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INE reviews statistics and concludes over 780,000 people left Portugal in five years

A review of administrative data by INE shows an outflow of departures far above previous estimates and the 350,000 recorded by the Emigration Observatory between 2021 and 2025.

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If you follow demographic trends or migration flows in Portugal, official figures now show a substantially higher volume of departures over the 2021–2025 period than previously estimated.

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