • 1.586,4 – 4.114,3
  • 4.405,9 – 4.912,5
  • 4.967,4 – 7.013,1
  • 7.037,2 – 7.943,1
  • 10.507,4 – 15.634,7
Area (km²)
  • 1,5 – 2,1
  • 2,2 – 2,9
  • 3,0 – 4,3
  • 4,6 – 6,6
  • 7,1 – 10,4
Quantile classes
Hover (or tap) a parish to see the figures; click to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 24 parishes of Lisboa

Sorted by resident population (2021 Census, 2025 geography). Click a header to sort; hover a row to highlight it on the map.

Download CSV parish list (UTF-8)

#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Lumiar46.3346,577.052,4
2Marvila35.4797,124.983,0
3Benfica35.3628,024.409,2
4São Domingos de Benfica34.0764,297.943,1
5Alvalade33.3095,346.237,6
6Arroios33.3022,1315.634,7
7Olivais32.1798,093.977,6
8Penha de França28.4752,7110.507,4
9Santa Clara23.6453,367.037,2
10Avenidas Novas23.2612,997.779,6
11Parque das Nações22.3825,444.114,3
12Campo de Ourique22.1401,6513.418,2
13Areeiro21.1601,7212.302,3
14Estrela20.2674,604.405,9
15Carnide18.0283,694.885,6
16Belém16.54610,431.586,4
17Campolide14.7872,775.338,3
18Ajuda14.3062,884.967,4
19São Vicente13.9561,997.013,1
20Alcântara13.8505,072.731,8
21Beato12.1832,484.912,5
22Santo António11.0601,497.422,8
23Santa Maria Maior10.0513,013.339,2
24Misericórdia9.6582,194.410,1
INE code (DTMN)
1106
Resident population
545.796
Area
100,05 km²
Density
5.455,2 inh./km²
Parishes
24
Share of district population
24,0%
Rank in the district (population)
1st of 16
National rank (population)
1st of 308
National rank (density)
4th of 308
National rank (area)
249th of 308

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente, ind. 0014525, via dados.gov.pt); DGT, CAOP2025 (área e freguesias)

2021 Census in detail

Men
254.179 (46,6%)
Women
291.617 (53,4%)
Portuguese nationality
490.463 (89,9%)
Foreign nationality
55.324 (10,1%)
Stateless
9 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
179,4 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
242.571
Average household size
2,22 people
Dwellings
320.143
Buildings
49.223
With higher education (15+)
41,2% (195.486)
Unemployment rate
8,43%

Population by age group

0-1471.220 · 13,0%15-2455.069 · 10,1%25-64291.739 · 53,5%65+127.768 · 23,4%
Residents by age group (545.796 in total).

Source: INE, Censos 2021 (API de indicadores) — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012328, 0012481, 0014632, licence CC BY 4.0.

2025 local elections

Municipal council

Registered
463.566
Voters
265.268 (57,22%)
Seats
17
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL (elected council president)110.58641,69%8
PS-L-BE-PAN90.06833,95%6
CH26.78010,10%2
PCP-PEV26.76910,09%1
VP1.0520,40%0
ADN9940,37%0
ND9090,34%0
PPM.PTP8950,34%0
R.I.R.4410,17%0

Municipal assembly

Registered
463.566
Voters
265.223 (57,21%)
Seats
51
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.IL104.89639,55%21
PS-L-BE-PAN87.16232,86%18
CH30.88011,64%6
PCP-PEV30.08711,34%6
VP1.5630,59%0
ADN1.0590,40%0
ND1.0550,40%0
PPM.PTP9270,35%0
R.I.R.5540,21%0
MPT4110,15%0

Source: SGMAI — resultados oficiais das Autárquicas 2025. Official results; only the list that elects the council president is marked (the person’s name is not in these results).

Contacts

Mayor
Carlos Manuel Félix Moedas
Address
Paços do Concelho - Praça do Município, 1149–014 Lisboa
Telephone
213236200
Email
geral@cm-lisboa.pt
Website
www.cm-lisboa.pt

Source: DGAL — Portal Autárquico, Lista de Presidentes e contactos dos Municípios (atualizada 04/09/2026).

On the web

Q33690701

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Neighbouring municipalities

Amadora (6,8 km) · Loures (13,8 km) · Odivelas (7,6 km) · Oeiras (10,6 km)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the district/region of Lisboa: 22,9 km.

Source: DGT, CAOP2025 (CC BY 4.0) — adjacência de limites; distância em linha reta entre centróides (licence CC BY 4.0).

Location in the district

Population (inh.)
  • 10.540 – 21.421
  • 26.240 – 83.072
  • 86.515 – 148.034
  • 171.454 – 201.590
  • 214.124 – 545.796
Density (inh./km²)
  • 76,5 – 178,3
  • 179,5 – 204,0
  • 296,6 – 1.205,4
  • 1.207,9 – 3.741,5
  • 5.455,2 – 7.210,0
Area (km²)
  • 23,8 – 52,1
  • 78,0 – 100,1
  • 147,2 – 174,9
  • 262,7 – 304,2
  • 318,2 – 407,2
Quantile classes · current municipality
Lisboa highlighted. Click a neighbouring municipality to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

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Other municipalities of the district of Lisboa

Alenquer · Amadora · Arruda dos Vinhos · Azambuja · Cadaval · Cascais · Loures · Lourinhã · Mafra · Odivelas · Oeiras · Sintra · Sobral de Monte Agraço · Torres Vedras · Vila Franca de Xira

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026