Largest Cities in Portugal 2026: Population Ranking

Portugal's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Lisbon in orange

Portugal has 8 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Lisbon with 517,802 people, followed by Porto (252,687) and Braga (193,324). The three largest cities together hold about 9.3% of the country's 10.4 million people.

The capital, Lisbon, is also the largest city.

By region, the most large cities are in Madeira (5), Faro (3), Santarém (2).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Portugal population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Portugal atlas.

Portugal cities by population

30 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Portugal
1	LisbonCapital	Lisbon	517,802	5%
2	Porto	Porto	252,687	2.4%
3	Braga	Braga	193,324	1.9%
4	Coimbra	Coimbra	140,796	1.4%
5	Leiria	Leiria	128,640	1.2%
6	Setúbal	Setúbal	118,166	1.1%
7	Funchal	Madeira	105,795	1%
8	Viseu	Viseu	103,502	1%
9	Aveiro	Aveiro	80,880	0.8%
10	Faro	Faro	70,347	0.7%
11	Évora	Évora	53,591	0.5%
12	Monsanto	Santarém	50,000	0.5%
13	Ponte de Lima	Viana do Castelo	44,667	0.4%
14	Guarda	Guarda	40,126	0.4%
15	Viana do Castelo	Viana do Castelo	36,148	0.3%
16	Bragança	Bragança	35,341	0.3%
17	Beja	Beja	34,760	0.3%
18	Lagos	Faro	33,494	0.3%
19	Castelo Branco	Castelo Branco	33,479	0.3%
20	Câmara de Lobos	Madeira	32,209	0.3%
21	Santarém	Santarém	29,385	0.3%
22	São Martinho	Madeira	26,482	0.3%
23	Santo António	Madeira	25,940	0.2%
24	Porto de Mós	Faro	23,648	0.2%
25	Caniço	Madeira	23,368	0.2%
26	Portalegre	Portalegre	22,368	0.2%
27	Ponta Delgada	Azores	20,056	0.2%
28	Custoias	Guarda	19,406	0.2%
29	Chaves	Vila Real	17,535	0.2%
30	Vila Real	Vila Real	17,001	0.2%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Portugal?

Lisbon, with about 517,802 inhabitants (city proper).

What is the capital of Portugal?

Lisbon — population 517,802, the largest city in the country.

How many cities in Portugal have over one million people?

None — the largest, Lisbon, has 517,802 people.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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