Fewer births outside of marriage
Of the total number of live births, 59.5% were born outside of marriage, that is, they were children of parents who were not married to each other, a decrease compared to 2022, as the percentage was (60.2%), representing , for the 9th consecutive year, more than half of the total births in Portugal. The proportion of live births born outside of marriage was lower than the national value (59.5%) in the North (55.3%), Center (58.6%), Greater Lisbon (58.6%) and Autonomous Region regions of the Azores (58.0%).
More people who already lived together choosing to get married
In 2023, 36,980 weddings took place in Portugal, 28 more than in 2022, an increase of 0.1%, according to INE. Of the marriages celebrated, 35,971 were between people of the opposite sex (36,151 in 2022) and 1009 between people of the same sex (801 in 2022), of which 548 marriages between men and 461 marriages between women (413 and 388, respectively, in 2022). In more than half of the marriages held in 2023, people had already lived together before (26,321 marriages). In recent years, this number has been increasing, with an increase of 19.4 pp compared to 2014 (51.7% in 2014 and 71.2% in 2023). As for the average age for marriage, it was 40.6 years for men and 38.1 years for women in 2023; the average age for first marriage was 35.8 years for men and 34.3 years for women. The Autonomous Region of the Azores was the one where both men and women married earlier.
Fewer deaths and the majority occurred at advanced ages
The majority of deaths occurred at advanced ages: 86.3% of deaths corresponded to people aged 65 and over and more than half (60.1%) were deaths of people aged 80 and over. Between 2014 and 2023, decreases were recorded in the proportions of deaths of people aged under 65 and aged 65 to 79, of, respectively, 2.3 and 1.6 pp. On the other hand, there was an increase in 3.9 pp in the proportion of deaths of people aged 80 and over.
