🌆 Largest Municipalities in Portugal
The 100 most populous Portuguese municipalities at the 2021 census.
Lisbon6.6%
Sintra4.7%
Vila Nova de Gaia3.7%
Porto2.8%
Cascais2.6%
Loures2.4%
Braga2.3%
Almada2.1%
Matosinhos2.1%
Oeiras
Amadora
Seixal
Gondomar2%
Guimarães1.9%
Odivelas
Coimbra
Vila Franca de Xira
Santa Maria da Feira
Maia
Vila Nova de Famalicão
Leiria
Setúbal
Barcelos
Funchal
Viseu
Valongo
Mafra
Viana do Castelo
Paredes
Torres Vedras
Vila do Conde
Aveiro
Barreiro
Loulé
Penafiel
Palmela
Santo Tirso
Faro
Ponta Delgada
Moita
60 others30%
1
LisbonLisbon metropolitan area
544,851
2
SintraLisbon metropolitan area
385,954
3
Vila Nova de GaiaNorth
304,149
4
PortoNorth
231,962
5
CascaisLisbon metropolitan area
214,134
6
LouresLisbon metropolitan area
201,646
7
BragaNorth
193,333
8
AlmadaLisbon metropolitan area
177,400
9
MatosinhosNorth
172,669
10
OeirasLisbon metropolitan area
171,802
11
AmadoraLisbon metropolitan area
171,719
12
SeixalLisbon metropolitan area
166,693
13
GondomarNorth
164,255
14
GuimarãesNorth
156,852
15
OdivelasLisbon metropolitan area
148,156
16
CoimbraCentral
140,796
17
Vila Franca de XiraLisbon metropolitan area
137,659
18
Santa Maria da FeiraNorth
136,720
19
MaiaNorth
134,959
20
Vila Nova de FamalicãoNorth
133,590
21
LeiriaCentral
128,640
22
SetúbalLisbon metropolitan area
123,684
23
BarcelosNorth
116,777
24
FunchalMadeira
105,919
25
ViseuCentral
99,693
26
ValongoNorth
94,795
27
MafraLisbon metropolitan area
86,523
28
Viana do CasteloNorth
85,864
29
ParedesNorth
84,414
30
Torres VedrasCentral
83,130
31
Vila do CondeNorth
80,921
32
AveiroCentral
80,880
33
BarreiroLisbon metropolitan area
78,362
34
LouléAlgarve
72,373
35
PenafielNorth
69,687
36
PalmelaLisbon metropolitan area
68,879
37
Santo TirsoNorth
67,785
38
FaroAlgarve
67,566
39
Ponta DelgadaAzores
67,287
40
MoitaLisbon metropolitan area
66,326
41
Oliveira de AzeméisNorth
66,212
42
Póvoa de VarzimNorth
64,320
43
PortimãoAlgarve
59,896
44
Figueira da FozCentral
58,982
45
SantarémAlentejo
58,770
46
FelgueirasNorth
55,883
47
MontijoLisbon metropolitan area
55,732
48
Paços de FerreiraNorth
55,623
49
AlcobaçaCentral
54,981
50
OvarCentral
54,976
51
ÉvoraAlentejo
53,568
52
SesimbraLisbon metropolitan area
52,465
53
Castelo BrancoCentral
52,272
54
AmaranteNorth
52,131
55
PombalCentral
51,178
56
Caldas da RainhaCentral
50,898
57
Vila RealNorth
49,623
58
Marco de CanavesesNorth
49,563
59
FafeNorth
48,502
60
LousadaNorth
47,401
61
Vila VerdeNorth
46,474
62
CovilhãCentral
46,453
63
ÁguedaCentral
46,134
64
OlhãoAlgarve
44,639
65
OurémCentral
44,576
66
AlenquerCentral
44,428
67
AlbufeiraAlgarve
44,158
68
Santa CruzMadeira
42,262
69
Ponte de LimaNorth
41,204
70
GuardaCentral
40,155
71
ÍlhavoCentral
39,241
72
Marinha GrandeCentral
39,033
73
TrofaNorth
38,612
74
SilvesAlgarve
37,813
75
ChavesNorth
37,623
76
TomarCentral
36,444
77
EsposendeNorth
35,145
78
BragançaNorth
34,580
79
AbrantesCentral
34,351
80
CantanhedeCentral
34,218
81
Torres NovasCentral
34,149
82
Angra do HeroísmoAzores
33,829
83
LagosAlgarve
33,514
84
BejaAlentejo
33,401
85
Câmara de LobosMadeira
32,175
86
Ribeira GrandeAzores
31,414
87
EspinhoNorth
31,027
88
BenaventeAlentejo
29,747
89
OdemiraAlentejo
29,523
90
Santiago do CacémAlentejo
27,801
91
AnadiaCentral
27,542
92
TaviraAlgarve
27,536
93
FundãoCentral
26,521
94
PenicheCentral
26,419
95
LourinhãCentral
26,261
96
EstarrejaCentral
26,229
97
TondelaCentral
25,939
98
Albergaria-a-VelhaCentral
24,841
99
Montemor-o-VelhoCentral
24,587
100
LamegoNorth
24,348
Highlights
Within Portugal, Lisbon ranks first in 2021 with 544,851, followed by Sintra (385,954) and Vila Nova de Gaia (304,149).
Across 100 entries, values run from 544,851 (Lisbon) to 24,348 (Lamego), with a median of 54,272.
Source: Statistics Portugal (INE), 2021 census (via Wikipedia), 2021. Unit: people.
Source: Statistics Portugal (INE), 2021 census (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026